Following is a listing of Pennsylvania executive and legislative action for the week of Jan. 3. The state Senate was set to reconvene Jan. 18 and the House of Representatives was set to return to session Monday.

Shapiro Running Mate

Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the Democratic Party’s presumed nominee for governor this year, endorsed a Pittsburgh-area state lawmaker, Austin Davis, to be his running mate and lieutenant governor Jan. 4.

Davis announced his candidacy alongside Shapiro and top Democrats from the area at a park in McKeesport next to a Dura-Bond plant for steel pipe, mostly used by the oil and gas industry.

Davis, 32, is in his third term representing McKeesport and other nearby steel towns along the Monongahela River in the state House of Representatives. He is a member of the Legislative Black Caucus and, if elected, would be the state’s first Black lieutenant governor.

He has connections to Allegheny County’s party leaders, having been a top aide to Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, a vice chair of the county Democratic Party. He serves on the board of the Port Authority of Allegheny County and chairs the Allegheny County delegation in the House.

The primary election is May 17.

Apprenticeship Programs Funding

On Jan. 6, Gov. Tom Wolf announced more than $1.2 million in new funding to six apprenticeship programs across the state as part of the governor’s efforts to strengthen the workforce through apprenticeships, the administration announced.

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