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Lawrence, Policy Committee Host Hearing on Big Elk Creek State Park

July 12, 2024

WEST GROVE–Rep. John Lawrence (R-Chester) and the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee, led by Vice Chairman Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland), held a hearing on Tuesday regarding potential development of Big Elk Creek State Park by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR.) More than 160 members of the community attended the hearing at the new Avon Grove High School in Jennersville.

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Lawrence Calls Out Partisan Vote Approving “Punitive and Aggressive” Tax Proposal

October 4, 2023

HARRISBURG – In a late-night vote along party lines, legislation to create new tax incentives for medical marijuana operations and Hollywood movie studios passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives this week. The bill contained a number of additional controversial provisions, including a complete rewrite of Pennsylvania’s business tax code, creating what some observers called one of the most punitive and aggressive tax proposals in the nation.

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