State House Budget Chair Visiting LV Today

HARRISBURG, Sept. 9 -- House Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans, D-Phila., will meet with citizens, community leaders and elected officials at meetings in the Lehigh Valley today to discuss issues of major importance including the state budget, transportation, and Marcellus Shale.

In his role as Appropriations chairman, Evans has made it a priority to engage Pennsylvanians directly in discussions about state government and Pennsylvania’s future. He will be the guest of state Rep. Joseph Brennan.

Evans' public schedule is as follows:

3 p.m. WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING
3219 MacArthur Road, Whitehall, Pennsylvania 18052

4:15 p.m. Martin Towers (Former Bethlehem Steel Headquaters)
1107 8th Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18018

4:30 p.m. LEHIGH UNIVERSITY – Steps Building Room 102
1 W. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18015