PA Senate e-newsletters
Support Mercer County’s Philadelphia Candies Do you have a few minutes to vote for Mercer County’s own Philadelphia Candies in a national eBay contest? The candy business, now celebrating its 100th year of operation, was one of eight small businesses selected from a pool of 1,600 applicants across the U.S., to receive a Shine Award. […] [Read More]
Two New Programs Unveiled to Help Dairy Farmers Milk prices have always been volatile, but today’s prices are particularly unpredictable, making it extremely difficult for dairy farmers to plan for the future and ensure their viability long-term. I recently met with the Center for Dairy Excellence to continue our conversations about this market volatility and […] [Read More]
A Veteran’s Best Friend Pittsburgh Steelers great and proud Vietnam veteran Rocky Bleier (far right) is also a hero off the football field. He is devoted to helping veterans and is working with Sen. Michele Brooks and Carol Borden of Guardian Angels Dogs (based in Florida but soon to be based in Pennsylvania as well) […] [Read More]
Schools Can Apply Now for New School Safety Grant Program Local schools can submit applications now for the new School Safety and Security Grant Program. The program will provide grants of at least $25,000 to each school that applies, with no more than 10% of available monies going to one school district. This ensures that […] [Read More]
Brooks Warns About IRS Phone Scam HARRISBURG – (May 16, 2018) After several Greenville-area residents reported intimidating phone calls, in which the caller demanded money or warned of jail time, Sen. Michele Brooks reminds consumers that fraudulent callers are impersonating IRS agents – and telling recipients they need to send money right away or risk arrest by […] [Read More]
April 27, 2018 Brooks’ Pro-Business, Pro-Agriculture Legislation Passes Senate It was gratifying to see legislation I introduced to ensure that Pennsylvania businesses and farmers can take advantage of the economic growth occurring as a result of federal tax changes passed by the Senate. The bill was passed by a vote of 42 to 7 on […] [Read More]
Helping Our Dairy Farmers I have joined the state secretary of agriculture in stepping in to try to help Pennsylvania dairy farmers after Dean’s Dairy announced that they will no longer accept milk from many local farmers as of the end of May. Knowing the devastating impact that this decision would have on our hard-working […] [Read More]
