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(WTAJ) — Congressman Fred Keller backed a unique bill proposed by Congress in Washington D.C. that would exempt vehicles used as racecars from regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
(WHTM) — Auto racing is big in the region and in the State of Pennsylvania and Midstate Congressman Fred Keller wants a law protecting the sport. He is co-sponsoring a bill to permanently exempt race cars from regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency. The bill would ensure that vehicles solely used for racing would not be subject to clean air laws.
History was made in Pennsylvania.
Voters here became the first in the country to limit their governor's emergency powers.
The majority of voters checked "yes" to approving amendments to our state constitution.
It comes after republican lawmakers pushed to roll-back emergency powers that Governor Wolf used during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Washington, DC - National President Patrick Yoes wrote a letter of support on behalf of the organization’s 356,000 members for Eric’s Law, legislation introduced by Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) to bring justice to crime victims and their families.
As the violence in Jerusalem between Israelis and Hamas escalates, two of the Valley’s Middle East experts say the root cause of this outbreak harkens back to unresolved Palestinian-Israeli conflicts.
Last year was the deadliest on record for correctional officers, according to the nonprofit group One Voice, which tracks correctional officers' deaths.
According to the group, 219 officers and 41 staff died of COVID-19, since March 2020.
In a typical year, about 11 officers lose their lives, One Voice said.
WASHINGTON (WTAJ) — Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) and Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) have reintroduced a law that aims to allow federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the second phase of a federal death penalty case.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As National Police Week continues, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.-12) have announced that they are re-introducing Eric’s Law, a bill that aims to deliver justice to victims and their families in federal death penalty cases.
WASHINGTON — As National Police Week 2021 continues, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Pa., have announced that they are re-introducing Eric’s Law, a bill that aims to deliver justice to victims and their families in federal death penalty cases.
Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform dinged Democrats leading the panel about not having officials from the U.S. Capitol Police called to testify about the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol during a hearing on Wednesday.