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Vogel y Schwank instan a la Junta de Comercialización de Leche de Pensilvania a ampliar la prima por exceso de pedidos antes de su reunión del 7 de junio
HARRISBURG – May 24, 2023 – Sens. Elder Vogel, Jr. (R-47) and Judy Schwank (D-11) provided the following statements urging the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (MMB) to extend the Over-Order Premium during their June 7 public meeting. “Last month, we opened the doors...
Resumen de noticias:: 24 de mayo de 2023
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El senador Vincent Hughes lleva el Día de la Carrera Moderna a más de 1.000 estudiantes de Filadelfia
Philadelphia, PA – May 23, 2023 – Today, Senator Hughes brought his “See Me−Imagine You” Career Day to 13 schools across Philadelphia. The program was simultaneously held for students in each school and featured professionals from a range of careers and backgrounds,...
Los consejos escolares locales muestran su apoyo a la legislación sobre comedores escolares universitarios del senador Williams
Pittsburgh, PA − May 22, 2023 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams applauded the Fox Chapel Area School Board for passing Resolution 2023-2 in support of her Universal School Meals legislation at their most recent School Board Meeting on May 8, 2023. This resolution, a copy...
Street y Laughlin presentan un enfoque bipartidista para la legalización de la marihuana en Pensilvania
HARRISBURG – May 19, 2023 − Sens. Sharif Street (D-3) and Dan Laughlin (R-49) announced they will introduce bipartisan legislation to legalize adult use of marijuana in Pennsylvania. “We have a unique and singular opportunity to correct decades of mass incarceration,...
Los demócratas del Senado debaten la mejora de la seguridad ferroviaria en una audiencia en Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH − May 19, 2023 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, today joined Senator Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) and Senator Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny) to host a public hearing in Pittsburgh...
Los legisladores estatales anuncian una ley de protección de los animales
West Chester, PA - 18 de mayo 2023 - Legislación inspirada en el rescate de casi 4.000 beagles de un centro de cría en Virginia fue anunciado por los legisladores estatales, defensores de los animales, y las organizaciones de rescate en una conferencia de prensa especial en el Brandywine Valley SPCA esta semana. La senadora estatal Carolyn Comitta estuvo acompañada por la senadora estatal Katie Muth, el senador estatal John Kane, la representante estatal Melissa Shusterman y el representante estatal Chris Pielli para anunciar la Ley de Protección de Perros y Gatos (también conocida como Pennsylvania Beagle Bills).
El senador Muth impartirá un curso gratuito de naloxona la próxima semana en Phoenixville
State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) and the Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services will host a free Community Naloxone Training next week in Phoenixville to help residents learn how to safely use Naloxone to respond to an opioid...
La legislación del senador Hughes permite destinar 1,3 millones de dólares al fondo fiduciario First Chance para jóvenes en situación de riesgo
Harrisburg, PA – May 11, 2023 – Senator Vincent Hughes, State Senate Democratic Appropriations Chair, celebrated the announcement of an available $1.3 million for at-risk youth in Pennsylvania through the First Chance Trust Fund. Legislation to establish the...
La Comisión de Agricultura y Asuntos Rurales del Senado recomienda favorablemente a Russell Redding como Secretario del Departamento de Agricultura de Pensilvania
HARRISBURG – May 9, 2023 − Today, Sens. Elder Vogel, Jr. (R-47), majority chair; and Judy Schwank (D-11), minority chair; and members of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee gave a unanimous, favorable recommendation for Russell Redding to serve as the...
La senadora Amanda M. Cappelletti aplaude el avance de la medida de reforma de la financiación de las campañas electorales
Harrisburg, PA − May 9, 2023 – Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17), Democratic Chair of the Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee, put out the following statement after Senate Bill 383 passed out of the Committee today in Harrisburg. The bill, which will ban...
Los senadores Hughes y Phillips-Hill presentarán una ley bipartidista para proteger la salud mental de los menores en las redes sociales
HARRISBURG, PA – May 5, 2023: Today, State Senator Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and State Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) introduced bipartisan legislation that takes important steps to protect minors and their mental health on social...
Los legisladores piden reformas en el proceso de cierre de hospitales
Harrisburg, PA − May 4, 2023 – In response to recent hospital closures in areas across Pennsylvania, state Senator Carolyn Comitta, state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, and state Rep. Jennifer O’Mara are working to reform the process to better position impacted communities...
Los senadores Jay Costa y Michele Brooks se unen a la PHFA para celebrar sus 50 años de éxito y piden que se aumente la financiación del Programa de Crédito Fiscal para Desarrollos de Uso Mixto
Harrisburg, PA – May 3, 2023 − Today, Senator Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) joined legislative leaders and Executive Director Robin Wiessmann to celebrate the creation of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) 50 years ago by the General Assembly. Today’s...
Schwank y Frankel animan a sus colegas a llevar lazos azules el 3 de mayo en apoyo de los familiares y supervivientes del atentado contra la sinagoga de Pittsburgh
HARRISBURG, 2 de mayo de 2023 - Con el juicio del autor del ataque a la sinagoga de Pittsburgh de 2018 en curso, el representante estatal Dan Frankel y la senadora estatal Judith Schwank están alentando a sus colegas en la Asamblea General a usar cintas azules el miércoles para mostrar su apoyo a los familiares y sobrevivientes del ataque.
El Senado aprueba en pleno la prohibición de los puntos de inyección segura propuesta por el senador Tartaglione
May 1st, 2023, Harrisburg Pa – Today, The Pennsylvania Senate passed Senate Bill 165, Senator Tartaglione’s Safe Injection Site Ban by a vote of 41-9. Senate Bill 165 will now be sent to the House for their concurrence. “Across this Commonwealth, Pennsylvanians are...
Los senadores Collett y Saval abogan por un plan de estudios que incluya a la AAPI
Harrisburg, Pa. - May 1, 2023 — In an effort to expand education and fight the recent rise in bias crimes against people of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) descent in the Commonwealth, State Senators Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery) and Nikil Saval (D-1...
Senator Santarsiero Applauds House Passage of Eating Disorder Legislation, Calls on Senate to Take Up Bill
BUCKS COUNTY – Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) today applauded the passage of House Bill 148 by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by Representative Jason Ortitay (R-46) would require schools to annually provide educational...
El Caucus de las Artes y la Cultura de Pensilvania celebra el Día de la Defensa de las Artes, presenta a artistas locales y pide que se siga invirtiendo en las artes
HARRISBURG, PA − April 26, 2023 − Today, Members of the Pennsylvania Legislative Arts and Culture Caucus gathered in the Capitol Rotunda to celebrate “Arts Advocacy Day” along with Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania, a nonprofit advocacy group. The four co-chairs...
Senator Boscola Introduces Open Primary Legislation
Harrisburg, PA – April 26, 2023 – Senators Lisa M. Boscola (D-Northampton) and Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) today introduced a bipartisan proposal to repeal closed primary elections in Pennsylvania, allowing registered voters who selected ‘none’ or ‘no affiliation’ on their...
Los legisladores y los defensores de celebrar Rally de DACA certificaciones de maestros, la matrícula en el estado para los estudiantes indocumentados
Harrisburg — April 26, 2023 — Today, state lawmakers and advocacy groups rallied to support SB 393, SB 394, and both House companion bills at the Capitol Plaza Fountain. The bills would allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to be certified as...
Schwank, Vogel y los representantes de Agricultura debaten el futuro de la prima por exceso de pedidos de AP
HARRISBURG – April 26, 2023 – The Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Sen. Elder Vogel, Jr. (R-47) and Minority Chairwoman Sen. Judy Schwank (D-11), held a public hearing today to open an in-depth discussion about the state’s Over Order...
Dillon y Freeman intentan activar el "disyuntor" del impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles en Pensilvania
Harrisburg, April 26, 2023 – State Sen. Jimmy Dillon (D-Philadelphia) and State Rep. Bob Freeman (D-Northampton) yesterday announced their proposal for amending the Pennsylvania Constitution to implement a property tax “circuit breaker”. “This proposal would offer...
Senator Tartaglione’s Safe Injection Site Ban Passes Out of Senate Judiciary Committee
April 25, 2023, Harrisburg Pa – Today, The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move Senate Bill 165, Senator Tartaglione’s Safe Injection Site Ban out of committee and to the full Senate by a bipartisan vote of 11-3. “Day in and day out I hear from my constituents...
El senador Nikil Saval se pronuncia contra la propuesta de criminalizar los centros de prevención de sobredosis
Harrisburg, PA − April 25, 2023 −Today, in response to a vote in the Pennsylvania Senate’s Judiciary Committee to advance legislation that criminalizes overdose prevention centers, Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) released the following...
El senador Nikil Saval se une a la comunidad de Lancaster en un llamamiento a la financiación permanente de las reparaciones integrales de viviendas
Lancaster, PA- April 21, 2023—Today State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) and State Representative Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D–Lancaster) joined Lancaster Stands Up, POWER Interfaith, CASA, and residents and community leaders in a united call...
El senador Vincent Hughes celebra la inversión de 100 millones de dólares en viviendas asequibles
Philadelphia, PA – April 21, 2023 – Yesterday, state Senator Vincent Hughes held a press conference at the New Courtland Apartments on Henry Avenue to highlight $100 million dollars in grant funding that is available through the Housing Options Program. The...
El senador Nikil Saval se une a la comunidad de Pittsburgh en un llamamiento a la financiación permanente de las reparaciones integrales de viviendas
PITTSBURGH, PA (April 19)—Today State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia), State Representative Sara Innamorato (D–Allegheny), and State Representative Aerion Abney (D–Allegheny), joined One Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania United, 1Hood Power, Action Housing, Keystone...
Declaración del senador de PA Street sobre el 4/20 - "El fin de la prohibición del cannabis en Pensilvania está cerca"
PHILADELPHIA – April 20, 20223 –Senator Street issued the following statement on 420 Day. The end of cannabis prohibition in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania is near. In 2021 bipartisan legislation (Senate Bill 473) was introduced by Senator Dan Laughlin(R) and...
Tartaglione organiza una mesa redonda legislativa con el Director de la ONDCP y el Secretario en funciones del DDAP
Philadelphia, PA – April 19, 2023 –Today, Senator Christine M. Tartaglione, Senate Democratic Whip, hosted the Biden Administration’s Drug Czar along with state policymakers to talk about the addiction and opioid crisis. Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House...
El senador Nikil Saval se une a la comunidad de Lehigh Valley en un llamamiento a la financiación permanente de las reparaciones integrales de viviendas
ALLENTOWN, PA (April 19)—Yesterday State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) joined Lehigh Valley Stands Up, Make the Road Pennsylvania, POWER Interfaith, Community Action Lehigh Valley, Sunrise Movement, and Berks County elected officials, community leaders, and...
El senador Haywood anima a la Commonwealth University a admitir a 150 estudiantes del distrito tras la exposición universitaria
Philadelphia, PA – 18 April 2023 – Today, Senator Art Haywood hosted a College Expo in partnership with Commonwealth University. During the Expo, high school students from Senator Haywood’s 4th Senatorial District gathered to learn about the college application...