🚦It's a GO! on $1.18 million in new state grant funding to upgrade traffic signal equipment and communications in the Centre Region🚦

In this edition ⬇️ 🥼Supporting Healthcare Workers 📆Upcoming Events ☀️ Around the District Recap 👋 Welcoming Hunter & Gillian And much more! 🗞️ Read here: www.pahouse.com/takac/EmailA...

My statement on the current negotiations between SEIU Healthcare and Mount Nittany Medical Center

📆 Mark the Date! I will be holding my 4th annual Tele-Town Hall on Tuesday, August 4th, starting at 7:00 pm! We will call you just before the event starts to talk about Pennsylvania's new budget, address issues in our area, and most importantly, hear from you.

In this edition ⬇️ 💲 2026-27 State Budget! 📲 Tele-Town Hall 🇺🇸 250th Holiday Weekend 👋 Farewell to Sonia And much more! 🗞️ Read here: www.pahouse.com/takac/EmailA...

Late yesterday, the PA General Assembly passed - and Gov. Shapiro signed - the 2026-27 state budget. This budget reflects many of the core priorities that House Democrats have championed and fought for over many years.

🛒Did you or someone you know lose food purchased through SNAP due to recent power outages? The PA Department of Human Services may be able to help.

And on Monday, we’ll go back to work fighting for a future that is healthier, happier, more prosperous and more just - and to protect the rights and freedoms declared in Philadelphia 250 years ago. Onward!

Looking for a fun way to celebrate July 4? It's Pennsylvania Fish and Boat's Fish-for-Free Day! Anyone can fish on Pennsylvania waterways without a fishing license. Hope to see you out on the water 🎣 For more info: pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/fishing/regulations

In observance of July 4, my office will be closed July 2nd and July 3rd. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend 🇺🇸 We will return to our normal business hours on Monday at 9 am!

Congratulations to the Roland Curtin Foundation on yesterday's ceremonial Ownership Transfer Celebration at Curtin Village!

Bullying is wrong, no matter what. No student should have to suffer such torment simply because of who they are.

It was an honor to welcome our summer intern, Emily, and Mary, our Constituent Services Advisor and Events Coordinator, to the PA Capitol! They got to sit in on a House Environmental Committee meeting and even meet the Speaker of the House, the Honorable Joanna McClinton!

Come see us at our Unionville Borough pop-up office TOMORROW, June 23rd from 2-6 pm! My team will be there to assist you with state issues and programs like Property Tax and Rent Rebate applications, birth certificates, PennDOT issues, and much more. Please be sure to stop by and say hello!

Due to a staff event, our District Office will open today (Monday, June 22nd) at 1 PM. If you have questions or need any assistance prior to that time, please call our team at (814) 308-0569 or email us at reptakac@pahouse.net and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

A very Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures whose love and support help keep families strong and healthy. My dad passed less than a year ago, and so I am mindful too of all those feeling mixed emotions and a sense of loss today. May their memories be a blessing.

Our office is closed today in observance of Juneteenth.

📚 🍎 It's that time of year again! Our office is partnering with the Centre County YMCA and Centre County Pearls for our annual Back-To-School Drive! Last year, we helped provide hundreds of local students with backpacks and supplies. And we couldn’t have done it without you.

In the last 24 hours there has been a lot of noise and deliberate misinformation spread by organizations seeking to defund PA public schools and divert your hard-earned taxpayer dollars to secretive, black box tax credit programs valued at over $680 million!

Last week, I was honored to join PA Secretary of Agriculture Russ Redding and other dignitaries at the Boalsburg Farmers Market to help kick off the 2026 Farmers Market Nutrition Programs.

Our State College office is closed today due to staffing. We are available by phone (814-308-0569) and email (Reptakac@pahouse.net)

Yesterday we joined 50+ vehicles and 1200 marchers in the most colorful and joyful parade imaginable. Then, we joined thousands more friends from near and far to celebrate love, inclusion, and the belief that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity - the values that make our community great!

State College Pride just keeps getting bigger and better every year!

Had a great time joining Trout Unlimited and Clearwater Conservancy for their Youth Fishing Event this past week! I was honored to kick off the event by thanking the more than 80 volunteers and community members who helped make the day possible.

I’m happy to announce that Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the PA Department of Environmental Protection to support the development of a new regional glass recycling operation in Centre County ♻️

Mark your calendar for this Sunday, June 7th, from 1–5 PM at Tussey Mountain Pond for the Spring Creek Trout Unlimited annual family fishing picnic! Our district office team will be there with information and fun giveaway items. Hope to see you all there!

June is Pride Month! An opportunity to embrace and celebrate everyone in the LGBT+ community, and to acknowledge that love knows no bounds. Keep an eye out for events here in our area and across PA - I especially look forward to seeing everyone at the annual State College Pride Parade on June 13!

Proud to share that the PA Turnpike has installed courtesy veterans parking spaces at all 17 Turnpike service plazas in partnership with the American Legion.

June is Aphasia Awareness Month! My District Office Director recently had the opportunity to speak with local aphasia advocates to learn more about this condition.

I’m excited to announce more than $168,000 in state funding for career and technical education programs at the State College Area School District and Central PA Institute of Science & Technology.