08/30/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) today announced grant awards from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation (PHEF) for the recruitment and retention of students in nursing programs at two local schools.
08/18/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) this week was appointed by Republican Leader of the House of Representatives Sam Smith (R-Jefferson/Indiana/Armstrong) to serve on the newly created Health Careers Leadership Council.
08/06/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) today announced that, thanks to approved funding from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, plans are expected to move forward on new construction of 11 affordable housing units in the Borough of Liberty.
08/04/2010
Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga), Republican chairman of the House Health and Human Services Committee, and Rep. Curt Schroder (R-Chester) today renewed their call for passage of the Health Care Freedom Act in Pennsylvania, which would ban governments from forcing people to have health insurance or face fines and penalties. A similar measure passed by an overwhelming 71 percent of voters in Missouri yesterday.
06/28/2010
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today unanimously passed a House resolution authored by Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) honoring the late Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Plank, who was killed on June 9 in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.
06/07/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) today congratulated Ward Manufacturing for being selected to receive a $50,000 investment grant from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
05/28/2010
Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) is reminding area senior citizens about the 2010 senior expo being held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, June 11, at Wellsboro Area High School, 225 Nichols St., Wellsboro.
05/27/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) today announced several state grants for recycling and environmental education initiatives awarded by the Department of Environmental Protection.
05/07/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (Bradford/Tioga) congratulated Soldiers +Sailors Memorial Hospital on receiving a $2 million Infrastructure and Facilities Improvement Program grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development.
04/29/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) announced that an Identity Theft Protection seminar will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, May 14, at the Wellsboro Fireman’s Annex. Co-hosting the event with Baker are the Area Agency on Aging and the Elder Services Work Group of the Tioga County Partnership for Community Health.
04/26/2010
A new rebate program designed to help consumers save money and energy by making it more affordable to upgrade a home heating system will open April 21, Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) announced today.
04/20/2010
Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) is letting Pennsylvania consumers who are shopping for a competitive electric generation supplier know that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is offering a one-stop shop Web site for residential, commercial and industrial customers.
04/19/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga), along with Sen. Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) and Rep. Curt Schroder (R-Chester County), today hosted the Pennsylvania Liberty March in support of preserving the constitutional rights of Pennsylvania citizens to opt out of the new federal health care law signed into law by President Barack Obama in March.
04/16/2010
Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) is alerting eligible women to free cancer prevention and treatment services through two state programs.
03/24/2010
Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) today announced state funding of more than $8,500 for three local farmers’ markets under the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Direct Farm Sales Grant Program.