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Apr 7, 2025 - Freeman welcomes $145,000 for Easton business development
Mar 26, 2025 - Freeman bill would compensate PA communities with high percentage of tax-exempt properties
Mar 25, 2025 - House passes Freeman bill to allow more land banks to revitalize communities
Mar 12, 2025 - Freeman proposes tutoring program for PA public schools
Mar 10, 2025 - Freeman bill would let housing authorities set up police departments
Mar 5, 2025 - Freeman proposes fairer property tax system
Mar 3, 2025 - Freeman bill seeks better response to overdoses
Feb 24, 2025 - Freeman helps acquire $463,000 for roadway improvements
Feb 5, 2025 - House committee OKs Freeman land bank legislation
Jan 28, 2025 - Freeman welcomes $225,000 in grants for trailway and park
Nov 14, 2024 - Freeman welcomes $185,000 grant for Bushkill Creek
Nov 1, 2024 - Freeman welcomes $6.12 million in state development grants
Nov 1, 2024 - Freeman bill to help Main Street program signed into law
Oct 23, 2024 - Freeman welcomes $2.48 million in state grants
Oct 23, 2024 - PA Senate passes Freeman bill to help Main Street program; sends it to governor’s desk
Sep 17, 2024 - Freeman welcomes $54,000 sewer grant for West Easton
Aug 19, 2024 - Freeman welcomes $83,000 grant to improve Easton intersections
Aug 16, 2024 - Easton added to state’s Creative Communities Initiative
Jun 28, 2024 - Freeman bill to create state poet laureate passes PA House
Jun 27, 2024 - House committee OKs Freeman bill to redevelop vacant factories

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Dec 16, 2023 - Wreaths Across America remembers fallen veterans in Easton
Dec 9, 2023 - State representative proposes new Pennsylvania poet laureate position
Nov 18, 2023 - Easton Winter Village opens up in Centre Square, featuring festive vendors and special events
Nov 5, 2023 - Tool-share program and Easton farm markets get a boost from agricultural grants
Nov 2, 2023 - Easton area, South Whitehall gain funding boosts for transit networks, local markets
Oct 16, 2023 - Pony Bridge Celebration Held in Hellertown
Oct 10, 2023 - Pa. bill would give public housing authorities in smaller cities the power to make their own police departments
Sep 28, 2023 - Lafayette College celebrates new alumni plaza and trail, plus refurbished steps
Sep 6, 2023 - Warehouses dominate discussion of proposed law to add oversight to Pennsylvania development
Sep 6, 2023 - Lehigh Valley experts testify on PA bill addressing warehouse development
Sep 6, 2023 - ‘Long overdue’: Pa. towns would get more control over warehouses under Lehigh Valley lawmaker’s bill
Aug 21, 2023 - New bills would let Pennsylvania local governments hire firms as managers
Aug 21, 2023 - Pa. lawmakers push set of bills that would allow firms to manage municipalities
Aug 15, 2023 - Freeman joins county and Easton city officials to promote clean vehicles
Aug 15, 2023 - PA Rep. Freeman, Northampton Co. commissioner and Easton councilman among those calling on EPA to pass clean car standards
Jun 15, 2023 - Police and fire gear from Pennsylvania might help protect people of war-torn Ukraine
Jun 7, 2023 - Freeman bill seeks to extend Main Street program, which has been a resounding success in Easton
Jun 5, 2023 - ‘There's always more that we can do’: How a statewide study on wildlife corridors could impact the Lehigh Valley
May 17, 2023 - Proposed Pa. budget nearly quadruples funding for local government cooperation
May 9, 2023 - Bill aims to create statewide tutoring program in Pa.

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Newsletters

Your Report from Rep. Robert Freeman: Fall 2024 - posted Aug 29, 2024
Your Report from Rep. Robert Freeman: Winter 2023-24 - posted Jan 17, 2024
Your Report from Rep. Robert Freeman: Fall 2022 - posted Sep 9, 2022
Your Report from Rep. Robert Freeman: Winter 2021-22 - posted Feb 24, 2022
Your Report from Rep. Robert Freeman: Fall 2020 - posted Sep 17, 2020
Your Report from Rep. Robert Freeman: Winter 2019-20 - posted Feb 24, 2020

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Opinions

May 10, 2023 - Schweyer: Helping our heroes take the next step
Dec 20, 2022 - Letter: State Rep. Urges Lower Saucon Council to Oppose Landfill Rezoning
Jun 9, 2022 - Your View: Pa. lawmakers have duty to prevent gun violence
Nov 5, 2020 - Let’s be patient; Make sure every vote counts

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