Cambria County stands to gain significantly from a new state budget approved by the General Assembly today after state Rep. Frank Burns won major provisions to aid local revitalization efforts and help a local pharmacy chain that has been fighting to keep filling prescriptions. Read more
Grant seminar for local officials Read more
Local agencies came together in Cambria County on Friday to talk about different grants that are available to municipalities. Read more
The degraded and leaking 30-year-old rubber roof over Nanty Glo Fire Co. – whose 40-square-mile primary coverage area includes Nanty Glo Borough and Blacklick Township – is being replaced thanks to a $259,033 state grant supported by state Rep. Frank Burns. Read more
Refuses paycheck until budget is passed. Read more
As the state begins a new fiscal year without an approved budget, state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, said he is voluntarily refusing to accept a state paycheck until a budget is passed. Read more
Following the passing of a bill that would allow municipalities to temporarily pause all data center applications Wednesday, one state Representative is stressing the importance of holding “big tech” accountable. Read more
Relief could be on the way for Pennsylvanians frustrated by soaring electric bills after the state House unanimously passed a bill supporters say would cut utility costs by nearly 6 percent. Read more
Responding to concerns about the impact of data center development on Pennsylvanians and their wallets, state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, voted this week to allow municipalities to enact a temporary pause on new data center applications. Read more
“This bill is all about affordability,” said Burns, D-Cambria. “Families need relief from skyrocketing energy costs and this bill will do that while also sending a clear message to utility companies that they can’t line their pockets at the expense of ratepayers.” Read more
The flooding situation at two ballfields in Ebensburg Memorial Park – where pooling rainwater was high enough to cover your shoes, making the ground unplayable – has been rectified by a $42,000 state grant facilitated by state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambia. Read more
$350K in grants awarded to Johnstown Women's Help Center Read more
PHARE grants for Johnstown Women's Help Center Read more
Rep. Burns discusses crime concerns at law enforcement luncheon Read more
Grants for career and technical education programs Read more
Rep. Burns calls for resignations at Johnstown Housing Authority Read more
Rep. Burns calls for leadership changes at JHA Read more
Convinced that the recent violent crime wave and fiscal strain overtaking Johnstown is building public momentum for serious change, state Rep. Frank Burns is asking the mayor and city council to install new Johnstown Housing Authority board members committed to downsizing its huge public housing footprint. Read more
Bill to repeal Corbett-era wholesale gas cap hike Read more
HARRISBURG, May 29 — Reminding everyone he was a hearty “No” vote on a gasoline tax hike passed during the Corbett administration, state Rep. Frank Burns now wants to neuter a portion of that 2013 law that hiked the gas tax at the wholesale level — an increase passed on at the pump. Burns’ pending legislation would repeal the Corbett-era provision that raised the maximum taxable wholesale price of fuel from $1.87 to $2.99 by 2017 – and shifted any related, increased state tax costs on to drivers during their fill-ups. “When the Republican-controlled legislature brought this increase up for a House vote in 2013, I voted against it with gusto because I knew it was going to unfairly impact every working Pennsylvanian who uses a gas-powered vehicle to get to work — or for their work,” Burns said. “The increases put in place and phased in since then have hit drivers in the wallet for nearly a decade. “With gas prices currently stressing motorists’ paychecks and family budgets, it’s time to provide some economic relief by peeling back this wholesale gasoline tax hike.” In a situation that came into being without Burns’ vote, Pennsylvania currently has one of the highest gas tax rates in the country, rivaled only by California, Illinois, and Washington. Sympathetic to their current plight, Burns believes people across the Commonwealth Read more
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