May 6, 2020
Harrisburg, May 6, 2020 − The state Senate Democratic Policy Committee held an online hearing today that focused on the pandemic’s impact on residents and employees in Pennsylvania nursing homes and state veterans’ homes. According to the state Department of Health,...
April 29, 2020
Bethlehem, April 29, 2020 − State Senator Lisa M. Boscola (D-Lehigh/Northampton) today introduced legislation that would exempt real estate work from Pennsylvania’s business closure order – if it complies with certain mitigation practices including Centers for Disease...
April 29, 2020
Harrisburg, April 29, 2020 – The Pennsylvania Senate today unanimously approved Sen. Lisa Boscola’s bill that would mandate the reporting of any infant born with an addiction to opioids. “My bill (Senate Bill 368) would ensure the coordination of reporting through the...
April 10, 2020
Bethlehem, April 10, 2020 – – State Sen. Lisa Boscola today announced that the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board of Directors, of which she is a member, held an emergency meeting to take action on the state’s ongoing...
March 19, 2020
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close their physical locations as of 8 p.m. today, March 19, to slow the spread of COVID-19. Enforcement actions against businesses that do not close...
March 18, 2020
Bethlehem (March 18, 2020) – Senator Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced today that the Commonwealth is creating an emergency response fund to aid Pennsylvania small businesses impacted by COVID-19. Specifically, the Small Business First Fund,...
