State Health Secretary cites underuse of WIC funds
Ivania State Health Secretary H Arnold Muller says only about a third of eligible pregnant women and women or children are claiming nutrition funds under the WIC program. He spoke at a capital press conference outlining the underutilization and the need to attract more eligible participants.
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Ivania
H. Arnold
Muller
WIC
Freind pushes state liquor bottle seals in Pennsylvania
Rep. Stephen F. Freind of Haverford wins House approval on an amendment to SB 640 to require state seals on all liquor bottles sold in Pennsylvania. The measure, touted as curbing smuggling, faces Senate concurrence amid opposition from distillers who call seals costly with little effect.
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Harrisburg
Stephen F. Freind
Haverford
Friend
Pennsylvania
Freind
House
Senate
House Votes Against Welfare for Cuban Refugees and Aliens
The Pennsylvania House approved an amendment to Senate Bill 237 by a 162 to 24 vote to bar public assistance for non citizens. Delaware County representatives split along party lines with Yes votes from Arty Civera Durham Freind Gannon Ryan and Spitz and No votes from Micozzie and Spitz. Farmland preservation measures passed 177 to 5 authorizing protections for 500 acres or 10 percent parcels with local committees overseeing rezonings. In liquor control, Senate Bill 518 passed 27 to 1 allowing teen events at licensed venues if alcohol is secured. Yes Loeper. No Bell Tilghman.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Welfare Department
House
David di Carlo
Erie
U.S
Delaware County
Mary Ann Arty
Springfield
Mario Civera
Upper Darby
Robert Donnatucci
Philadelphia
Kathryn Ann Durham
Brookhaven
Stephen Freind
Havertown
Thomas Gannon
Folsom
Matthew Ryan
Media
Nicholas Micozzie
Clifton Heights
Gerald Spitz
Falcroft
John Alden
Wayne
Arthur Earley
Chester
Arty
Civera
Durham
Freind
Gannon
Ryan
Spitz
Alden
Donatucci
Earley
Micozzie
F. Joseph Loeper
Drexel Hill
Clarence D. Bell
Upland
Richard Tilghman
Bryn Mawr
Earley to assist minority businesses board appointment
Harrisburg Rep. Arthur F. Earley of Chester has been named to the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority board as House Republican representative. The board reviews monthly low interest loan requests from minority groups and includes party representatives, cabinet secretaries and gubernatorial appointees. Former Rep. Herbert K. Zearfoss sponsored the legislation creating the authority.
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Times
Harrisburg Bureau
Harrisburg
Arthur F. Earley
Chester
Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority Board
Herbert K. Zearfoss
Radnor
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