-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
Senate Voting Schedule
Budget Hearings: Thru March 5
March 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
April 20, 21, 22
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30
House Voting Schedule
Budget Hearings: Thru March 12
March. 23, 24, 25
April 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
September 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 9, 10
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
OFFICE ADVISORY: State offices under the Governor’s jurisdiction, the PA Senate, and PA House are operating on a two-hour delay due to weather conditions.
TODAY 1:00: Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Public Utility Commission. Watch online.
March 5-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Public Utility Commission. Click Here to watch live.
March 16-- House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 2223 (Fiedler-D- Philadelphia) advanced transmission technologies [Draft Bill], House Bill 2225 (Davidson) virtual power plants [Draft Bill] Room G-50 Irvis Building. Noon to 2:30 p.m. Click Here to watch online.
March 18-- CANCELED. Rescheduled for April 30. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov. (formal notice)
March 23-- House Energy Committee informational meeting on the PA Energy Development Authority. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
March 24-- House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 2076 (Venkat-D-Allegheny) establishing a regulatory framework for geothermal energy for residential, commercial and industrial uses. Room B-31 Main Capital. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
April 16-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State, State College. 10:00. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.
-- House Committee Reports Out Bills To Require Data Centers To Disclose Energy, Water Use, Direct DCED To Develop Model Data Center Ordinance [PaEN]
-- PennFuture, Conservation Voters Of PA Host March 4 Webinar On How To Protect Your Community Before A.I. Data Centers Come Knocking, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
-- Protect PT To Hold Workshops In Plum Boro March 12, Monessen March 19 On How To Protect Your Community From Environmental Threats Caused By Shale Gas Development [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Study Ties Up To 12.5% Of Pittsburgh Area Adult Deaths To Particulate Air Pollution
-- PA Emergency Management Agency To Hold 6 Flood Recovery Workshops Across The State Starting April 16 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Water Authority Reports Lowest-Ever Lead Levels In City Water Supply
-- Pittsburgh Water Authority Releases 2025 Year In Review
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 300+ Visit Montour Preserve For Annual Environmental Education Expo With Hands-On Environmental Activities, Ice Fishing & More In Montour County
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 400 Attend STEAM Education Event At West Branch School District To Learn About River Topics & More In Clearfield County
-- Tribune-Democrat: Friends Of Flight 93 Planning Summer Symposium To Educate Teachers On 9/11 Story
-- DCNR House Budget Testimony: Pennsylvania Is Ready To Welcome The World For The 250th Birthday Of The United States [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Delmont Committee Seeks Input To Help Develop Westmoreland Heritage Trail Connection
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy’s Fritz Schroeder Turns Love Of Outdoors Into Mission To Protect County Land [PDF of Article]
-- PA Firefly Festival Announces Naturalist Guide Training To Meet Surging Eco-Tourism Demand In PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Middle Creek Wildlife Area Asks Public To Report Sick Or Deceased Wild Birds As Avian Flu Spreads
A.I. /Data Centers
-- The Citizens Voice: Hollenback Twp. Denial Of A.I. Data Center Rezoning Request Heads To Court [PDF of Article]
-- WNEP: A.I. Data Center Proposal In Lower Mount Bethel Twp. Sparks Wildlife Concerns In Northampton County
-- Morning Call: Lower Mount Bethel Sets April 9 Date For A.I. Data Center Town Hall As Overflow Crowd Demands Answers In Northampton County
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Grassroots Resistance To A.I. Data Centers Rises In Pennsylvania
-- House Committee Reports Out Bills To Require Data Centers To Disclose Energy, Water Use, Direct DCED To Develop Model Data Center Ordinance [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: PA House Committee Sees Partisan Split On Proposals To Regulate, Monitor A.I. Data Centers
-- City & State PA: PA House Committee Advances Bills Addressing Growing Concerns With A.I. Data Centers, Republicans Opposed
-- Utility Dive: PJM Proposes Fast-Track New Generation Interconnection Plan; Extension Of Capacity Auction Price Ceiling, Collar
Train Derailments
-- EPA Takes Action After Subcontractor Altered Measurements In Sampling For Groundwater Contamination Resulting From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Financial Times: US LNG Gas Producers Rush To Seize On Surging Natural Gas Prices Trigger By President’s War On Iran
-- TribLive/AP: Energy Prices Surge As Tanker Disruptions And Facility Shutdowns Rattle Global Supply [US Natural Gas Prices Linked To World Markets Thanks To LNG]
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Hit 3-Year High As Qatar LNG Halt Rocks Markets [US Natural Gas Prices Linked To World Markets Thanks To LNG]
-- Bloomberg: President’s War On Iran Has Traders Staring Down An Energy Crisis [War-Caused Price Spikes Good For Oil & Gas Companies, Bad For Consumers]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader/Spotlight PA: Drug Plan Middlemen Face New Oversight Push As PA Pharmacies Close
-- PennLive: Why Isn’t PA’s Attorney General Handling Lawsuits Against The President’s Administration? He Explains
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: I Represent One Of The Quakertown H.S. Students Arrested During Protest Against President’s ICE - Justice Isn’t Being Served
-- Scranton Times: Dickson City Police Rescinding ICE Agreement It Recently Entered, Mayor Says
-- TribLive: Bill To Bar Allegheny County Cooperation With President’s ICE Advances To Council Vote
-- Republican Herald: 3 More Schuylkill County Law Enforcement Agencies Sign On To President’s ICE Cooperation Program
-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports February State Revenues $35 Million (1.2%) Less Than Estimates; Year-To-Date $381.9 Million (1.4%) Above Estimates
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports February State Revenues $16 Million (0.5%) Below IFO Estimates; Year-To-Date Revenue $346 Million (1.2%) Higher Than IFO Estimates
-- TribLive: A.I. Drives Nvidia’s $2 Billion Investment With Butler County’s Coherent
-- WPXI: Antisemitic Messages Broadcast Over Pittsburgh-Area Emergency Communication Channels
-- TribLive/Bloomberg: President’s War On Iran Adds Potential Shock For American Economy, Voters
-- PennLive: Republican Congressman Warns President Bombing Iran ‘Won’t Make The Epstein Files Go Away’
-- Morning Call/AP: Federal Court Rejects President’s Administration Attempt To Slow Tariff Refund Process
-- TribLive: Federal Judge Shuts Door On President’s Dept. Of Justice Effort To Wrest Transgender Care Data From UPMC
-- TribLive/NYT: Administration Abandons Efforts To Impose President’s Executive Orders On Law Firms
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