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Senate Democratic Policy Committee Jan. 28 Hearing On $300 Million Anthracite Ridge Wind Farm In Schuylkill County
On January 28, Senate Democratic Policy Chair Katie Muth (D-Chester) will join Senator John Kane (D-Chester) to host a virtual public hearing on the proposed Anthracite Ridge Wind Farm Project in Schuylkill County. The $300 million privately funded project is...
Senator Kane Announces $300K Grant for Delaware County Apprenticeship Programs
Chester – January 10 2022 – Today, State Senator John I. Kane (D-Delaware/Chester) announced a $297,000 grant for the Chester Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee (CJATC). Funded through the Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant Program, the grant will...
New Kennett Library gets $1.9 million in state funding as construction begins
KENNETT SQUARE — A new $21 million state-of-the art library in Kennett Square got a major boost last week when lawmakers awarded $1.9 million for its construction, which began Monday. The funds were awarded through a grant from Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance...
Governor Signs Legislation Creating PA Broadband Development Authority
HARRISBURG – Governor Tom Wolf has signed legislation creating the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority. There was debate in the state senate on the bill recently. With some 800,000 Pennsylvanians lacking access to broadband and high speed internet, Senator...
AARP Pennsylvania Commends Governor Wolf for Signing H.B. 2071, Establishing a Broadband Development Authority
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of its 1.8 million members, AARP Pennsylvania commends Governor Tom Wolf for signing House Bill (H.B.) 2071, which creates the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority to oversee the state's strategy to...
What Pennsylvania’s Broadband Bill Means for One County
(TNS) — High-speed internet is essential to modern life, a fact made even more apparent in recent years as more people began working and attending school from home. But access to it is hardly guaranteed. “York County is peppered with holes in coverage,” according to...
Kennett Library & Resource Center begins construction
Throughout the last year of their nearly 20-year journey to construct a new library, the visionaries responsible for raising the funds for what will become the Kennett Library & Resource Center have asked thousands in the community “To Imagine a Place.” The “place”...
Senate passes bill to expand broadband access; includes responsible contractor language championed by Senator John Kane
HARRISBURG − December 15, 2021 − The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed a bill championed by Senator John Kane (D-Delaware/Chester) to expand access to broadband in unserved and underserved communities. Included in HB 2071 was language Senator Kane negotiated to...