Rep. Kortz (back row, third from left) stands with fellow western Pennsylvania legislators and Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky (at podium)to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the naming of the Pittsburgh region during a celebration in Harrisburg.

Rep. Kortz shakes the governor’s hand after the signing of historic legislation that opens state records, making government more transparent and accessible to the public.

Rep. Kortz (center) stands among fellow legislators and Gov. Rendell for the open records bill signing. The new law makes the inner workings of government and the legislature more accessible to the public, an objective for which Kortz has fought since coming to Harrisburg upon his election to state government.