House Panel to Examine Worker Misclassification and E-Verify Legislation
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone Next week, the House Labor & Industry Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks), will hear testimony on two laws related […]
House Legislation to Focus on Construction E-Verify
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone This week, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh) circulated a co-sponsorship memo to his House colleagues for legislation that would require the use […]
Dems Pick Up Key Seat in Special Election
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone Just a year ago, Senate Republicans held a more than comfortable margin in the 50-member state Senate, with 34 members. The number […]
ABC Keystone Nets Silver Grassroots Award
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone At last week’s ABC Convention in Long Beach, CA, the ABC National office recognized various levels of commitment to advocacy among […]
No Notice – Employee Rights Awareness
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a landmark case involving the ongoing battle of public sector unions and their […]
The Power of One
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone Things are really crazy right now. I’m just too swamped. What could I possibly do to help anyway? These are all […]
Waiving the White Flag: PennDOT Withdraws Appeal of Commonwealth Court’s Markley Street PLA Decision
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone In 2017, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) took an innovative step and announced that they would be attempting to use […]
Coming Together… A Focus on Efficiency
With a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor riding high after a 17% reelection win, it’s a safe bet that there’s going to be some friction when it comes to […]
Musical Chairs
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone As is customary at the onset of every biennial legislative session, a new team of leadership is selected to direct policy, […]
ABC PA Summit Focuses on Policy, Political Endorsements
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone Last week’s meeting of the five ABC chapters throughout Pennsylvania brought a rare opportunity to work with some uncommon coalition partners […]
