Apr
16
2021
April 16, 2021
Sen. Michele Brooks announced that West Fallowfield Township will be awarded $895,022 for the rehabilitation of Rocky Glen Road, allowing it to reopen for safe travel. [Read More]
Apr
16
2021
April 16, 2021
An investment of $1.23 million will allow the City of Hermitage to continue to advance the vision for a transformational town center project, state Sen. Michele Brooks, R-Crawford/Mercer/Erie/Warren, and Rep. Mark Longietti, D-Mercer, announced today. [Read More]
Apr
01
2021
April 01, 2021
Senators Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-28), Michele Brooks (R-50) and Judy Ward (R-30) plan to introduce legislation that would prohibit Governor Wolf from implementing vaccine passports for residents in Pennsylvania. [Read More]
Mar
16
2021
March 16, 2021
Senator Michele Brooks reminds income-eligible older Pennsylvanians that Property Tax/Rent Rebate applications are available at her district offices, for taxes paid in 2020. Sen. Brooks’ staff members are also available to help complete the forms. [Read More]
Mar
03
2021
March 03, 2021
Pennsylvania must provide opportunities for students to return to in-person instruction in schools to protect the mental health and educational development of young people, according to many testifiers at a Senate hearing today. [Read More]
Mar
01
2021
March 01, 2021
The Senate Education Committee and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hold a joint public hearing on Wednesday, March 3 at 10 a.m. to explore the many challenges schools have been forced to confront during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Committee Chairs Senator Scott Martin (R-13) and Michele Brooks (R-50). [Read More]
Feb
25
2021
February 25, 2021
Senator Michele Brooks will hold a tele-town hall event on the progress made on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 1. Joining Sen. Brooks to answer constituents’ questions will be Pennsylvania’s Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, along with other local health representatives. [Read More]
Feb
05
2021
February 05, 2021
Sen. Michele Brooks joined her colleagues in supporting a comprehensive $912 million relief package to help businesses and families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate Bill 109 received final legislative approval today and was sent to the Governor’s desk for enactment into law. [Read More]
Feb
04
2021
February 04, 2021
The Wolf Administration’s efforts to care for residents of long-term care facilities was called into question again today during a joint Senate hearing regarding the state’s stunted rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. [Read More]
Feb
02
2021
February 02, 2021
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate Aging and Youth Committee will get an update on the state’s efforts to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine during a public hearing on Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. [Read More]
Jan
20
2021
January 20, 2021
Sen. Michele Brooks announced that Perry Township in Mercer County has been awarded a $3,950,500 grant through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PennVEST) to assist with the township’s infrastructure project to help serve the sewage needs of the Hadley and Camp Perry area, which has reported a significant percentage of infrastructure malfunctions. [Read More]
Dec
28
2020
December 28, 2020
Crawford Advanced Materials, LLC, comprised of both Homeland Fuels Company and Crawford Renewable Energy, was awarded $2 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) funds to develop a biodiesel facility within the Keystone Regional Industrial Park in Crawford County, Sen. Michele Brooks announced recently. [Read More]