News Releases

Highlights of Center City Allentown’s continuing revitalization is the focus of this month’s “The Browne Report” television show, hosted by Senate Appropriations Chairman Pat Browne.   [Read More]

Local municipalities, colleges and community groups are encouraged to apply for grants to boost safety and reduce the risk of violence, according to Senate Appropriations Chairman Pat Browne.   [Read More]

The committee held 10 separate roundtable discussions at the request of members of our caucus over the summer and fall.   [Read More]

Senator Pat Browne, R-16th District, was elected today (November 14) by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for the 2019-20 Legislative Session that will begin in January.   [Read More]

Senate Republicans today elected their leaders for the 2019-20 legislative session.   [Read More]

Speaking at a press conference today (November 13) to promote diabetes awareness, Senator Pat Browne, Representative Ryan Mackenzie and Dr. Terri Lipman, an award-winning Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and pediatric nurse practitioner in the Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discussed the growing impact of the chronic disease on people of all ages.   Listen   [Read More]

Senator Pat Browne will host a press conference today (Tuesday, November 13) at 1 p.m. in the State Capitol East Wing Rotunda to promote November as National Diabetes Awareness Month.   [Read More]

Senator Pat Browne will host a press conference at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, in the State Capitol East Wing Rotunda to promote November as National Diabetes Awareness Month.   [Read More]

Several local schools in the 16th Senatorial District were awarded state grants today to help improve student safety through a new program supported by Senate Appropriations Chairman Senator Pat Browne.   [Read More]

Legislation drafted by state Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Pat Browne, R-Lehigh, and State Rep. Mike Schlossberg, D-Lehigh, aimed at curtailing vehicles illegally passing school buses in Pennsylvania, is on its way to the Governor’s desk.   [Read More]

Senator Pat Browne and Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced a partnership with Sandy Hook Promise to roll out and operate the Safe2Say Something Anonymous Reporting System for every school across the Commonwealth.   [Read More]

Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Senators Pat Browne (R-Lehigh) and Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia) will provide an update on the implementation of Pennsylvania’s Safet2Say program on Monday, October 1.   [Read More]