HARRISBURG, Jan. 20, 2015 — State Sen. John N. Wozniak today praised incoming Governor Tom Wolf for setting a tone of cooperation and confidence at today’s inaugural ceremonies in Harrisburg.

“Tom Wolf campaigned as a new kind of leader and, so far, he’s backed that up,” said Wozniak, citing bipartisan cabinet appointees and a pledge of transparency.

HARRISBURG, Dec. 3, 2014 – The announcement today that Pennsylvania’s budget is $2 billion short and collapsing is only a surprise to those who “willfully ignored adequate warning,” state Sen. John N. Wozniak said today.

At a mid-year briefing in Harrisburg, Budget Secretary Charles Zogby laid out the bad news for reporters, acknowledging a severe budget crisis for incoming Gov. Tom Wolf.

HARRISBURG, Sept. 23, 2014 – State Sen. John N. Wozniak today praised the release of a detailed report on heroin and opiod abuse in rural Pennsylvania and urged legislative colleagues to move forward with a series of actions recommended in the report.

“This report represents a sometimes painful examination of drug abuse that defies stereotypes and incarceration-based solutions,” Wozniak said.

In Pennsylvania, the number of fatal heroin overdoses has been increasing.  According to a 2014 report from the Pennsylvania State Coroners Association, there were 45 reported heroin deaths in 2009 and 124 reported heroin deaths by mid-2013.  Although the Center’s focus is on heroin use in rural Pennsylvania, addiction has no municipal, county, or state boundaries.