News Releases

State Senator Mario Scavello will host his Annual Senior Expo on Tuesday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pocono Mountain Swiftwater Elementary Center (135 Academic Drive, Swiftwater, PA 18370). The Expo is co-sponsored and will be attended by State Representatives Rosemary Brown, Maureen Madden, and Jack Rader. Admission is free to the public. [Read More]

The Senate approved a $45.2 billion General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-23 that meets the needs of Pennsylvanians today without creating multi-billion-dollar budget deficits in the future, according to Sen. Mario Scavello (R-40), who voted for the measure. [Read More]

The Senate Majority Policy Committee today held the second in a series of hearings on crime and public safety, gathering at the East Hempfield Township Building in Lancaster County to get input from local police chiefs, prosecutors, human trafficking victim advocates, and key community groups. [Read More]

With National Crime Victims’ Rights Week as the backdrop, the Senate Majority Policy Committee today kicked off a series of hearings on crime and public safety, gathering at the Cambria County Courthouse to get input from police, prosecutors, judges, and key community groups.  [Read More]

Sen. Mario Scavello (R-40) and Rep. Rosemary Brown (R-189) held a Capitol news conference today to urge Pennsylvania communities to adopt campaigns to clean up the litter that is so costly to local communities and the environment. [Read More]

Sen. Mario Scavello (R-40) and Rep. Rosemary Brown (R-189) will hold a Capitol news conference Monday, April 11 at 11:30 a.m. in the Capitol East Wing Rotunda in Harrisburg to urge Pennsylvania communities to adopt litter cleanup campaigns. [Read More]

In an address to the General Assembly, Gov. Tom Wolf proposed a $45.7 billion 2022-23 state budget that would increase General Fund spending by $4.5 billion, Sen. Mario Scavello (R-40). [Read More]

The state Senate today approved a package of bills to improve cybersecurity in Pennsylvania and require timely notifications to citizens of government data breaches, according to Senator Mario Scavello (R-40). [Read More]

Continuing efforts to restore Pennsylvania’s economic vitality, the Senate today approved legislation sponsored by Senator Mario Scavello (R-40) and Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35), chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, to spur job growth in and around airports across the Commonwealth. [Read More]

Sen. Mario Scavello (R-40) and Sen. Pat Browne (R-16) today announced the approval of $2.1 million in state funding to help redevelopment of the Mary Immaculate Seminary and St. John Neumann Building in Lehigh Township. Browne and Scavello were instrumental in securing these funds. [Read More]