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CBS News
12-06-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Bill fully repealing Pennsylvania's Sunday hunting ban passes state house, heads to senate
A bill introduced by an Allegheny County state representative, Mandy Steele, passed the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, and it would fully repeal the commonwealth's Sunday hunting ban. House Bill 1431 was approved by the House Game and Fisheries Committee on June 3 and then passed by the full House yesterday by a vote of 131-72. Now, the legislation heads to the Pennsylvania State Senate for consideration. "Though hunters play an active role in helping to manage wildlife populations, through the purchase of their licenses and other revenue they generate, they also fund wildlife conservation at a larger scale, for all species," said Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Steve Smith. "For those reasons and others, it's important to keep hunters engaged and providing the valuable service they do. These bills would help accomplish that. One of the biggest reasons hunters stop hunting is a lack of time. While no one can add hours to the day or days to the week, removing the prohibition on Sunday hunting holds the potential to add significantly more time to the hunting calendar and keep hunters hunting." Rep. Steele's bill is identical to a similar bill that was introduced in March in the State Senate, and it would end the prohibition on Sunday hunting as well as allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to include Sundays when they establish yearly hunting seasons. In 2019, Pennsylvania began allowing additional hunting on three designated Sundays, but not on every Sunday.
CBS News
24-03-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Control of the Pa. House of Representatives up for grabs in Mon Valley special election
Control of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives now hangs in the balance as a special election tomorrow in the Mon Valley will have voters choose someone to complete the term of late Democrat Matt Gergely. The House has been deadlocked for months, but tomorrow, all of that will change when the election in the Mon Valley will set the tone for all of Pennsylvania. A House at a standstill will finally have some motion. "That's why all eyes across Pennsylvania, politically, are looking on this district in the Mon Valley," said former KDKA-TV Political Editor Jon Delano. The district includes McKeesport, Duquesne, Clairton, and White Oak, it's also a region that typically leans to the left. Delano said that, despite those leanings, you never know what could happen in a special election. "The difficulty in special elections is that the vast majority of voters will not vote," he said. "90% of the voters in the district are not likely to cast a ballot tomorrow, so it's really a question of who comes out to vote." The seat was formerly held by Democratic Representative Matt Gergely. He died in January following a medical emergency , leaving both the House Democrats and House Republicans tied with 101 seats each. Now, three candidates are running for the seat and they include Democrat Dan Goughnour of McKeesport, Republican Charles Davis of White Oak, and Libertarian Adam Kitta. It could be anyone's race. "Special elections are not like general and primary elections where it's easy to predict what's going to happen," Delano said. The candidate who wins will serve this year and then run for re-election next year.
