State grants totaling more than $2.7 million were awarded to communities throughout Carbon County for key infrastructure projects today. State Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and state Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-122) worked with local leaders to secure this funding. [Read More]
More than $1.6 million was awarded through the Public School Facility Improvement Grant program to schools in Carbon County, according to state Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and state Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-122). [Read More]
Due to concerns about decades of bureaucratic inactivity and the waste of millions of taxpayer dollars at the state-owned White Haven Center, Hamburg Center, and Polk Center, the Pennsylvania Senate approved legislation introduced by Sen. Dave Argall (R-29), Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48), and Sen. Scott Hutchinson (R-21) to move the issue forward by a bipartisan vote of 47-3. [Read More]
Parents would receive information detailing the warning signs of type 1 diabetes under legislation approved with bipartisan support by the Senate Education Committee today. [Read More]
Due to concerns about decades of bureaucratic inactivity and the waste of millions of taxpayer dollars at the White Haven Center and other closed, former state hospitals, the Senate State Government Committee advanced legislation introduced by Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) to move the issue forward by a vote of 10-1. [Read More]
The Senate Education Committee met today and advanced three bills with bipartisan support. [Read More]
The past achievements and future goals of the Tamaqua City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) were the focus of a visit to the borough by Pennsylvania Sec. of Revenue Pat Browne yesterday. Sen. Dave Argall (R-29), who wrote the law that allowed Tamaqua to apply for their CRIZ designation, was full of praise for the many community partners who have worked tirelessly to breathe new life into Tamaqua. [Read More]
The Pennsylvania Senate approved legislation today to end the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) electricity tax unilaterally enacted through executive order by the Wolf Administration in 2019, said Sen. Dave Argall (R-29). [Read More]
A new study shows a strong link between the increase in Tamaqua Area School District residents who have earned an associate degree and the Morgan Success Scholarship, which guarantees two years of free tuition for Tamaqua Area High School graduates who attend Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC). [Read More]
The September edition of the local TV program hosted by Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) focuses on the renovation and reuse of the former KME Fire Apparatus complex in Nesquehoning. [Read More]
