December 19, 2018
Guns.com, Chris Eger, December 17, 2018- Democrats in the Steel City last week announced a package of laws they would like to enact to ban various firearms, magazines and the like, despite state laws against just such a move. The bevy of new ordinances proposed by the Pittsburgh City Council with the …
December 19, 2018
The Inquirer, Editorial, December 17, 2018- In the six weeks since a lone gunman killed 11 people and wounded six others inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, there have been nearly three dozen mass shootings in the United States. As with previous mass shootings, lawmakers in Harrisburg have mostly shrugged …
December 17, 2018
The Ledger, Tom Palmer, December 15, 2018- If you’re still tossing pickle jars, plastic water bottles, polystyrene cups and plastic bags into your curbside recycling bin, you’re part of a problem Polk County recycling officials are trying to figure out how to solve. Somehow, word of the changes that occurred …
December 17, 2018
TribLIVE, Bob Bauder, December 14, 2018- Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto was joined by Gov. Tom Wolf, members of City Council and state Democratic lawmakers Friday in proposing legislation that would ban semiautomatic rifles and certain ammunition and firearms accessories within city limits. Citing the 11 people killed in the Oct. …
December 14, 2018
KIII TV, Staff, December 13, 2018- A state representative out of San Antonio has introduced a bill that could change the way the City of Corpus Christi regulates the use of plastic shopping bags. House Bill 514 is an effort to ban single-use plastic bags. The measure would allow each …