5/14/2008
Senate Vote
Rejecting Judicial Nominees Criticized |
5/1/2008
O'Pake Says Initial
Distribution From Gaming for Property Tax Relief Still Only A
Start |
4/30/2008
Senate Passes Bill
to Stop Unwanted "Political Robocalls" |
4/29/2008
Berks County
Seniors Reap Benefit of Property Tax & Rent Rebate Expansion |
4/18/2008
More Than 1,000
Acres Added to Farmland Preservation Total In Berks |
4/18/2008
New State Job Data
Underscores Need for Job Stimulus |
4/9/2008
Senator Introduces
Boost in Job Creation Tax Credit for PA Businesses |
3/26/2008
O'Pake Sponsors
School Supply Sales Tax Holiday and PACE/PACENET Bills |
3/12/2008
Senate Passes
Mortgage Reform Package |
3/6/2008
Senator Advises PA
Citizens of March 24 Deadline to Register to Vote in April 22 PA
Primary |
2/15/2008
Senator Joins
Kutztown Officials in Urging Action on Measures Dealing with
Underage Drinking in College Towns |
2/12/2008
Senator Joins in
Co-Sponsoring Bills to Clamp Down on Underage Drinking in
College Towns |
2/6/2008
Berks Seniors
Benefit by Three-Fold Increase in Property Tax and Rent Rebate
Checks; New Application Period Underway |
2/5/2008
O'Pake Says No-Tax-Increase Budget is a
Good Start |
1/25/2008
O'Pake Seeks Governor's Intervention to
Save Berks County Jobs |
1/11/2008
O'Pake Urges House Action on Senate-Passed
Anti-Bullying Legislation |
12/4/2007
O'Pake Advises Farmers to Apply for Tax
Credits |
11/20/2007
O'Pake Marks 15th Anniversary of
Pennsylvania's Children's Health Insurance Law |
11/19/2007
Exeter Township
Awarded $1 Million State Grant |
11/13/2007
Senator O'Pake
Introduces Homeowner School Property Tax Elimination Plan |
11/11/2007
Senator Urges
Action on Creation of Cabinet-Level State Department of Veterans
Affairs |
10/22/2007
Berks County
Surpasses 50,000 Acres in Preserved Farmland |
10/17/2007
Economic
Development Projects In Reading & Kutztown Win State Funding |
10/17/2007
Berks
Municipalities Receive Recycling Grants |
10/3/2007
Bush Veto of S-CHIP
"Slap In The Face" to Uninsured Children |
9/28/2007
7,000 More Berks
County Seniors Getting Property Tax Rebates |
9/19/2007
O'Pake Senate
Resolution & Letter to White House Urges Reversal of Federal
Guideline Restricting Children's Health Insurance |
9/19/2007
Legislation
Regulating Bounty Hunters Advances |
9/18/2007
O'Pake Backs
Cost-Saving Statewide Health Insurance Plan for School Employees |
8/24/2007
PA Citizens Advised
to Re-Register for State's "Do Not Call" List |
8/24/2007
Sewage Facility
Enforcement Grants Awarded |
8/15/2007
Nearly $100,000 in
Recycling Grants Awarded |
8/9/2007
More Farmland
Preserved in Berks County |
7/27/2007
O'Pake Says Assisted Living Law Offers
Seniors Greater Choice; Greater Protection |
7/24/2007
O'Pake Announces Economic Development
Financing for Kutztown Project |
7/18/2007
O'Pake Hails
Enactment of Long-Term Care Insurance Incentive |
7/16/2007
O'Pake Applauds
Passage of No-Tax-Increase Budget |
7/9/2007
Time to Pass a
State Budget Now, O'Pake Says |
6/20/2007
Senate Passes
Scaled-Back, No-Tax-Increase State Budget |
6/19/2007
Application
Deadline for Expanded Property Tax & Rent Rebate Program
Extended Until December 31 |
6/13/2007
Senate Acts on
House Bill to Extend $25 Million Grant Program for Volunteer
Fire Companies and Ambulance Associations |
6/6/2007
O'Pake's Tax Credit
for Emergency Service Volunteers Wins Finance Committee Approval |
5/8/2007
O'Pake
Congressional Redistricting Government Reform Proposal Advances |
5/2/2007
O'Pake Urges
Creation of "Illness Monitoring" Office in Department of Health |
4/23/2007
Berks Continues to
Lead in Farmland Preservation |
4/20/2007
Senator Applauds
Work of Child Services Employees in Preventing Child Abuse |
4/16/2007
PHEAA Grant
Application Deadline Fast Approaching |
4/12/2007
Senator Concerned
About Increase in Berks County Child Abuse Stats |
3/9/2007
PA's "Cover All
Kids" Law Now in Effect & More Children Qualify for Free
Coverage, O'Pake Says |
3/8/2007
Senator Calls for State Probe of Reported
High Incidence of Cancer in Muhlenberg Township Area of Berks
County |
2/23/2007
PA Must Fix
Mistakes, O'Pake Says Following Hearing on Snow Storm/Interstate
78 Traffic Debacle |
2/15/2007
Berks Continues to
Lead State in Acres of Farmland Preserved |
2/12/2007
Senate Adopts
O'Pake Resolution Recognizing 5th Anniversary of PA Amber Alert
System |
2/12/2007
O'Pake Renews
Effort to Grant Emergency Service Volunteers a Tax Break |
2/7/2007
O'Pake; Other
Lawmakers Announce Joint Effort to Thwart Political "Robocalls" |
2/6/2007
New Budget Proposal
Presents Both "Challenges; Opportunities," O'Pake Says |
1/16/2007
Senator Receives
"Investing in Our Future Award" |
1/13/2007
National Amber
Alert Awareness Day |
1/8/2007
O'Pake Sponsors
Government & Political Reform Package |
1/3/2007
O'Pake:
Reforms Are Good Start, But More Needs To Be Done |
12/28/2006
Senator Says
Legislative Reform & "Go Further" Action on Property Tax Relief
Must Be Top Priorities in New Session |
12/18/2006
Senator Secures
$160,000 to Aid Crime Fight in Reading & Berks County |
12/12/2006
Berks County
Secures Funding to Aid Victims of Crime and Prevent Substance
Abuse |
12/05/2006
New Website Helps
Consumers Combat Identity Theft |
11/30/2006
Senator Applauds
Creation of New Cabinet for the Disabled |
11/21/2006
O'Pake Seeks to
Thwart Unwanted Political "Robocalls" |
11/20/2006
Senator Tapped for
New Term as Senate Democratic Whip |
10/24/2006
Senate Passes
Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Program |
10/19/2006
Senate Passes
Legislation Enhancing Protection of Children |
9/25/2006
Berks Conservation
Projects Awarded $864,000 in State Funding |
9/20/2006
More than $15
million in PennWorks Financing Approved for Berks Projects |
9/1/2006
$500 Rebates
Available to PA Purchasers of Hybrid Electric Vehicles |
9/1/2006
Gearing Up for a
Capitol Celebration Starting September 30 |
8/24/2006
More Farm Acres
Preserved in Berks |
8/18/2006
Senator Details New
$25 Million State Tax Break to Help PA Families Save for College |
8/14/2006
Senator O'Pake
Joins Discussion at Reading City Hall Forum on Crime |
8/11/2006
On-Line
Registration Now Available for Organ Donation |
7/7/2006
Senator Joins
Governor for Signing of "PACE Plus Medicare" Legislation |
7/5/2006
Berks County
Libraries Win Near 23 Percent Funding Increase |
7/2/2006
2006-07 Budget
Includes Record Investment in Education |
6/27/2006
Municipalities to
Receive Boost in State Funds for Maintenance of "Turnback"
Roadways |
6/20/2006
O'Pake Megan Law
Improvements Clear Senate |
6/13/2006
$1.6 Million in
PCCD Grants Heading to Berks County |
6/8/2006
More Farmland
Preserved; Berks Continues to Lead State |
5/23/2006
Berks Conservation
Grants Approved |
5/22/2006
First of Two $1
Million Grants Awarded for Purchase/Preservation of Antietam
Lake |
5/15/2006
Senator Joins
Governor for Signing of "Ounce of Prevention" Law |
5/12/2006
Senator Secures
$300,000 Grant for Hispanic Center |
5/2/2006
Conference Report
on Property Tax Relief Clears Senate |
4/11/2006
Bern Township Wins
Recycling Grant |
4/7/2006
Megan's Law
Revisions Face Full Senate After Clearing Judiciary Committee |
4/4/2006
Bechtelsville Fire
Company Secures Low-Cost Loan for Equipment Purchase |
3/31/2006
O'Pake Proposes
Child Protective Services Law Enhancement |
3/29/2006
Colebrookdale
Township and West Reading Win Grants |
3/17/2006
May 1 Application
Deadline for PHEAA Grants Nears |
3/16/2006
Berks Secures Grant
to Be On the Lookout For West Nile Virus |
3/3/2006
Senator Reports
Scam to Pennsylvania Attorney General; Warns Internet Users to
Be Cautious with Release of Personal Information |
2/24/2006
Senator Introduces
Megan's Law Improvements |
2/16/2006
More Farmland
Preserved in Berks |
2/10/2006
Senate Votes to
Renew Volunteer Fire & EMS Grant Program |
2/7/2006
"Last Resort" Home
Heating Assistance Program Expanded |
1/6/2006
Senator O'Pake
Receives "Investing in Our Future Award" for his Commitment to
Pennsylvania Agriculture |
12/22/2005
Senator O'Pake
Joins Governor at Bill Signing and Teleconference Hookup with PA
National Guard Troops In Iraq |
12/21/2005
"Unfair Penalty"
Against Older Workers Eliminated, O'Pake says |
12/16/2005
Governor Signs
State Funding Supplement for LIHEAP |
12/16/2005
$4.5 Million in
Economic Assistance to Preserve 4,300 Berks County Jobs |
12/16/2005
Reading Restaurant
Secures Energy Conservation Grant |
12/13/2005
Senator Secures
Special State Grant to Bolster Heating Assistance for Needy
Berks County Citizens |
11/15/2005
Senator Secures
State Funds to Bolster County Offer to Purchase & Preserve
Antietam Lake |
11/10/2005
Governor Signs New
Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence |
10/26/2005
New Protections for
Victims of Domestic Violence Clears Senate: Nears Enactment |
10/03/2005
7 Berks
Municipalities Secure Grants |
9/28/2005
As Special Session
on Property Tax Relief Convenes, Senator O'Pake Urges
Cooperation to "Get It Done" |
9/21/2005
Bill Cracking Down
on Price-Gouging Clears Senate |
9/19/2005
Boyertown Approved
for $30,000 DCED Grant |
9/16/2005
Special Session to
Focus General Assembly's Attention on Property Tax Relief |
9/8/2005
Senator Urges
Action on Legislation Cracking Down on Gasoline Price Gouging |
9/8/2005
Berks Historical
Society Secures $10,000 Grant |
8/25/2005
Conservation Easements Will Preserve 355 Acres of Berks County
Farmland |
8/24/2005
O'Pake Obtains
$140,000 for Topton Pool Repairs |
8/19/2005
O'Pake Presents
$430,000 to Berks Women In Crisis (BWIC) |
8/11/2005
O'Pake Seeks Cure
for Problem with adultBasic (ABC) Health Care Program |
8/5/2005
Colebrookedale
Township Project Secures Low-Cost PIDA Financing |
7/13/2005
Public Libraries
Secure Needed Additional Funding |
7/6/2005
Community Colleges
Win 10% Funding Increase for Workforce Development |
7/6/2005
Reading Schools
Garner Significant Funding Boost in New Budget Accord |
7/6/2005
Bern Township
Awarded PENNVEST Low-Interest Loan |
6/20/2005
Let Voters Decide
Property Tax Relief Question, O'Pake Says |
6/9/2005
Recycling Program
Grant Goes to Berks |
6/6/2005
Air Pollution
Control Program Grant Awarded |
4/14/2005
Senator Introduces
Tax Credit for Long Term Care Insurance |
4/1/2005
Senator Kicks Off
Child Abuse Prevention Month and Recognition of 30th Anniversary
of PA Child Protection Law by Honoring Workers in the Field
Children and Youth Services |
3/23/2005
Senator Urges
Constituents to Consider "Living Wills" |
3/23/2005
Low-Cost Financing
Awarded Colebrookedale & Richmond Townships |
3/18/2005
Maxatawny
Township's Rodale Institute Wins Environmental Grant |
3/14/2005
Three Berks
Municipalities Win Recycling Grants |
3/4/2005
Berks Fire Company
Wins Low-Interest Loan |
2/22/2005
More Than 80,000
Berks Homeowners File for Tax Relief |
2/18/2005
Deadline Nears to
Submit Fire & EMS Grant Applications |
2/17/2005
Berks
Municipalities Win Over $817,000 in Recycling Grants |
2/17/2005
Exeter Wins
Wastewater Treament Plant Grant |
2/15/2005
Senator's Volunteer
Emergency Service Tax Credit Bills Endorsed |
2/9/2005
Senator Calls
No-Tax-Increase Budget "Fair & Responsible" |
2/2/2005
Senator O'Pake
Outlines People-Oriented Democratic Agenda |
1/19/2005
O'Pake Pushes Tax
Credit for Emergency Service Volunteers |
1/12/2005
Two Berks
Businesses Win DEP Grants |
1/6/2005
Senator Prepares
Health Care Package for New Session |
1/5/2005
Senator Begins
District-Record 9th Term |
12/3/2004
Help Available to
Low-Income Citizens with Home Heating Costs |
12/3/2004
Richmond Township
Wins Grant |
11/23/2004
Senator O'Pake's
"Amber Alert" Bill Awaiting Governor's Signature |
11/17/2004
Senator O'Pake
Re-Elected Democratic Whip |
11/10/2004
Senator O'Pake's
"Amber Alert" Bill Passes Senate |
11/10/2004
Senator O'Pake
Urges "Fair Share" Distribution of Additional Flu Vaccine to
Berks County |
11/8/2004
"Amber Alert"
Statute Nears Enactment |
11/5/2004
Berks Wins Museum
and Historical Funding |
11/3/2004
Senator O'Pake
Presents AED Unit |
10/25/2004
Senator O'Pake
Presents Library Funding |
9/1/2004
Mount Penn Fire
Company Secures Low-Cost State Financing for Pumper |
8/26/2004
Berks Continues
Leadership in Farmland Preservation |
7/23/2004
Sewage Facilities
Grants Awarded Five Berks Municipalities |
7/22/2004
$700,000 Awarded to
Berks Volunteer Fire & EMS Organizations |
7/4/2004
No-Tax
Increase 2004-05 Statet Budget Passed |
7/3/2004
$1
Billion Property Tax Relief Plan Passes |
7/1/2004
PA's
PACE Program Celebrates 20 Years |
6/17/2004
Berks
Still #1 in Farmland Preservation |
6/9/2004
PENNCARE
to Get Boost by O'Pake Bill |
6/8/2004
Reading's
Lillis Confirmed as Brigadier General of PA National Guard |
6/8/2004
Berks
Commissioner Schwank Confirmed to State Planning Board |
5/27/2004
O'Pake
Secures $50,000 for Life-Saving Automatic External
Defibrillators (AEDs) |
5/19/2004
Opportunity
Grant Helps to Create & Save Jobs for Reading |
5/17/2004
Alsace
Township Receives Funding |
5/13/2004
Berks
Leads State in Farmland Preservation |
5/11/2004
O'Pake
Receives First-Ever "Keystone Fraternal Legislator
Award" |
4/22/2004
O'Pake
Delivers Additional State Library Funds |
4/22/2004
Food
Bank Funding Secured to Help Needy Senior Citizens |
4/6/2004
Preventing
Child Abuse Is "Everybody's Business", O'Pake Says |
3/31/2004
Jobs-Producing
Economic Stimulus Package Clears Final Legislative Hurdle |
3/29/2004
Sen.
O'Pake Joins in Recognizing Penn State's 150 Years |
3/25/2004
Berks
Farmland Preservation Gets Another Boost |
3/24/2004
PENNVEST
Financing Awarded to Lenhartsville |
3/23/2004
Sen.
O'Pake Joins Call for Study of State's Costs to Implement
Federal "No Child Left Behind" Law |
3/17/2004
Senate
Moves to Implement Child Victim Video Testimony Constitutional
Amendment |
3/11/2004
Senator
O'Pake Announces Recycling Grants for Berks Communities |
2/11/2004
Senate
Sends "First Part" of Economic Stimulus Package to
Governor |
1/5/2004
New
Accountability Part of New Education Investment, O'Pake Says |
12/19/2003
O'Pake
Proposal Allowing Public Identification of Juveniles Convicted
of Serious Crimes Goes to Governor |
12/5/2003
Still
Time To Get On New Year's "Do Not Call" List |
12/3/2003
Eligible
Seniors Should Apply Now Under New PACE/PACENET Law |
11/25/2003
PACE/PACENET
Expansion Goes to Governor for Signature |
11/25/2003
Senate
Republicans Delay Action on Doctors' Medical Malpractice
Insurance Rate Relief |
11/24/2003
New
PHEAA Merit Scholarship Grants Available, O'Pake Says |
11/19/2003
Two
Berks Municipalities Awarded DEP Grants |
11/18/2003
O'Pake
Bill Creating "Amber Alert" Statute Clears Committee |
11/12/2003
Senator
O'Pake: Oley Valley Vote Signals "Repudiation"
of Senate GOP Tax Plan |
11/7/2003
Bush
Administration Medicare Priorities "Out of Whack",
O'Pake Says |
10/28/2003
Historic
Expansion of Senior Prescription Assistance Program Passes
Senate |
10/28/2003
O'Pake
Resolution Calls On Feds to Abandon Restrictive Medicare
Policy |
10/24/2003
O'Pake
Appointed to Real Estate Law Task Force |
10/22/2003
"Amber
Alert" Would Become Law Under O'Pake Bill |
10/20/2003
O'Pake
Urges Voter Approval of Constitutional Amendment |
9/30/2003
Muhlenberg Twp. Fire Company Wins $160,000 in Financing |
9/17/2003
O'Pake
Introduces Volunteer Firefighter Tax Credit Bill |
9/16/2003
O'Pake
Urges Action on PACE Expansion |
9/16/2003
Kutztown
Fair Wins State Grant |
9/16/2003
O'Pake
Advances Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness |
8/14/2003
Senator
O'Pake opposes water rate increase |
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