Jun. 06, 2019 /
![Knowles Files Sims Censure Resolution]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) today filed House Resolution 387, which is excerpted below, calling for the censure of Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia).
Jun. 04, 2019 /
![Knowles Issues Censure Memo for Sims Persecution of Peaceful Pro-Life Protestors]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) has issued the following co-sponsor memo calling for the censure of Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia):
Mar. 28, 2019 /
![Knowles Selected to Serve on Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) has been appointed to serve on the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee (JLCC) by Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny).
Feb. 05, 2019 /
![Knowles Views Wolf’s Budget Proposal as Positive Starting Point]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) issued the following statement following the governor’s budget address on Tuesday:
Feb. 01, 2019 /
![State Grant Supports Kline Township Highway Repairs]()
HARRISBURG – Senator David G. Argall (R-Schuylkill) and Representative Jerry Knowles (R-Schuylkill) announced a grant today from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) that will finance repairs to 13 sections of deteriorated highway in Kline Township.
Jan. 22, 2019 /
![Knowles Assigned to High-Profile House Education and Judiciary Committees]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) has been selected to serve on the high-profile state House Education and Judiciary committees.
Jan. 02, 2019 /
![Knowles Sworn in for Sixth Term Serving the People of the 124th District]()
Joined by his grandsons holding the Bible in the PA House chamber, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) took the oath of office to begin his sixth term serving the people of the 124th Legislative District.
Sep. 14, 2018 /
![Knowles to Host Tamaqua District Office Open House and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony on Sept. 28]()
TAMAQUA – Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) cordially invites residents of the 124th Legislative District to join him on Friday, Sept. 28, for an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at his new Tamaqua district office, located at 202 E. Broad St., which is the former AAA office. This special event will be held during regular office hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sep. 11, 2018 /
![Knowles Announces $750,000 Grant to Complete Orwigsburg Veterans Community Memorial Hall Renovations]()
ORWIGSBURG – Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) today announced a $750,000 Redevelopment Capital Assistance Program (RCAP) grant to complete necessary renovations to the Orwigsburg Veterans Community Memorial Hall.
Jan. 25, 2018 /
![Is House Bill 153 Good for PA? You Decide!]()
By State Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill)
Nov. 16, 2017 /
![Setting the Record Straight: Plan to Reduce the Size of the House]()
Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill)
Sep. 15, 2017 /
![Fake News – Facts Don’t Matter]()
By Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill)
Jun. 30, 2017 /
![Knowles Votes ‘Yes’ on 2017-18 State Budget]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) voted yes on the state’s 2017-18 state budget plan that seeks to spend $31.9 billion in the upcoming fiscal year. Following the vote, Knowles made the below statement:
Mar. 22, 2017 /
![Pennsylvania Must Restore Right to Work to Guarantee Family-Sustaining Jobs That Pay]()
HARRISBURG — State lawmakers, leaders from organizations across the Commonwealth and other individuals dedicated to making Pennsylvania America’s next right-to-work state officially reintroduced the Pennsylvania Open Workforce Initiative on Wednesday.
Jan. 30, 2017 /
![Local lawmakers testify at public hearing on Hamburg State Center]()
HAMBURG – Senator David G. Argall (R-Schuylkill/Berks) and Representative Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) testified at Monday’s public hearing hosted by the Department of Human Services regarding the proposed closure of Hamburg State Center.
Jan. 26, 2017 /
![SCI Frackville to remain open]()
FRACKVILLE – Schuylkill County area lawmakers Representatives Neal Goodman (D-Schuylkill), Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill), Mike Tobash (R-Schuylkill/Dauphin) and Senator David G. Argall (R-Schuylkill/Berks) thanked Gov. Tom Wolf and Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel for their decision to keep SCI Frackville open and for listening to their case to keep the facility running.
Jan. 25, 2017 /
![Legislators present Wolf, Corrections Secretary with more than 5,000 signatures asking to keep SCI Frackville open]()
HARRISBURG – Five thousand six hundred and seventy individuals signed petitions to keep the state prison in Frackville open, according to local legislators who spearheaded the effort.
Jan. 20, 2017 /
![Argall, Knowles: Auditor General making right call to look into Labor and Industry fund transfers]()
HARRISBURG – Senator David G. Argall (R-Schuylkill/Berks) and Representative Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) voiced their support of Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s announcement that he would review the Unemployment Compensation Service and Infrastructure Improvement Fund, also known as SIIF.
Jan. 12, 2017 /
![Local lawmakers ask residents to sign petition to keep SCI Frackville open]()
FRACKVILLE – Senator David G. Argall (R-Schuylkill/Berks) and Representatives Neal Goodman (D-Schuylkill), Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) and Mike Tobash (R-Schuylkill/Dauphin) are launching online petitions to encourage Governor Wolf and Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel to keep the state prison in Frackville open.
Jan. 09, 2017 /
![Schuylkill County legislative delegation releases statement regarding potential state prison closures]()
FRACKVILLE – Senator David G. Argall (R-Schuylkill/Berks) and Representatives Neal Goodman (D-Schuylkill), Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) and Mike Tobash (R-Schuylkill/Dauphin) released the following statement regarding the governor’s decision to close two state correctional institutions out of five under consideration, one including SCI Frackville: