News Releases

Late last year, the Indiana County Development Corporation received a $2.5 million state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) award with the money to be focused on the acquisition and redevelopment of student rental housing properties to prepare the properties for conversion to an adaptive reuse.   [Read More]

Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35), Senator Joe Pittman (R-41) and Senator Gene Yaw (R-23) announced their intent to introduce a resolution urging President Biden to restart the Keystone XL pipeline.   [Read More]

Sen. Joe Pittman (R-41) and Reps. Jim Struzzi (R-62) and Brian Smith (R-66) hailed Indiana County’s receipt of $2 million in federal Community Development Block Grant-CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funding to continue efforts to expand broadband capability within the county.   [Read More]

Building on a promise to provide Pennsylvania’s frontline heroes with relief, Sen. Joe Pittman, R-41, today voted to advance a measure to provide $25 million in funding to support our Commonwealth’s EMS providers.   [Read More]

The state Senate today approved critical funding for hospitals and frontline health care workers who continue to keep Pennsylvanians safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Joe Pittman, R-41, said.   [Read More]

The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) today awarded nearly $12 million in funding to projects in Armstrong and Indiana counties, according to Sen. Joe Pittman (R-41), state Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-62) and state Rep. Abby Major (R-60).   [Read More]

Not surprising anyone, Gov. Tom Wolf today vetoed a resolution that would have prevented him from unilaterally forcing Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which will ultimately impose a carbon tax on state electricity producers.   [Read More]

Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R-Bellefonte), Senator Gene Yaw (R-23) and Senator Joe Pittman (R-41) issued the following statement today in response to Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s failure to stand up to Governor Wolf on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI):   [Read More]

Sen. Joe Pittman (R-41) and Rep. Brian Smith (R-66) today announced Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and its Academy of Culinary Arts received a $1 million state grant for a major Jefferson County project to replace a 32-year-old learning facility and improve the educational offerings of IUP Punxsutawney’s acclaimed Culinary Arts program.   [Read More]

Two Indiana County projects received a total of $3.5 million in grant awards from the state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), according to Sen. Joe Pittman (R41) and Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-62).   [Read More]