As Pennsylvania lawmakers debate how to handle the booming “skill games” industry, one of its most vocal defenders, State Senator Gene Yaw (R–Lycoming County), faces mounting scrutiny over his financial and professional ties to the companies that stand to benefit.

As Pennsylvania lawmakers debate how to handle the booming “skill games” industry, one of its most vocal defenders, State Senator Gene Yaw (R–Lycoming County), faces mounting scrutiny over his financial and professional ties to the companies that stand to benefit.

As Pennsylvania lawmakers debate how to handle the booming “skill games” industry, one of its most vocal defenders, State Senator Gene Yaw (R–Lycoming County), faces mounting scrutiny over his financial and professional ties to the companies that stand to benefit.

As Pennsylvania lawmakers debate how to handle the booming “skill games” industry, one of its most vocal defenders, State Senator Gene Yaw (R–Lycoming County), faces mounting scrutiny over his financial and professional ties to the companies that stand to benefit.

As Pennsylvania lawmakers debate how to handle the booming “skill games” industry, one of its most vocal defenders, State Senator Gene Yaw (R–Lycoming County), faces mounting scrutiny over his financial and professional ties to the companies that stand to benefit.

As Pennsylvania’s housing shortage deepens, state leaders are debating how to address a growing crisis that has left hundreds of thousands priced out of homeownership. Among them is State Senator and Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Greg Rothman, who recently weighed in with an op-ed in PennLive arguing that the free market—not government intervention—should guide the state’s housing policy.