One year after the Wolf Administration ordered the state’s long-term care community to accept COVID-19 positive patients, I joined with a group of my colleagues at a Tuesday press conference to highlight the ongoing lack of accountability and cooperation from Governor Wolf while calling on the Governor to fully engage with the state’s long-term care community. [Read More]
Senator Scott Hutchinson has joined a bipartisan effort to reform Pennsylvania’s legislative and congressional redistricting process by improving public transparency and encouraging information sharing. [Read More]
Senator Scott Hutchinson joined colleagues today (March 11) to announce the introduction of legislation to stop the proposed plan to toll bridges on Pennsylvania’s interstate system. [Read More]
Senate Transportation Committee Chair Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35) will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, on the second floor Rotunda outside the Lieutenant Governor’s Office in the State Capitol in Harrisburg. [Read More]
A set of eastbound and westbound bridges on Interstate 80 in Clarion County are among nine proposed tolling locations unveiled by PENNDOT today (February 18), according to Senator Scott Hutchinson, who strongly opposes the plan. [Read More]
Senator Scott Hutchinson strongly agrees with the Governor that Pennsylvania must expand high-speed internet service to all corners of the Commonwealth. [Read More]
Senator Scott Hutchinson (R-21) is joining with Senator Doug Mastriano (R-33) to craft legislation that would require social media platforms address the arbitrary and inconsistent standards they use to bar or restrict free speech on their sites. [Read More]
A comprehensive $912 million relief package to help restaurants, schools, employers, and tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic received final legislative approval on Friday and was sent to the Governor’s desk for enactment into law, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson, who strongly supported the bill. [Read More]
Senator Scott Hutchinson, R-21 and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following comments in response to Governor Wolf’s proposed $40.2 billion General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22, which includes a $3.1 billion spending increase, a Personal Income Tax (PIT) rate hike from 3.07 percent to 4.49 percent, imposition of Marcellus Shale extraction tax, and elimination of funding for broadband expansion as well as vital agricultural and health programs and services. [Read More]
The Senate approved a proposed constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would limit the length of future emergency disaster declarations unless an extension is approved by the General Assembly, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson, who strongly supported the bill. [Read More]
