The committee met to consider four bills and one resolution. HR 334, HB 1407, HB 271, and HB 1481 were reported as committed. HB 1463 was reported as amended.
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The committee met to consider three bills. HB42 and HB68 were unanimously reported as amended. SB850 was defeated along a party line vote with the Democrats voting in the negative and the Republicans voting in the affirmative. Check the PLS Capitol Toolbox later for the full story. Posted by intern | Tags: Budget | Category: House Agriculture & Rural Affairs, House Appropriations | Comments are closed | Share:
The committee met to consider four bills. SB 301, SB 302, and SB 572 were reported as committed. SB 281 was passed over. Check the PLS Capitol Toolbox later today for the full story. Posted by Matt | Category: Senate Appropriations | Comments are closed | Share:
Members of the Joint Legislative Conservation Committee attended an Environmental Issues Forum hosted by American Geo-Energy Solutions (AGES), a Pennsylvania based renewable energy company. The panel consisted of the President, CEO, and Chairman for AGES, who explained to the audience and members of the committee, the environmental and economic advantages of using underground mine water as renewable energy sources. The Chairman of AGES, Stephen Krentzman called the treatment and use of polluted mine water sources as a renewable energy “turning lemons into lemonade.” Check the Capitol Tool Box later for more information. Posted by intern | Tags: DPW, Energy, landscape architects, mine water, personal injury, renewable energy | Category: IRRC, Joint Legislative Conservation Committee | Comments are closed | Share:
The committee conducted a public hearing on the Department of General Services 2009 Proposed Real Property Disposition Plan. Properties in the plan include the Scotland School for Veterans’ Children; two staff residences at the State Correctional Institution-Chester; and a vacant lot belonging to Edinboro University. Check the Capitol Toolbox later for the full story. Posted by Jeff | Tags: pollution, Scotland School for Veterans' Children | Category: House Select, House State Government, Public/Informational Committee Hearing, Senate Judiciary | Comments are closed | Share:
RENDELL DISCUSSES TEMPORARY PIT INCREASE According to an article in the Patriot News, Governor Ed Rendell stopped short Friday of calling for a personal income tax increase to close projected deficits in the state’s 2009-10 budget. But he did say during a Pittsburgh news conference that if it becomes necessary, he would try to require that any increase in the 3.07 percent personal income tax be temporary. “If we raise taxes at all, we need them just to get us over first the recession … and then we’re going to need something when the federal stimulus money goes away. We’re going to need something to cushion that blow,” Rendell said in remarks recorded by radio station KDKA. “So I think if you looked at raising that broad-based tax, we’d look at sunsetting it after three or four years and having it go away,” he said. Rendell added that an income tax increase is not his plan. “Right now, I am still hopeful that we can do this with just the taxes that I have” previously proposed, Rendell said. Those proposals include a 10-cents-per-pack increase in cigarette taxes, a new tax on extraction of natural Continue reading Eye Opener – June 8, 2009 Posted by Matt | Category: Eye Opener | Comments are closed | Share:
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