Jan. 06, 2020 / Newspaper Columns
![Almost $1 Billion in the Red and $779 Million Over Budget: It’s Time to Make Fiscal Policy a Priority in 2020]()
On Jan. 1, Pennsylvanians awoke to not only a new year, but a new decade. Little did they know, on New Year’s Eve the checking account of the Commonwealth was overdrawn by $904 million.
Jan. 02, 2020 /
![Successful First Year for House Government Oversight Committee]()
Nearly a year ago, I was honored to have been named the first chairman of the newly formed House Government Oversight Committee. As someone who has long espoused the need for greater oversight in state government, this appointment was particularly meaningful to me.
Dec. 20, 2019 /
![York County House Republicans Announce CTE Funding for York Tech]()
HARRISBURG – The York County House Republican delegation announced today that the York County School of Technology is the recipient of a $50,000 grant to improve career and technical education (CTE).
Nov. 21, 2019 /
![Lawmakers Discuss Bills to Make Pennsylvania’s Small Businesses Great Again]()
HARRISBURG – Reps. Seth Grove (R-York), Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland) and Jim Cox (R-Bucks/Lancaster) were joined by advocates to discuss a package of legislation to put small businesses on equal footing when it comes to taxes.
Nov. 14, 2019 /
![Grove Announces Park Improvement Grants]()
DOVER – Projects to covert two former golf courses in the 196th Legislative District to parks each received $250,000 in grants through the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCNR) Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) announced today.
Oct. 18, 2019 /
![York College Names Grove One of 50 Spartans]()
DOVER – Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) was recognized by his alma mater when York College named him one of 50 Spartans in recognition of York College of Pennsylvania’s 50th Anniversary and presented him with an award.
Oct. 17, 2019 /
![House Government Oversight Committee to Take Testimony at First-Ever Public Hearing]()
WHAT: The House Government Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), will hold its first-ever public hearing to receive testimony for its investigation into a lobbying disclosure law. The committee is reviewing the Department of State’s implementation of transparency provisions to determine if the goals laid out in the law are being met. Under the law, the department must publicly post on its website filings from lobbyists within seven days of receipt.
Oct. 17, 2019 /
![Bills Target Criminals, Not Second Amendment Rights]()
Firearm violence, and all violence, is a sad aspect of our society. Though tragic mass shootings splash on newscasts and newspapers, individual shootings rarely make the news as they once did, despite these kinds of shootings being more prevalent in our community. Any kind of firearm violence in which innocent individuals are needlessly slain is unacceptable. A single innocent person being killed should stir the same emotions as those invoked by a mass killing.
Oct. 10, 2019 /
![Phillips-Hill, Grove: Voters should have say on budgetary gimmicks]()
YORK – Two local lawmakers have joined efforts to rein in excessive state government spending by the executive branch.
Oct. 03, 2019 /
![Grove Issues Statement on Wolf’s Decision to Impose Cap and Trade]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) issued the following statement:
Sep. 25, 2019 /
![Grove’s Legislation to Help Ensure Student Success in the Workforce Heads to Governor’s Desk]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation containing language drafted by Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) to make select credits students earn transferable to job-training institutions and create easier processes schools can follow to establish and renew vocational programs is on its way to the governor’s desk to be signed into law.
Sep. 17, 2019 /
![Grove to Hold Informative Concealed Carry Seminar]()
DOVER – Residents wishing to learn more about their Second Amendment rights and Pennsylvania’s firearms laws are encouraged to attend the free Concealed Carry Seminar Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) will host in October.
Aug. 26, 2019 /
![Dowling, Grove, Walsh Present Bills to Reinvent Government by Cutting Cost, Increasing Efficiency]()
UNIONTOWN – In the vein of an overarching theme driven by House Republican Caucus this legislative session, state Reps. Matthew Dowling (R-Fayette/Somerset), Seth Grove (R-York) and Justin Walsh (R-Westmoreland) drafted the Reinventing Government bill package to create better government, more economic prosperity and stronger communities.
Aug. 26, 2019 /
![Grove Asks Residents to Pinpoint Problem Roads]()
DOVER – Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) is calling on residents to help point out problem roads and infrastructure in the 196th Legislative District as part of his Drive the District campaign.
Aug. 21, 2019 /
![Grove Asks Residents to Pinpoint Problem Roads]()
DOVER – Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) is calling on residents to help point out problem roads and infrastructure in the 196th Legislative District as part of his Drive the District campaign.
Aug. 21, 2019 /
![Grove to Host Summit on Fiscal and Economic Policy]()
WHAT: State Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) will host a comprehensive one-day Summit on Fiscal and Economic Policy. The public is welcome to attend. Attendees will hear from various experts on topics that include the fiscal state of Pennsylvania, ways to improve budgeting, the pension crisis, government oversight, economic growth and much more.
Aug. 19, 2019 /
![Grove to Host Summit on Fiscal and Economic Policy]()
HARRISBURG – The public is invited to attend Rep. Seth Grove’s (R-Dover) comprehensive one-day Summit on Fiscal and Economic Policy to be held at York College’s Alumni Hall, 441 Country Club Road, on Thursday, Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Aug. 14, 2019 /
![Pennsylvania Must be Part of the Solution to Problems at Our Border]()
On Monday, Aug. 12, I joined a group of 20 state legislators from across the United States in visiting the United States-Mexico border to see the realities of what is happening and how it impacts non-border states.
Aug. 09, 2019 /
![State Legislators Announce Wildfire Fighting Grants for Local Companies]()
HARRISBURG – Porters Community Fire Company in Heidelberg Township and Union Fire and Hose Company No. 1 in Dover are among more than 130 fire companies across Pennsylvania to receive wildfire fighting grants, according to state Reps. Seth Grove (R-Dover) and Kate Klunk (R-Hanover). Porters was awarded a $4,000 grant while the Union Fire and Hose grant is for $2,000.
Aug. 01, 2019 /
![Longtime Vacant Building in Dover Township to be Developed Through RACP, Grove Says]()
WEST MANCHESTER ¬– A tract of land housing a longtime vacant grocery store in Dover Township will be redeveloped into a new Lidl grocery store partially through a $500,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) announced today.