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		<title>Senator Ferlo Hosts Electric Choice Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, May 11th – Senator Jim Ferlo, in collaboration with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc. (PCSI)/Environment and Energy Community Outreach (EECO) Center hosts Pittsburgh’s first PA PowerSwitch event at the Kingsley Association on May 11th.  The event will feature two 90-minute workshops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferlo to sponsor new Certificate of Need law in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harrisburg, May 8, 2012 – State Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-Pittsburgh) today announced that he is planning to sponsor a new Certificate of Need (CON) law. State CON programs have been active since the mid-sixties, and seek to reduce health care costs by regulating capital expenditures and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Ferlo Pushes for Stronger Gas Drilling Law in PA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Senator Jim Ferlo announced his plans to draft legislation overhauling some key points of the recently enacted Marcellus Shale bill; Act 13. Ferlo’s planned amendments would impose a reasonable Marcellus Shale severance tax, toughen environmental and public health protections, and restore local zoning powers. “Since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western PA Conservancy: Community Garden Planting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Western PA Conservancy invites you to volunteer to re-plant the spectacular community flowerbeds in towns and cities throughout western Pennsylvania.  There are numerous gardens in Senator Ferlo&#8217;s district and your help is welcomed. If you&#8217;d like to join, please notify Nancy Terpack know of your plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Education and Training Trust Fund Open House</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Open House will be held on May 30, 2012, between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., at the Training Fund facility located at 317 Deer Creek Road, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania 16056. Lunch refreshments will be provided. The purpose of the Open House is to make you aware of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Development Center 2012 Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is offering a two-step program for people thinking of starting a small business. Workshops will be held at the University, in Mervis Hall, and are scheduled for the entire 2012 calendar year. To find out more information, Download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Ferlo Calls for Support of Amendment to United States Constitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alairdhuber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harrisburg, March 6, 2012 – Senator Jim Ferlo (D-Pittsburgh) plans to introduce a Senate Resolution in solidarity with a nation-wide effort to amend the United States Constitution in order to abolish so-called “corporate personhood.” Two years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Elections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferlo Reminds Motorists: Statewide Texting While Driving Ban Begins Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harrisburg, March 6, 2012 – State Sen. Jim Ferlo reminded motorists today that Pennsylvania’s new law that bans texting while driving goes into effect Thursday. Ferlo was one of the original co-sponsors of a bill to ban texting and phone calling while driving. “This new law will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corbett Budget: Pain without Gain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG, February 7, 2012 &#8212; State Sen. Jim Ferlo today provided the following statement in response to Gov. Tom Corbett’s 2012-13 state budget proposal: “Call it, ‘Second verse, same as the first,’ the governor’s 2012-13 budget proposal once again hurts working people, vulnerable families and the Pennsylvania [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. Supreme Court Invalidates Redistricting Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brad Bumsted, TRIBUNE-REVIEW Harrisburg, January 25, 2012 — The state Supreme Court today overturned the Legislature&#8217;s new maps for 2012 House and Senate races, leaving current districts in place until a five-member commission that designed the plan fixes the court&#8217;s concerns. The 4-3 decision gave a glimmer [...]]]></description>
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