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The bipartisan goodwill fostered in the General Assembly with the recent passage of a property tax relief bill hasn’t crossed over to the pension debate, as Senate Democrats strongly oppose the recent passage of a Republican-sponsored pension reform bill. Bill sponsor...

Sen. Art Haywood raised concerns this week about a large pension reform bill making its way through the state Legislature. The Republican–sponsored pension reform bill passed out of committee on Monday. Haywood said he and his staff received the more than 300-page...

State Sen. Art Haywood (D-4) is providing state services at two mobile sites in the Northwest portion of his district until a permanent office has been established. One mobile office is open at the Free Library of Philadelphia — Lovett Branch on Mondays, 1 to 4:30...

When it came to be that the property would be the future home of Roberts Block, the murals were eventually painted over. With a more neutral color adorning the property, Sharkey said the township called on D’Amico again to paint a new mural on an empty space on one...

State Sen. Art Haywood's office is now hosting mobile office hours daily. Below are the times and places you can find his staff in Northwest Philadelphia throughout the week. Lovett Library - 6945 Germantown Ave. Mondays from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to...

IF YOU THINK (at all) about Philly state lawmakers, what comes to mind? Take a minute. Take two. Not much positive, right? Well, without getting any hopes up, meet freshman Philly state Sen. Art Haywood. He is, by any measure, apart from the pack, separate from the...

A national gun-control campaign aimed at "bad apple" firearms dealers took aim in South Philadelphia on Saturday as advocates staged a demonstration in front of a major gun wholesaler and retailer near Front Street and Tasker Avenue. Several dozen protesters led by...

Mt. Airy USA Community Development Corporation was awarded a grant from the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation to conduct a comprehensive 10-year neighborhood development plan. The $100,000 grant was awarded through a multistate competition. It allows Mt. Airy USA to...

Pennsylvania State Senator Art Haywood discusses his proposition to remove the power to prosecute police away from district attorneys and into the hands of special prosecutors. Watch Video →

State Sen. Art Haywood is offering free tax preparation clinics, in conjunction with the Campaign for Working Families. The next two sessions will be held Saturday Feb. 28 at the Glenside Free Library, at 215 South Keswick Ave. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Saturday,...

A collective of celebrities, educators and elected officials came together to raise awareness around physical and mental well-being at the “Town Hall Meeting on Health,” recently hosted by the GrassROOTS Community Foundation at Lingelbach Elementary School. The town...

The Absalom Jones Feast Day was celebrated with a focus on literacy at the Grace Epiphany Episcopal Church of Mount Airy on Sunday. Though the official commemorative day for the abolitionist and first ordained African American Episcopal priest is Feb. 13, it was...

Freshman State Sen. Art Haywood plans on implementing campaign promises of administration transparency, ethicality and providing services to constituents — beginning with free tax preparations provided by the Campaign for Working Families. There are three such...

In light of Gov. Tom Wolf announcing Wednesday his plan for a natural gas extraction tax to fund statewide education, some local political leaders are again not completely opposed to the idea. Many say they are for the severance tax Wolf campaigned around with some...

Following the police-involved deaths of men in Missouri and New York last year, a Pennsylvania state senator is proposing a change in how deadly use-of-force cases are investigated in the commonwealth. “There was just a decrease in the trust and confidence that normal...

Pennsylvania is the only major gas-producing state that doesn't tax extraction -- beyond a relatively small impact fee. Some Republicans and Democrats are calling that a major lost opportunity to put money into a state looking at a $2.3 billion deficit and where...

Two Philadelphia-area Democrats have unveiled their plan to tax natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale. Sens. Art Haywood and Vincent Hughes announced their proposal at a Thursday afternoon press conference. Their plan would impose an 8 percent severance tax...

On Jan. 22, the Abington-Cheltenham-Jenkintown League of Women Voters moderated an informal meeting between local legislators and the citizens they represent at the Abington Township Municipal Building. Present were state Reps. Kevin Boyle, Madeleine Dean and Stephen...

For the first time in 10 years, the 4th Senatorial District of Pennsylvania has a new face: 57-year-old Art Haywood, an attorney and former Cheltenham Township Commissioner who was sworn into office on Jan. 6 after winning the seat by a comfortable margin in last...

New Pennsylvania state Sen. Arthur Haywood III heard a lot about education growing up in Toledo with a mother who was a teacher, then later an activist. Now it’s a subject he plans to champion as a newly minted state senator representing parts of Philadelphia and...

Philadelphia state senator Art Haywood discusses his plans to introduce a bill requiring use of a special prosecutor in all incidents in which deadly force is used by police. Also, mixed martial artists are suing the UFC for illegally maintaining a monolopy, will...

Pennsylvania heads into 2015 with yet another — possibly $2 billion — deficit, continued pension problems, and expiring contracts for many of its union workers. Read More →

A Pennsylvania legislator says he plans to introduce a measure to take the power to prosecute police away from district attorneys and put it in the hands of special prosecutors. Art Haywood is the senator-elect representing Northwest Philadelphia and parts of the...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (CBS) — A newly elected Pennsylvania state senator announced today that he plans to introduce a bill requiring use of a special prosecutor in all incidents in which deadly force is used by police. At a press conference today in Germantown, state...

Although he won’t officially take his oath of office until January, PA Senator-elect Art Haywood (PA-4) plans to begin providing constituent services this coming week. In a press statement released today, Haywood, a Democrat succeeding former Democrat Sen. LeAnna...