News Releases

After serving on a blue-ribbon panel dedicated to promoting firefighter recruitment and retention, and in her ongoing efforts to help Pennsylvania’s fire departments, Sen. Michele Brooks introduced legislation to help increase the ranks of volunteer firefighters through more convenient and accessible training opportunities at local schools and universities.   [Read More]

Sen. Michele Brooks encourages every local school to apply now for funding through two new grant programs created last month to protect the health and safety of students, teachers and school employees during COVID-19.   [Read More]

Mr. President, I rise to support HR 836, which will immediately end the governor's emergency order, which is rapidly approaching Day 100. This resolution will restore our democracy's fundamental system of checks and balances, and ensure that our most basic liberties are restored to our lives, livelihoods, and loved ones.   [Read More]

Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Warren Counties will receive more than $45 million in county block grant funding under the federal CARES Act to help cope with the cost of COVID-19, Sen. Michele Brooks announced today.   [Read More]

A pair of Senate committees took a closer look at some of the most serious challenges facing nursing homes and personal care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic at a joint public hearing today.   [Read More]

The Senate Aging and Youth Committee and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee will examine some of the unique challenges facing nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic during a joint hearing on Thursday, May 7, beginning at 10:30 a.m., according to committee chairs Senator Judy Ward (R-30) and Senator Michele Brooks (R-50).   [Read More]

Members of the Senate Local Government Committee and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee will take a closer look at Governor Wolf’s approach to reopening Pennsylvania during a joint hearing on Monday, May 4, beginning at 10 a.m.   [Read More]

Today, Sen. Michele Brooks joined Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin in announcing that several additional Crawford County small businesses were among 160 companies in 43 counties that received funding during the second round of the COVID-19 Working Capital Access Program (CWCA).   [Read More]

Sen. Michele Brooks announced that Jamestown School District and Shenango Twp. Municipal Authority received approval for infrastructure projects today from PennVEST, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PennVEST).   [Read More]

Dairy farmers and industry professionals are invited to participate in a dairy industry conference call this week to address their questions and concerns about how COVID-19 is affecting the industry.   [Read More]

Sen. Michele Brooks announced that a comprehensive COVID-19 response measure, Senate Bill 841, which she supported, was signed into law today, allowing notaries public to notarize documents remotely and for local governments to meet remotely and to waive penalties and fees for taxpayers when they submit their property tax payments.   [Read More]

A new system is available to provide unemployment assistance to individuals who are self-employed, contractors, gig workers and others who do not traditionally qualify for Unemployment Compensation, according to Senator Brooks.   [Read More]