Pennsylvania is fortunate to have some of the best schools in the nation. We also have the distinction of having the eighth highest college cost in the country with the average annual cost of tuition and room and board at around $45,400. [Read More]
Veterans Day is an opportunity for us to acknowledge the debt of gratitude owed to the men and women of Pennsylvania who have answered the call to serve our nation in uniform for decades. [Read More]
In August, Lancaster County police launched an investigation into a disturbing case involving 20 high school female students. [Read More]
Aging in place is so important to many older Pennsylvanians and their families. The same can be said for parents who wish to care for their physically disabled child at home but need skilled nursing care. [Read More]
2024 may go down as the year Artificial Intelligence (AI) took the world by storm. The news is exciting, but also a little unsettling. In 5 to 7 years, we read that AI will be as smart as humans. In twenty years, some say, AI will be able to do anything we can do. These claims are tricky to evaluate, but what's clear is that AI is advancing faster than most people realize. The more we interact with AI, the quicker it evolves, learns, and develops. In the past decade, AI has moved from beating humans at Jeopardy to writing songs and tackling advanced coding. The uncanny realism of deepfake videos featuring celebrities like Tom Cruise reminds us that stealing someone’s face isn't just a plot for Mission: Impossible anymore. [Read More]
As I sat in the state Capitol rotunda listening to Gov. Josh Shapiro lay out his 2024-25 budget proposal, I couldn’t help but wonder if the gilded hall rubbed off on the governor, giving him a different perception of the state of the commonwealth’s finances. [Read More]
As we begin another year, I’d like to take time to briefly look back on some highlights of 2023 and my first year in the Pennsylvania Senate. This past year has been challenging but I believe we have made a real difference in several critical areas that help Pennsylvanians. [Read More]
Over the last couple of weeks, you may have heard news about the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success program, or PASS. [Read More]
Once again, it’s summer and Pennsylvania is without a new state budget. It’s a story we hear all too often in our state’s capital and I want to take the opportunity to explain why I am a firm supporter of the 2023-24 spending plan that passed the Senate in late June. [Read More]
Three of the scariest words in the English language are spoken thousands of times a day in a doctor’s office across the country, “you have cancer”. [Read More]
