Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49) is proud to announce Erie County schools have been awarded a total of nearly $160,000 in grant funding through Pennsylvania’s Career and Technical Education Supplemental Equipment Purchase Program to obtain new training equipment for their students. [Read More]
As a follow-up to the Jan. 11 Senate Majority Policy Committee public hearing about human trafficking, Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49), chair of the committee, will meet with local Erie leaders and stakeholders on Thursday, Jan. 18, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Crime Victim Center, 125 West 18th Street, Erie, PA, to discuss the hearing and talk about how the Erie community is partnering to stop and prevent human trafficking. Approximately 20 local leaders are expected to participate in the event. [Read More]
With a backdrop of January being Human Trafficking Prevention Month and Jan. 11 being National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, the Senate Majority Policy Committee will be holding a public hearing about human trafficking on Thursday, Jan. 11, starting at 2 p.m. in the Union Trust Building, 11th Floor, 501 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA, according to Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49), chair of the committee. [Read More]
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and although it would be easier to ignore it, human trafficking is very real and close to home. [Read More]
A total of nearly $27,000 in state grant funding has been awarded to Erie County museums, announced Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49). [Read More]
A planned renovation of the St. Ann’s campus of Erie’s Sarah A. Reed Children’s Center (SARCC) has been awarded $71,500 through the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP), announced Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49). [Read More]
The state Senate today unanimously passed legislation that would modernize the management of Pennsylvania’s public transportation systems, said bill sponsor Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49). [Read More]
The Commonwealth Court has ruled the effort to force Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which would have created a tax on Pennsylvania energy and raised electricity bills statewide, violates the Pennsylvania Constitution, announced Sen. Dan Laughlin. [Read More]
The state Senate Environmental Resources and Energy reported to the full Senate legislation, Senate Bill 265, that would allow garage floor drains to be discharged to a treatment tank of an on-lot sewage system, said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-49. [Read More]
Sens. Dan Laughlin (R-49) and Anthony Williams (D-8) have introduced bipartisan legislation, Senate Bill 962, aimed at helping individuals regain control of their lives following a drug overdose in which a life-sustaining medication was administered. [Read More]
