STATE REPRESENTATIVES PRESS GAME COMMISSION FOR TRANSPARENCY

The latest questions for Pennsylvania Game Commission leaders focus on paper checks, and once again transparency. State representatives pressed Game Commission leaders during a hearing at the State Capitol Monday. State Rep. Joe Hohenstein said the Game Commission needs to do a much better job of communicating with lawmakers. That’s the same criticism that Game Commission leaders have been hearing for years. Newly appointed Game Commission boss Steve Smith told lawmakers that he is dedicated to that idea. But lawmakers also had more pointed questions about why the Game Commission is collecting less in royalty payments from gas companies than expected, and why the Game Commission is still using paper checks for those payments.