John Peterson News

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The Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee passed Karen Carter Peterson's HB 889 favorably.

At 9:00 a.m., Monday, June 8th, the Louisiana Healthier Families Act will be heard before the House Ways and Means Committee, announced Speaker Pro Tempore Karen Carter Peterson.

SPRING CREEK TWP. Allegheny Forest Alliance members attended last night's Spring Creek Township Board of Supervisor's meeting to discuss potential membership into the fold.

Governor Transparency Senate bill 278 is going to the Louisiana Senate floor and needs to be defeated.

U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson speaks at a Chamber Legislative Lunch Friday at the Punxsutawney Country Club.

Louisiana Republican Chairman Roger Villere said today that he will not apologize to House Speaker Pro-Tem Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, for his role in their dispute over public records .

Photo by Ted Lutz The Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee held a hearing Friday on oil and gas exploration in the Allegheny National Forest.

WARREN The state has been asked to intervene in a dispute that threatens to impede oil and gas operations in the Allegheny National Forest .

A recently retired congressman from a rural north-central Pennsylvania district is to run a nonprofit group that deals with the Allegheny National Forest.

NASHUA, NH and GOFFSTOWN, NH -- -- 04/27/09 -- "What the delivery truck did for home heating oil, our new wood pellets bulk delivery and automatic transfer system will do for wood pellet users," said Jon Strimling, Pelletsales.com President .

Monday is the last day to register or change registration for the May 19 primary election, but don't expect photos of long sign-up queues or stacks of forms being punched into a database.

Perhaps state Rep. Mike Turzai can succeed where Melissa Hart twice has failed. Turzai, R-Bradford Woods, the House minority whip, reportedly is considering challenging U.S. Rep.

Submitted by schoolboardblog... on Thu, 2008-02-07 12:49. I spent Sunday through Tuesday at the FRN conference in Washington, D.C. As a branch of NSBA , FRN provides an opportunity to learn a lot more about education issues from the federal perspective, and a chance to meet with our national representatives.

Squash is Sen. Arlen Specter's usual game, but he demonstrated yesterday that he's intent on turning his re-election fight into a Texas cage match.

So who's the congressional big pig when it comes to pork barrel spending in Pennsylvania? Locally, it would be former U.S. Congressman Phil English, who ponied up 19 requests for $18 million in earmarks for the fiscal year 2009, according to the Citizen's Against Government Waste annual Pig Book.

Federal officials are making progress on new rules for offshore wind energy development, Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar said after hearing governors and wind entrepreneurs ask for faster action so their projects can be approved.

Food safety hearings began Thursday by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, including testimony from a major Minnesota grocer.

Photo by Ted Lutz Oil well pumps sit idle as private drilling companies wait to receive a "notice to proceed" before they can install the equipment at well sites in the Allegheny National Forest.

A former congressional candidate claims a central Pennsylvania prosecutor wrongly filed criminal charges that allegedly derailed his candidacy.