appropriations-committee

Budget mavens Browne and Saylor’s reelection losses not a factor in negotiations, experts say

BY: - June 12, 2022

Sen. Pat Browne and Rep. Stanley Saylor, the Legislature's top budget negotiators, lost their reelection bids to primary opponents, but if this election season is unusual, that's unlikely to be the reason.

‘It’s an ‘and’ discussion’: Agriculture boss Redding seeks compromise at budget hearing

BY: - March 3, 2022

Reflecting on the Department of Agriculture’s appearance before the committee with the Capital-Star, Redding said he was trying to move people away from a “one-dimensional” concept of agriculture. 

A state liquor store front in Harrisburg (Capital-Star photo by Elizabeth Hardison).

Erie lawmaker tells liquor regulators they need to spruce up rundown states stores in poor Pa. cities

BY: - February 25, 2020

The state board that controls alcohol sales in Pennsylvania touted its plans to renovate more liquor stores this year, leading one state lawmaker on Tuesday to decry what he saw as a disparity between state-run stores in poor urban areas and affluent suburbs.