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  &lt;li&gt;President Jim Willshier's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Renewals&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Upcoming Events&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13453113</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The December 2024 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
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&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Brittany Mako's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Renewals&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;December PAGR Membership Meeting&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13441863</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The October 2024 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
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&lt;h4 style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Brittany Mako's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Friday October 4th Zoom Meeting&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13415270</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/13415270</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:28:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                      &lt;h4 class="boxHeaderTitle"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/NewsPAGR%20June2024.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;The June 2024 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;President Brittany Mako's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2024 Upcoming Events&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;New Members&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13372526</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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                      &lt;h4 class="boxHeaderTitle"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/NewsPAGR%20Feb2024.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;The February 2024 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

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                      &lt;h4 class="boxHeaderTitle"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/h4&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;President Brittany Mako's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2024 Upcoming Events&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2024 Membership Renewal&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13306439</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/13306439</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The December 2023 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
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                        &lt;h4 class="boxHeaderTitle"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/NewsPAGR%20Dec2023.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;The December 2023 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

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                        &lt;h4 class="boxHeaderTitle"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/h4&gt;
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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;President Brittany Mako's Message&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Capitol Happy Hour December 6th!&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;2024 Membership Renewal&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13286584</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/13286584</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:19:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The SEPTEMBER 2023 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
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                      &lt;h4 class="boxHeaderTitle"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/NewsPAGR%20Sept2023.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;The SEPTEMBER 2023 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

                      &lt;h4 class="boxHeaderTitle"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Brittany Mako's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2023 Details and Registration Info&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13252936</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/13252936</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;President Brittany Mako's Message&lt;/li&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13209387</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Good morning PAGR members:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in our last NewsPAGR and at our last Membership Meeting, PAGR is hosting a “Meet the New Legislators” Legislative Reception.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It will be held on Monday May 1 from 5 – 7 pm at The Hilton Harrisburg in the Governor Room (see attached diagram)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a PAGR Members only event and complimentary with you PAGR membership!&lt;/p&gt;Please review the &lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/2023%20Meet%20the%20New%20-%20PAGr%20members.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;attached invitation&lt;/a&gt; and if interested, RSVP by Wednesday, April 26 to &lt;a href="mailto:info@pagr.org"&gt;info@pagr.org&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13170934</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;President Brittany Mako's Message&lt;/li&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13146151</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2023 Calendar of Events&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/13010438</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza Agenda and Registration Form!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza Sponsorship Info!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/12908696</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/12908696</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Become A Sponsor of PAGR's Networking Happy Hour&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/12795271</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;April 8 Virtual Membership Meeting&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/12685547</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Virtual Membership Meetings&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Membership Meeting Sponsors&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/12511606</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The December 2021 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Renewal Emails Coming&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2022 Membership Meeting Information&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;October Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;December 6th Membership Meeting w/ Stacy Garrity, State Treasurer&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2021/22 Board&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrDecember2021.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to read!&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/12156101</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The October 2021 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The October 2021 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2021 Meetings and Events&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2021 Information, Registration and Sponsorship Info&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;October Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Thank You Lobbypalooza Sponsors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2021 Board&lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/11127296</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>Capitol Happy Hours</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;PAGR’s first in-person event of the year is next month …&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;Capitol Happy Hours&lt;br&gt;
Thursday September 9, 2021&lt;br&gt;
Sturges Speakeasy&lt;br&gt;
400 Forster Street&lt;br&gt;
Harrisburg, PA&amp;nbsp; 17102&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;5 pm – 7pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;Join your colleagues as well as staff members from the House and Senate as we enjoy the second floor and deck of the Speakeasy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;PAGR members are free as long as they RSVP by September 2 to&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:info@pagr.org" title="Send an email to info@pagr.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0563C1"&gt;info@pagr.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Space is limited so please make sure you RSVP before the deadline.&amp;nbsp; We will not be able to accommodate walk-ins.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/CHH%20Attendee%20Sponsor%20request.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Also, please consider being a sponsor for $300.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; This is the only way a non-PAGR member can attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;We look forward to seeing you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;Thanks,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"&gt;Christine Corrigan&lt;br&gt;
Executive Director&lt;br&gt;
PO Box 116&lt;br&gt;
Harrisburg, PA&amp;nbsp; 17108&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:info@pagr.org" title="Send an email to info@pagr.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0563C1"&gt;info@pagr.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/10941803</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The June 2021 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The June 2021 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;br&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2021 Meetings and Events&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Capital Happy Hours&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2021 Board&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrJune2021.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to read!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/10552837</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/10552837</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The April 2021 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
      <description>&lt;div class="blogPostBody gadgetBlogEditableArea"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;The April 2021 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Membership Zoom Meeting with Senator Kim Ward&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;2021 Board&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrApril2021.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#3498DB"&gt;Click here to read!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/10236635</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/10236635</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:16:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The February 2021 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;The February 2021 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Justin Fleming's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR Events&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2021 Board&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrFebruary2021.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#3498DB"&gt;Click here to read!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/9885388</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/9885388</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:34:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The December 2020 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;The December 2020 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2020 Recap&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2021 Board&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrDecember2020.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to read!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/9381698</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/9381698</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:04:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>THE October 2020 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;The October 2020 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2020 Goes Virtual!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2020 New Members&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrOctober2020.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to read.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/9234920</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/9234920</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:09:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Lobbypalooza 2020 Goes Virtual!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Friday October 2, 2020&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Via Zoom&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/2020%20lobbypalooza%20flyer.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Panel information, Sponsorship Information, and Registration form all here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/9228767</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/9228767</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2020 19:14:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>THE June 2020 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;THE June 2020 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Election Download - June 19th, 2020&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR Events Schedule&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrJune2020.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here for details.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/9026097</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/9026097</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Upcoming PAGR meetings</title>
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                                &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Dear PAGR Member:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The word "unprecedented" gets thrown around a lot these days, but that's because it is an apt word. I have been working in Harrisburg Government affairs for 25 years - half of my life - and nothing I can remember even comes close to what we are currently experiencing.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;I want you to know your PAGR board and I have been doing our best to represent your interests&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Because of PAGR action, the Department of State agreed to push off the 1st quarter filing deadline to coincide with the 2nd quarter. In fact, our relationship with the Department has never been healthier and it is because of Board efforts to represent you.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;On the legislative side, I have initiated many discussions with leaders and staff concerning lobbyists’ access to information during the Capitol closure and sent &lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PAGR%20Letter%20Concerning%20Lobbyist%20Access%20to%20Documents.pdf"&gt;attached letter on April 3&lt;/a&gt; to press our case with leadership. While both Chambers have made some progress on transparency during floor sessions, we are being completely shut out of the Committee process. After two months of prodding, and two months of internal discussions, I was essentially told that nothing will change. There are simply too many people on the Hill whose instincts are to withhold and obscure as much as possible.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This does not mean that we are giving up the fight. I will continue to press the issue as much as I can. The Board and I will be discussing ways we can perhaps turn up the heat a little bit, we would welcome your input.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;In the meantime, PAGR is looking for the best ways to serve you as things open up a little in June. First, we will have a virtual membership meeting on &lt;strong&gt;Monday, June 15th&lt;/strong&gt; with special guest Mike Brunelle giving remarks and answering questions. We will then have a second virtual event recapping the primary on &lt;strong&gt;Friday, June 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; This event will feature political analysts Chris Nicholas and Abe Amoros discussing the results of the June 2 primary and looking ahead to November. Both of these events are free of charge and for PAGR Members only.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The budget may be "done," but I believe there is a lot more legislative activity to come in 2020. PAGR will continue to be there to provide you a collective voice on both the executive and legislative sides of the Harrisburg equation. Please catch up on your dues and join us for our two events in June!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; Details for reservations will be sent in the next few days.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

                                &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thank you – we hope you are safe and healthy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

                                &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Peter G. Trufahnestock&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

                                &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;PAGR President&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/9009136</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/9009136</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:12:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>THE February 2020 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
      <description>&lt;h4 style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;THE February 2020 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2020 Meeting Schedule&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR Committee Opportunities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrFebruary2020.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here for details.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/8776923</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/8776923</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:57:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The December 2019 NEWSPAGR Is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;h4 style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;THE December 2019 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2020 Calendar&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrDecember2019.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/8132689</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/8132689</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 21:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>THE SEPTEMBER 2019 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!</title>
      <description>&lt;h4 style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;THE SEPTEMBER 2019 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;New Members Since July 2019&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrSeptember2019.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/7876600</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/7876600</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:56:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Lobbypalooza 2019 - Friday September 20, 2019 - Hilton Harrisburg</title>
      <description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"&gt;Lobbypalooza 2019&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"&gt;Friday, September 20, 2019&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"&gt;Hilton Harrisburg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PAGR’s multi-faceted lobbying skills-building symposium designed for the newbie as well as the seasoned professional is September 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lobbypalooza 2019&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Friday September 20&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;8:30 am – 2:30 pm&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hilton Harrisburg.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Back by popular demand, the Leadership panel begins the day with key policy advisors from each caucus. Other speakers/sessions include, House (Clancy Meyer) and Senate (Megan Martin) Parliamentarians, House Chief Clerk Dave Reddecliff and representatives from the Department of State and Ethics Commission.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/Lobbypalooza%205%202019%20flyer.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;See attached for all the details.&amp;nbsp; Register before September 16th!&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/7807823</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/7807823</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 16:35:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The June 2019 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;h4 style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;THE June 2019 NEWSPAGR IS HERE!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;In this issue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2019 Capitol Happy Hours&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR Committee Opportunities&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrJUNE2019.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/7475628</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/7475628</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The APRIL 2019 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;h4&gt;The APRIL 2019 NewsPAGR is Here!&lt;/h4&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2019 Capitol Happy Hours&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Dues&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrAPRIL2019.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/7245648</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/7245648</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:09:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The February 2019 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;div class="blogPostBody gadgetBlogEditableArea"&gt;
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    &lt;h4&gt;The FEBRUARY 2019 NewsPAGR is Here!&lt;/h4&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;President Peter Trufahnestock's Message&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;2019/2020 Legislative Directories&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Meet the Freshmen Legislative Reception&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrFebruary2019.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/7138684</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/7138684</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:54:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Legislative Directories</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"&gt;Since 1999, PAGR has been offering Legislative Directories to our members. Now is your chance to get the information you need while helping the organization that has been supporting the lobbying profession in Pennsylvania since 1991.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/2019%20LegDir.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Orders are now being taken for the 2019-2020 Legislative Directory through PAGR.&lt;/a&gt; Just $9.00 per copy. Deadline for order is January 25, 2019.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/6991492</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/6991492</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:18:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The December 2018 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;div class="blogPostBody gadgetBlogEditableArea"&gt;
  &lt;h4&gt;The DECEMBER 2018 NewsPAGR is Here!&lt;/h4&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;2019/2020 Legislative Directories&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;2019 Board Vote&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrDecember2018.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/6935366</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/6935366</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:49:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The September 2018 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;h4&gt;The September 2018 NewsPAGR is Here!&lt;/h4&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2018 Lobbypalooza&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Committee Participation&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrSeptember2018.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/6668855</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/6668855</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:48:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>PAGR has partnered with Capitol All-Stars to STRIKE OUT HUNGER!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This year, PAGR has partnered with &lt;a href="http://www.capitolallstars.org/"&gt;Capitol All-Stars&lt;/a&gt; to&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;STRIKE OUT HUNGER!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proceeds from the game, which will be played on Monday, September 24, 2018 at 5:30 pm at FNB Field on Harrisburg's City Island, go to the two statewide anti-hunger organizations, &lt;a href="https://www.hungerfreepa.org/"&gt;Hunger-Free Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.feedingpa.org/"&gt;Feeding Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Seventy members of the House and the Senate will play a 9-inning game of softball on two, randomly assigned teams -- the Yinz and the Youse. This is a non-partisan that allows legislators to help the food banks and soup kitchens in every single one of their legislative districts raise much-needed money!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
The game, played during &lt;a href="https://secure.feedingamerica.org/site/SPageNavigator/Pass_the_Plate.html"&gt;Hunger Action Month&lt;/a&gt;, will be televised live on the Pennsylvania Cable Network to a statewide audience and helps raise awareness that one in seven Pennsylvanians do not know where their next meal is coming from, including more than half a million Pennsylvania children.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/CASS%202018%20Sponsorship%20Packet.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Become a game sponsor today&lt;/a&gt;, joining many of your friends and colleagues at Aqua America, Capitol Blue Cross, Deloitte, Columbia Gas, Yuengling, PECO, PepsiCo, Highmark, UPMC, Gateway Health, Leading Age PA, Sunoco, UGI, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business &amp;amp; Industry, and Wegmans.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/CASS%202018%20Sponsorship%20Packet.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;For those of you who are contract lobbyists, please share the attached sponsorship packet with your clients, too; this is a great way for them to support leadership as well as their local lawmakers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
To see for yourself just how much members love this game, click &lt;a href="https://vimeo.com/276097188"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to watch highlights from the Capitol All-Stars "bat grab" draft event in June.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are able to contribute, please write “PAGR member” in the memo of the check.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/6409929</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/6409929</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 10:57:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The June 2018 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

&lt;div class="blogPostBody gadgetBlogEditableArea"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Capitol Happy Hours - June 14th&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;2018 Lobbypalooza&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Committee Participation&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" align="start"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrJune2018.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/6270898</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/6270898</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 12:50:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The March 2018 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Capitol Happy Hours - June 14th&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2018 Lobbypalooza&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" align="start"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PAGRApril2018.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/6015596</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/6015596</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:25:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The February 2018 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2018 Meeting Dates&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2018 Lobbypalooza&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrFebruary2018.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/5701836</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/5701836</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:20:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The December 2017 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
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                      &lt;p&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;Lobbypalooza 2017 Review&lt;br data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;2018 Membership Meetings&lt;br data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;&lt;strong data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrDecember2017.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/5602360</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/5602360</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The October 2017 NewsPAGR Is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this issue:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2017!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lunch with Rep. Mike Sturla, Democratic Chairman, Policy Committee&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrOctober2017.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/5283738</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/5283738</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:56:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>October 13, 2017 Lobbypalooza!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/Lobbypalooza%202017%20flyer.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Agenda, Registration and Sponsorship information here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/5070969</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/5070969</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 15:50:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The June 2017 NewsPAGR Is Here!</title>
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                        &lt;h4 class="boxHeaderTitle"&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div class="blogPostBody gadgetBlogEditableArea"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Internship Opportunities&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;2017 Capitol Happy Hours&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrJune2017.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4852677</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/4852677</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:19:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The April 2017 NewsPAGR Is Here!</title>
      <description>In this issue:

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Internship Opportunities&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2017 Capitol Happy Hours&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrApril2017.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4700944</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/4700944</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:11:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The February 2017 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Mark Richards' Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2017/18 Legislative Directories&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2017 Board&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrFebruary2017.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view, click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4575985</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/4575985</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 19:05:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The December 2016 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Christina Mihalik's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2017/18 Legislative Directories&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2017 Board&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrDecember2016.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;For details, read here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4417265</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/4417265</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>PAGR Survey Results of Government Reform Package of 2016</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/Survey%20Results%20-%202016%20.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to view.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4314894</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/4314894</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Order Your 2017-2018 Legislative Directories</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/Legdir2017.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Order form here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4313303</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/4313303</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:52:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The September 2016 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Christina Mihalik's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2016 Lobbypalooza Coming!&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Election Day Party&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrSeptember2016.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;For details, read here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4230398</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/4230398</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:06:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Lobbypalooza 2016</title>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Save the date:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/event-2296452"&gt;Lobbypalooza 2016 is Friday September 23, 2016 at Hilton Harrisburg&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Topics include:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Caucus Update, Medical Marijuana, Election Overview, PAC Reform, Citizen's United, Social Media, Lobby Disclosure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/Lobbypalooza%202016%20flyer.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here for registration form.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sponsorships are available.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4156374</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;President Christina Mihalik's Message&lt;/li&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrJune2016.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;For details, read here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/4026512</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>2016 Capitol Happy Hours!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;ONE NIGHT ONLY!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thursday June 2, 2016&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;5:00—7:00 PM&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/2016%20Capitol%20Happy%20Hours%20invite%20-%20attendees05316.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Here's how to become a sponsor!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana,sans-serif"&gt;PAGR members can attend for $40!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3975637</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      &lt;li&gt;President Christina Mihalik's Message&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Monday, April 4th Membership Meeting&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;2016 Capitol Happy Hour&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrApril2016.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3916334</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>Free Program of interest: Sunshine Week Panel Discussion &amp; Luncheon</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association and the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Foundation are pleased to present a panel discussion and free luncheon in honor of &lt;a href="http://panewsmedia.org/Events/view/2016/03/15/default-calendar/sunshine-week-panel-discussion-luncheon" target="_blank"&gt;Sunshine Week&lt;/a&gt;. The panel will feature discussion on the state of open government in Pennsylvania.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3832263</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3779983</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The December 2015 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this issue:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;President Christina Mihalik's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Gift Compliance Information for the Pennsylvania Society Meeting&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Proposed 2016 Board&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/resources/Documents/PagrDecember2015.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3657975</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:52:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Lobbypalooza Sponsorships</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Lobbypalooza is about one month away and we have most of our speakers confirmed:&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;Drew Crompton, Erik Arneson, Steve Crawford&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to name a few.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/Lobbypalooza%202015%20flyer.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Please review the attached registration form and sponsorship opportunities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Several sponsorships include registration to the event.&amp;nbsp; It's a win for PAGR and a win for you!&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Please return registration by October 19.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3532215</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza October 22nd!&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2015 Capitol Happy Hours Sponsors&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrSeptember2015.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3468373</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The June 2015 NewsPAGR is here!</title>
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    &lt;li&gt;President Christina Mihalik's Message&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;2015 Capitol Happy Hours&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;PAGR Meeting with State Senator Daylin Leach on June 1st&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza September 17th!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrJune2015.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3355944</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The April 2015 NewsPAGR is here!</title>
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  &lt;li&gt;President Christina Mihalik's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2015 Capitol Happy Hours&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2015/16 Legislative Directories&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza September 17th!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrApril2015.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3274299</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The December 2014 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;In this issue:

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  &lt;li&gt;President Gabrielle Sedor's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Proposed 2015 Board&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2015/16 Legislative Directories&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2015 Calendar&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrDecember2014.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3162975</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>Order your 2015 Legislative Directories through PAGR</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Since 1999, PAGR has been offering Legislative Directories to our members. Now is your chance to get the information you need while helping the organization that has been supporting the lobbying profession in Pennsylvania since 1991.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Orders are now being taken for the 2015-2016 Legislative Directory through PAGR. Just $7.50 per copy. &lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/Legdir2015.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Details are here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3119520</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:38:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>IRRC Disapproves Proposed Lobbying Registration Fee Increase! Fee remains at $200.</title>
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;This morning, Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) disapproved the Department of State’s proposed increase to the biennial lobbyists registration fee which would have increased fees for lobbyists, lobbying firms and principals from $200 to $400. &amp;nbsp;DOS had originally proposed to increase the registration fee from $200 to $700 but revised its proposal based on comments and feedback from stakeholders, including PAGR and several PAGR members.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;In our conversations with the Department of State and the IRRC over the last year and a half, PAGR registered significant concerns with the proposed increase. An increase of this magnitude would&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;create a disincentive for citizens to engage in the democratic process with Pennsylvania lawmakers and&amp;nbsp;members of the Administration. &amp;nbsp;We asserted that increasing the lobbying registration fee&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;create barriers to transparency; would make compliance with the Lobbyists Disclosure Act more of a burden for smaller entities, particularly nonprofits; and would restrict the voices of Pennsylvanians who may opt not to exercise their abilities to communicate with legislators because fees are beyond their reach.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;reasons for the proposed increase. As you know well, PAGR members, their registered staff and their principals (all of whom would be subject to this increase) also live with the same limited resources and the same challenges of doing more with less.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;PAGR represents not only lobbyists and lobbying firms, but also government relations staff who advocate for small businesses and nonprofits. We believed there was an assumption on the part of DOS that all registered lobbyists can simply pass the increased costs down to their clients, or absorb it within their own infrastructure; this is simply not the case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;DOS also told us that the burden of maintaining the lobbyist registration database and website should not rest solely on the general public and the General Fund. PAGR respectfully disagreed. We support transparency and compliance with the Lobbyist Disclosure Act. However, since the database and website are meant for the public benefit, it is appropriate that taxpayer dollars support it. PAGR reminded DOS that lobbyists are already subject to a tax on lobbying services. PAGR recommended that funds from the lobbying services tax be earmarked for maintaining the infrastructure needed to support the Lobbyists Disclosure Act.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;I would like to personally thank all of PAGR’s members who added their voices to this effort, and to the Board members who helped craft PAGR’s responses, joined me in meetings with both the Department of State and the IRRC, &amp;nbsp;and who added testimony to this morning’s hearing. A very special thank you to Judy Eschberger and Katie Dotto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;PAGR will always support transparency and compliance with the Lobbyist Disclosure Act. But we have an obligation to ensure that increased fees don’t create unnecessary barriers to either. &amp;nbsp;We see today as a win, not just for the lobbying community, but for all Pennsylvanians who advocate with members of the Legislature and the Administration for issues that matter to them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; COLOR: black"&gt;Thank you again for your support as PAGR members. Please share this communication with your colleagues who may not be a part of the only association for lobbyists and GR professionals in Pennsylvania yet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3102435</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/3102435</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>PAGR Board met with the IRRC</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"&gt;Members of the PAGR Board met with the IRRC this morning to discuss the proposed lobbyist registration fee increase from $200 to $400. As you’ll see in the comments linked here (and soon to be on the IRRC website), while we appreciate&amp;nbsp;the outreach from the Department of State, their willingness to meet with PAGR to discuss some of our recommendations, and the fact that they have amended their proposed increase from $700 to $400, PAGR continues to oppose this proposed fee increase.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"&gt;The IRRC noted that they had received very few comments on the updated proposed regulation. So please, if you are able, share your thoughts with the IRRC&amp;nbsp;–&amp;nbsp;even if it is restating comments your organization submitted in June 2013 or PAGR’s own comments. &lt;b&gt;Please don’t let the IRRC assume the regulated community is ok with this increase if you are not.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Thanks very much to PAGR members who have already submitted comments and shared them with us (&lt;a href="http://www.irrc.state.pa.us/regulations/RegSrchRslts.cfm?ID=3018" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.irrc.state.pa.us/regulations/RegSrchRslts.cfm?ID=3018&lt;/a&gt;). And a thank you in advance to anyone who will be able to attend the September 18th Hearing (&lt;a href="http://www.irrc.state.pa.us/documents/uploads/meetings/09-18-2014_Agenda.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.irrc.state.pa.us/documents/uploads/meetings/09-18-2014_Agenda.pdf&lt;/a&gt;).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3097638</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/3097638</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:56:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The September 2014 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President Gabrielle Sedor's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Capitol Happy Hour Sponsors&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;September 10th Capitol Happy Hour&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;October 6th Membership Meeting&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrSept2014.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3090545</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/3090545</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:35:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Wednesday, September 10 - PAGR Capitol Happy Hours with the Senate</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/2014%20Capitol%20Happy%20Hours%20members%20invite.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Our last Capitol Happy Hour is two weeks away and members are invited!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #943634"&gt;Wednesday, September 10 - PAGR Capitol Happy Hours with the Senate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;5:00 - 7:00 pm at The Sturges Speakeasy, 2nd floor, Harrisburg.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Network with members of the Senate at the third of three events.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sponsors of the event (see list below) are allotted two tickets.&amp;nbsp; Sponsorship is the only way non-PAGR members can attend.&amp;nbsp; If you would like to sponsor the last event of the year ($150), contact Christine Corrigan at info@pagr.org.&amp;nbsp; PAGR members are $40 to attend.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Current Sponsors of this event are:&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"&gt;2014 HH sponsors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: black 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt inset; BACKGROUND: silver; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt"&gt;
        &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;COMPANY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;/thead&gt;

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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;APSCUF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;BRAVO GROUP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;BROADBAND CABLE ASSOCIATION OF PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;COLUMBIA GAS of PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;CROWNE PLAZA HARRISBURG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;Duane Morris Government Stategies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;F.C. BROWN &amp;amp; ASSOCIATES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;FIRSTENERGY CORP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;GMEREK GOVERNMENT RELATIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;GREENLEE PARTNERS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;HIGHMARK INC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;MILLIRON &amp;amp; GOODMAN, LLC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;NOVAK STRATEGIC ADVISORS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA ASSN of REALTORS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA BANKERS ASSOCIATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA BAR ASSN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA BEER ALLIANCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA CHAMBER of BUSINESS &amp;amp; INDUSTRY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA FOOD MERCHANTS ASSN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA INSTITUTE of CPA's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA MEDICAL SOCIETY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #d0d7e5 1pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt" valign="top"&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA NEWSMEDIA ASSOCIATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PA RETAILERS ASSOCIATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;PAR - PA Advocacy &amp;amp; Resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;THE ASSOCIATION of GLOBAL AUTOMAKERS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;THE HOSPITAL &amp;amp; HEALTHSYSTEM ASSN of PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;UNIVERSITY OF PA, Office of Gov &amp;amp; Comm Affairs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;WANNER ASSOCIATES, INC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/3085006</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The June 2014 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;President Gabrielle Sedor's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Capitol Happy Hour Sponsors&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR contributes to the YMCA’s Youth &amp;amp; Governnment Program&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;June 2nd Membership Meeting&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;June 12th Capitol Happy Hour&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrJune2014.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1558584</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:34:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The April 2014 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;President Gabrielle Sedor's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Capitol Happy Hour Sponsors&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2014 Meeting Schedule&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrApril2014.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;To view the newsletter, click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1528903</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:39:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Capitol Happy Hours</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;PAGR is very excited to announce our first ever Capitol Happy Hours.&amp;nbsp; We have planned three separate "PAGR member" only events designed to put our members together with the top staffers of the House, Senate and the Administration.&amp;nbsp; This is your chance to entertain these important colleagues in a fun, relaxed and affordable atmosphere.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/2014%20Capitol%20Happy%20Hours.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;The linked form details how you can be a part of this unique opportunity by sponsoring one or all three events.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1512080</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The February 2014 NewsPAGR is Here!</title>
      <description>In this issue:&lt;br&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;President Gabrielle Sedor's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Happy Hour Schedule&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2014 Meeting Schedule&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;In Memory of Bill Bacon&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrFebruary2014.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to open Newsletter (pdf).&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1492078</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1457050</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1382655</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:47:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>PAGR Response to Lobbyist Fee Increase</title>
      <description>In response to the Proposed Rulemaking 51 Pa Code Chapter 53, Biennial Filing Fee – Published in the June 1, 2013 edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PAGR%20response%20to%20fee%20increase.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;See PDF for letter.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1381260</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:14:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Department of State proposes to increase the biennial registration fee for individuals and entities required to be registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act from $200 to $700</title>
      <description>By now you've probably seen the announcement in the June 1, 2013 Pennsylvania Bulletin which would directly impact you and your clients: &lt;a href="http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol43/43-22/993.html"&gt;http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol43/43-22/993.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Department of State proposes to amend § 53.1 (relating to biennial filing fee) to increase the biennial registration fee for individuals and entities required to be registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act from $200 to $700. It is expected that the increased fees will be implemented for the 2015-2016 registration period. Written comments may be directed to Caroline A. Bailey, Assistant Counsel, Department of State, 210 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 within 30 days following publication of this proposed rulemaking in the &lt;i&gt;Pennsylvania Bulletin&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PAGR will be submitting comments opposing this 250% increase which would make Pennsylvania's registration fees among the highest in the nation (see &lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/ethicshome/50-state-chart-lobbyist-registration-requirements.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/ethicshome/50-state-chart-lobbyist-registration-requirements.aspx&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;. We encourage members to consider submitting comments and reaching out to members of the state government committees in the House and Senate as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PAGR will share our comments with members as soon as they are finalized by the Board of Directors. Please share your own comments with PAGR by emailing them to Christine at &lt;a href="mailto:info@pagr.org"&gt;info@pagr.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sincerely,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gabrielle Sedor&lt;br&gt;
PAGR President&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1314545</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:43:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The June 2013 NewsPAGR is Here</title>
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    &lt;li&gt;President Gabrielle Sedor's Message&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2013 Meeting&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;June 3rd Meeting with our Guest: Senator John Eichelberger&lt;/li&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>The April 2013 NewsPAGR is Here</title>
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  &lt;li&gt;New President Gabrielle Sedor's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2013/2014 Legislative Directories&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;April 8th Meeting with our Guest: Governor’s Chief of Staff Stephen Aichele&lt;/li&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1140878</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>2013-14 Pennsylvania Legislative Directory</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Just $7.50 per copy whether you order 1 or 1000!&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Many thanks for your support -- this project helps keep PAGR alive and kicking!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/1058809</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>June 2012 PAGR Newsletter</title>
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  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;June Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

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      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/938934</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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&lt;ul&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;Legislative Directories Still Available&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2012 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice: December 5, 2011&lt;/li&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;Member Dental &amp;amp; Vision Benefits&lt;/li&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;PA Legislative Correspondents' Assn 81st Annual GRIDIRON DINNER&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Order your 2011/2012 Legislative Directories today through PAGR.</title>
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  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2011&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Legislative Directories Still Available&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Member Dental &amp;amp; Vision Benefits&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;Final notices of your 2011 dues have been sent.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Order your 2011/2012 Legislative Directories today through PAGR.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Member Dental &amp;amp; Vision Benefits&lt;/li&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;2011/2012 Legislative Directories&lt;/li&gt;

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      <title>Lobbying Disclosure Renewal 2011-2012</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;This is a reminder that the current biennial registration period ends December 31, 2010. Beginning January 1, 2011, you will have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;10 business days&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to renew your lobbying registration if you are still actively lobbying. Lobbying registrations will automatically expire January 18, 2011. Please take note that you will use your current registration number when renewing your registration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lobbying Disclosure Renewal for 2011-2012: You may begin filing your 2011-2012 lobbying renewal December 15, 2010. The renewal fee is $200.00 for all registrants. This fee will cover a renewal for a principal, lobbying firm, or lobbyist from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2012.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Electronic Renewals: The option to renew electronically is available on our website. If you have ownership of your registration, you should see this option available next to your registration record.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Paper Renewals: If you wish to renew your registration by paper, please make sure to include your current registration number. You should indicate at the top of the registration form that you are renewing your registration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amendments: This is a good time to review your registration record, and update your information: affiliated principals, affiliated lobbyists, affiliated lobbying firms, contact information, etc. *note: Registration numbers link each principal, lobbyist, and lobbying firm. If you only enter the name of the affiliated party on your registration without also adding their registration number, the affiliation will not show up on expense reports. Hence, this can affect affirmations for lobbyists and or lobbying firms.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Terminations: Terminate your registration only if you do not intend to do any further lobbying in the Commonwealth. If you need to end affiliation with a Principal, Lobbying Firm or Lobbyist, please complete an amendment to end affiliations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Expiration: All registrations that are not renewed by January 18, 2011, will automatically change to a status of "expired". If you are not actively lobbying at this time, you may choose to wait until you exceed the thresholds for registration before renewing your registration. Please also note that a registration with a status of "expired" does not prevent you from amending any prior Quarterly Expense Reports.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please contact the Lobbying Disclosure Division if you have any questions regarding this process. You may contact the division via e-mail or phone at &lt;a href="mailto:RA-LobbyDisclosure@state.pa.us"&gt;RA-LobbyDisclosure@state.pa.us&lt;/a&gt; or (717) 787-5280.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>December 2010 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_1210.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2011 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2011 Board Slate&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727081</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0910.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2010 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2010 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727659</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727659</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>June 2010 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0610.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2010 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2010&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2010 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727660</link>
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      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>April 2010 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/pagrspring2010.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2010 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Dues&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2010 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727661</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727661</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>February 2010 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrFebruary2010.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2010 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Dues&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2010 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727663</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727663</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <title>December 2009 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrDecember2009.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2010 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Dues&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2009 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727664</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727664</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:14:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>September 2009 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0909.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2009 - Just 2 More Weeks to Register&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Last Chance to purchase 2009/2010 Legislative Directories&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2009 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727667</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727667</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>June 2009 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0609.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2009&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Last Chance to purchase 2009/2010 Legislative Directories&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2009 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727674</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727674</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:18:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>April 2009 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/PagrApril2009.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2009 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;ATTENTION MEMBERS: Order your 2009/2010 Legislative Directories today through PAGR.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2009 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727675</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727675</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>February 2009 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news0209.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2009 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;ATTENTION MEMBERS: Order your 2009/2010 Legislative Directories today through PAGR.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2009 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727676</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727676</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>November 2008 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news1108.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2009 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;ATTENTION MEMBERS: Order your 2009/2010 Legislative Directories today through PAGR.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2009 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727678</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727678</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>September 2008 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news0908.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;78th Annual GRIDIRON DINNER&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2008 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Election Results Party&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727681</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727681</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:26:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>April 2008 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0408.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Proposed Lobbying Disclosure Regulations&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2008&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2008 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727682</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727682</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:29:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>February 2008 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0208.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2008 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Pay Your Dues, Get a Free Lunch!&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2008 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2008&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727691</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727691</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:35:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>December 2007 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_1207.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Important 2008 Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR Dues&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2008 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2008&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727695</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727695</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:37:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>September 2007 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0907.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2007/2008 Legislative Directories Are HERE!&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Schedule Change&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PA Legislative Correspondents’ Assn 77th Annual GRIDIRON DINNER&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Kudos&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2007 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727698</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727698</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>June 2007 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0607.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2007/2008 Legislative Directories Are HERE!&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Update&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2007 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727699</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727699</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:41:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>February 2007 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0207.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;ATTN: PAGR Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Budget 101: Demystifying the State Budget Process&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Order your 2007/2008 Legislative Directories today through PAGR.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2007 Slate of Candidates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2007&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727700</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727700</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:49:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>December 2006 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_1206.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;IMPORTANT 2007 DATES&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Does PAGR Accept Credit Cards?&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Order your 2007/2008 Legislative Directories today through PAGR.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2007 Slate of Candidates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Thank You Amy Leader&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727702</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727702</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:52:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>September 2006 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0906.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Election Results Party&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Meeting Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Congratulations&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PA Legislative Correspondents’ Assn 76th Annual Gridiron Dinner&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Thank You Stephanie Larkin&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727704</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727704</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:54:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>June 2006 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0606.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Save the Date! PAGR's ELECTION NIGHT PARTY&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Meeting Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Thanks Jill Kusic&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Governor Orders Lobbyists to Comply with Registration and Disclosure&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727706</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727706</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:57:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>April 2006 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0406.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Campaign finance reform must accompany lobbyist disclosure effort&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Meeting Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;In Memoriam: Novene Sandherr&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;United Way Office Space&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727708</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727708</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:59:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>February 2006 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0206.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Meeting Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR Office to be Closed&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Guidelines for Professional Conduct&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Pennsylvania Legislative Services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727709</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727709</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:01:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>December 2005 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_1205.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Meeting Dates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR Charitable Activities&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Does PAGR Accept Credit Cards?&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR Thanks Mark McManus&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2005&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Holiday Meeting and Social&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2006 Slate of Candidates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Pennsylvania Legislative Services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727710</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727710</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:03:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>September 2005 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0905.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;ATTN: PAGR Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents’ Association&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Starner-Spitalny Memorial Golf Outing&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2005 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727711</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727711</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 15:05:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>May 2005 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0505.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Meeting&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727717</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727717</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:13:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>January 2005 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0105.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Holiday Meeting &amp;amp; Social&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2005 Slate of Candidates&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;The 2004 Starner·Spialny Memorial Golf Outing&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Order your 2005/2006 Legislative Directories from PAGR&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Thanks to Ted Mowatt and Mary Ellen McMillen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727722</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727722</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 15:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>August 2004 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0804.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Meeting&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2004 Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2004 Schedule&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;PAGR's Election Night Party&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727725</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727725</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:19:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>June 2004 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0604.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;June 7 Membership Meeting&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2004 PAGR Schedule&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2004&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Starner-Spitalny Golf&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727727</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727727</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 15:21:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>May 2004 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0504.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2004 PAGR Schedule&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Lobbypalooza 2004&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Starner-Spitalny Golf&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727729</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727729</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:23:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>March 2004 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0304.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2004 Officers and Directors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Membership Meeting&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;You Want the Badge? Here's How to Get It!&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727732</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727732</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 14:30:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>January 2004 PAGR Newsletter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0104.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2003 Officers and Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Notice of Proposed By-Law Changes&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Welcome New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Board &amp;amp; Members Meetings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727739</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727739</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 15:33:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>September 2003 PAGR Newsetter</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pagr.org/Resources/Documents/news_0903.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to download the newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (PDF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Inside this issue:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;President's Message&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2003 Starner-Spitalny Memorial Golf Outing&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Meeting Notice&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;New Members&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;2003 Officers and Board of Directors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.pagr.org/news/727744</link>
      <guid>https://www.pagr.org/news/727744</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wayne Kessler</dc:creator>
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