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E-news Updates – August 7, 2025
August 7, 2025

E-news Updates – August 7, 2025

In this Update: LECOM Breaks Ground on New Pharmacy Find What’s Yours! Meeting with Park Leadership at Presque Isle American History in Our Own Backyard Pop-Up Office in Edinboro A Reminder That Could Save a Life See What’s Been Happening New Law Extends PA Guard Family Education Benefit Senate Acts to Ensure More Efficient Government […]  [Read More]

Council Inaction Is Costing Erie Its Future
August 1, 2025

Council Inaction Is Costing Erie Its Future

The time has come for Erie City Council to stop stalling and act: the Erie Zoo must be transferred to Erie Events. It is the most logical, fiscally responsible move available, and yet Council continues to delay.  [Read More]

E-news Updates – July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025

E-news Updates – July 31, 2025

In this Update: Sunday Hunting Dates Announced Do You Have Money Waiting For You? Listening and Learning at Erie Heights Rolling Up My Sleeves UPMC Opens Neighborhood Center Senate Acts to Provide Funding for Local Bridge Projects Legislation to Make PA Leader in Drone Research Approved by Senate Children in Hot Cars: Look Before You […]  [Read More]

Laughlin to Introduce Legislation Raising Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage
July 30, 2025

Laughlin to Introduce Legislation Raising Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage

Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49) announced plans to introduce legislation that would gradually raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $11 per hour by 2028, updating the state’s minimum wage statute to reflect economic realities and better support working Pennsylvanians.  [Read More]

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Office of Senator Dan Laughlin

Harrisburg Office

Senate Box 203049
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3049
Telephone: (717) 787-8927
TTY: 800-364-1581

District Office

1314 Griswold Plaza
Suite 101
Erie, PA 16501
Telephone: (814) 453-2515

Meet Dan Laughlin

Sen. Dan Laughlin was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2016 to represent the 49th Senatorial District, which includes nearly all of Erie County. He was reelected in 2020 and 2024. Born in Erie and raised in the Erie Heights housing project, Sen. Laughlin is the son of a decorated World War II veteran. As a small business owner, Sen. Laughlin strongly supports policies that create jobs, limit government spending and ease the tax and regulatory burden on job-creators. An advocate for government reform, he is committed to making state government accessible and accountable to the people he serves.
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