The earnings on investments for Pennsylvania public pensions went up from $1.9 million in 2021 to $2.5 million in 2022, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Pensions.
Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project said states like Pennsylvania need to to protect girls’ sports teams and access to private spaces at every level of education, not just college.
Following the release of the U.S. Senate Republicans' farm bill framework, Chairman Glenn 'GT' Thompson (PA-15) issued a statement commending the proposals.
As President Biden revealed new rules regarding Title IX protections in April of 2024, which redefined “sex” to include “gender-identity,” an analysis by Keystone Today shows that Pennsylvania is one of 25 states that allow boys to play in girls’ high school sports.
In the Center for Education Reform's 2024 Parent Power Index, Pennsylvania secured the fifteenth position, with an Overall Parent Power Index Score of 74.6%.
In 2022, Pennsylvania had $147.2 million in total cash and investment holdings in its public pension funds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.
As of May 2024, Pennsylvania experienced an 18.1% increase in prices of goods and services since January 2021, compared to the nationwide trend of a 20.1% increase.
The average VA home loan amount in Pennsylvania during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024 was $277,641, a 7.5% decrease from the previous quarter, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
In Pennsylvania, thousands of voters have their mail-in ballots rejected each year due to a common error: writing an incorrect date or no date at all on their ballot envelope. Election officials do not use the date to determine whether the ballot was returned on time; ballots must be received by county boards of election by 8 p.m. on Election Day, regardless of the handwritten date. This requirement led to the rejection of at least 10,000 timely submitted ballots in the 2022 general election.
Following last night’s bipartisan committee passage of H.R. 8467, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, Chairman Glenn 'GT' Thompson (PA-15) issued a statement.
David McCormick, a U.S. Senate Candidate from Pennsylvania, has attributed the ongoing border crisis to President Biden's policies and called for their reversal. This statement was made in an op-ed published in the DC Journal on Feb. 21.
On May 22, 2024, the House passed H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21). This bipartisan framework establishes clear and functional federal requirements over digital asset markets.
Latest CDC data shows measles cases in Pennsylvania for 2024 are now estimated within the range of 1-9, marking no change compared to the previous figures updated as of week ending April 20.