Baker Joins Republican Leadership Team, Reappointed as Judiciary Chair
State Senator Lisa Baker (R-20) will begin the 2023-2024 legislative session as part of the Senate Republican leadership team, serving as Majority Caucus Administrator. She will once again chair the state Senate Judiciary Committee, a panel that has jurisdiction over an array of highly charged issues and has a large number of bills referred to it each session. [Read More]
VFW Service Officer Available to Help Veterans at Senator Baker’s Hawley Office on December 1
State Senator Lisa Baker (R-20) invites veterans to schedule an appointment to meet with a VFW Service Officer at her Hawley office location. Appointments with a Service Officer are available at no charge on the first Thursday of every month. [Read More]
Baker Joins Senate Republican Leadership Team
As part of the new Senate Republican Caucus leadership team for the 2023-24 legislative session, today, Senator Lisa Baker (R-20) was appointed by Interim Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-39) to serve as the Senate Majority Caucus Administrator. [Read More]
New Law Supports Pennsylvania’s Military Families
Deployments present military families with a number of challenges. A loophole preventing spouses from collecting unemployment is no longer one of them, as a result of a new law advanced by Senator Lisa Baker (R-20). [Read More]
General Assembly Announces $3M Pilot Mental Health Program for Schools
Pennsylvania General Assembly members from both chambers and both parties today heralded the introduction of a mental health pilot program for public schools across the commonwealth. [Read More]
Pennsylvania State Senate Passes Important Increase of the Cap of the Local Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit
State Senator John Yudichak (I-Luzerne/Carbon) and State Senator Lisa Baker (Luzerne/Wyoming/Susquehanna/Wayne/Pike) announced today that new jobs and more investment will be coming to northeastern Pennsylvania after the Senate voted to create and expand tax credit programs to support targeted investments in key industries. [Read More]