September 30, 2024
Senate Education Committee Advances Bipartisan Bills
The Senate Education Committee met today and advanced three bills with bipartisan support. [Read More]
News Releases
September 24, 2024
Revenue Secretary Pat Browne Visits Success Stories of Tamaqua’s CRIZ
The past achievements and future goals of the Tamaqua City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) were the focus of a visit to the borough by Pennsylvania Sec. of Revenue Pat Browne yesterday. Sen. Dave Argall (R-29), who wrote the law that allowed Tamaqua to apply for their CRIZ designation, was full of praise for the many community partners who have worked tirelessly to breathe new life into Tamaqua. [Read More]
September 17, 2024
Senate Votes to End RGGI Electricity Tax, Protect Jobs
The Pennsylvania Senate approved legislation today to end the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) electricity tax unilaterally enacted through executive order by the Wolf Administration in 2019, said Sen. Dave Argall (R-29). [Read More]
September 5, 2024
Study: More College Graduates in Tamaqua Thanks to Morgan Success Scholarships
A new study shows a strong link between the increase in Tamaqua Area School District residents who have earned an associate degree and the Morgan Success Scholarship, which guarantees two years of free tuition for Tamaqua Area High School graduates who attend Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC). [Read More]
September 3, 2024
Argall TV Report: Bringing New Life to the Former KME Plant in Nesquehoning
The September edition of the local TV program hosted by Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) focuses on the renovation and reuse of the former KME Fire Apparatus complex in Nesquehoning. [Read More]
August 1, 2024
Argall TV Report: Renovating Weatherly’s Schwab School and Hazleton’s Y
The August edition of the local TV program hosted by Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) focuses on the renovation and reuse of the historic Schwab School in Weatherly and the YMCA building in Hazleton, two well-known buildings that have fallen into disrepair. [Read More]
July 25, 2024
Argall: Pennsylvania Colleges Must Fight Campus Antisemitism
After hearing disturbing accounts of antisemitism on college campuses across Pennsylvania, state Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) called on college administrators to take stronger actions against the perpetrators of this hatred during a public hearing of the Senate Education Committee. [Read More]
July 24, 2024
Historic Schwab School to be Restored, Transformed into Apartments
State Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and state Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-122) joined local officials at a press conference today to announce that work to transform the blighted Schwab School in Weatherly into 30 affordable apartments will soon begin. [Read More]
July 23, 2024
State Funding to Develop Mine-Scarred Land into Business Park in Hazle Township
A highly competitive state grant of $2 million and a low interest loan of $3 million were awarded to CAN DO, Inc. and Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services today to develop the Crossroads East Business Park on mine-scarred land in Hazle Township, according to Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and Rep. Dane Watro (R-116). [Read More]
July 23, 2024
State Grant Supports Careers, Employers in Western Schuylkill County
The Schuylkill Economic Development Corporation was awarded a highly competitive state grant of more than $830,000 to extend natural gas service to the Keystone Potato Products and Espoma facilities located in Foster and Frailey Townships, according to Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and Rep. JoAnne Stehr (R-107). [Read More]