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Minimum Wage Rally
A wage rally was held Today at the Webster’s Bookstore Cafe in State College. At the rally activists business owners and leaders called on state legislature to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania to $15 dollars an hour. Those in attendance were State Senator Art...
GOP wants personal voter data to root out fraud; Pennsylvania already uses a more secure system.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has spent nearly half a million dollars over the past six years to find and remove outdated registrations from its voter database, a process Senate Republicans now want to take up in a partisan-driven review at added expense to taxpayers. In...
PA Spent Funds To Remove Outdated Voter Registrations In Recent Years
Pennsylvania has spent nearly half a million dollars over the past six years to find and remove outdated registrations from its voter database, a process Senate Republicans now want to take up in a partisan-driven review at added expense to taxpayers. In the weeks...
GOP wants personal voter data to root out fraud. Pa. already uses a more secure system.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has spent nearly half a million dollars over the past six years to find and remove outdated registrations from its voter database, a process Senate Republicans now want to take up in a partisan-driven review at added expense to taxpayers. In...
GOP wants personal voter data to root out fraud. Pa. already uses a more secure system.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has spent nearly half a million dollars over the past six years to find and remove outdated registrations from its voter database, a process Senate Republicans now want to take up in a partisan-driven review at added expense to taxpayers. In...
GOP Wants Personal Voter Data to Root Out Fraud. PA Already Uses a More Secure System.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has spent nearly half a million dollars over the past six years to find and remove outdated registrations from its voter database, a process Senate Republicans now want to take up in a partisan-driven review at added expense to taxpayers. In...
GOP wants personal voter data to root out fraud, but Pa. already uses a more secure system
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has spent nearly half a million dollars over the past six years to find and remove outdated registrations from its voter database, a process Senate Republicans now want to take up in a partisan-driven review at added expense to taxpayers. In...
GOP wants personal voter data to root out fraud. Pa. already uses a more secure system.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has spent nearly half a million dollars over the past six years to find and remove outdated registrations from its voter database, a process Senate Republicans now want to take up in a partisan-driven review at added expense to taxpayers. In...
Election investigation, voting reform continue 11 months after Biden win
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Eleven months since President Joe Biden defeated former president Donald Trump in the 2020 General Election, debate continues at the Pennsylvania Capitol over those results, and how it happened. The State Senate committee on Intergovernmental...
New records reveal the cost of Pennsylvania’s failure to clarify rules around addiction treatment and marijuana
HARRISBURG — The failure by Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration to clarify federal rules around addiction treatment funding and medical marijuana caused even greater confusion and serious consequences than previously disclosed, a follow-up Spotlight PA investigation has...
New records reveal the cost of Pa.’s failure to clarify rules around addiction treatment and marijuana
HARRISBURG — The failure by Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration to clarify federal rules around addiction treatment funding and medical marijuana caused even greater confusion and serious consequences than previously disclosed, a follow-up Spotlight PA investigation has...
Sen. Haywood’s Office Hosts Electoral Redistricting Workshop
ABINGTON, PA — The office of state Sen. Art Haywood is inviting members of the public to attend an online education workshop for those interested in learning about legislative redistricting. Haywood's office will host the virtual program Wednesday from 6:15 p.m. to...
Pa. election investigation to continue despite Arizona audit results, chairman tells FOX43
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Senator Cris Dush, the chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee which is overseeing the investigation into the 2020 Presidential Election in Pennsylvania, says his office will continue looking into the results despite a similar...
Philly lawmaker will sue to block release of personal info in GOP probe | Monday Morning Coffee
Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. A Democratic state lawmaker and his wife are expected to announce legal action today seeking to block the release of their personal information in a partisan probe of the 2020 election results. State Sen. Art Haywood, of...
Chestnut Hill Hospital receives State grant for infrastructure upgrades
Chestnut Hill Hospital received a $500,000 grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP). The bulk of the money will go into a $1 million project to replace the HVAC unit on the main building. The hospital, a member of Tower Health, was allocated the...
Pa. AG and lawmakers react to lawsuits relating to GOP subpoenas for election investigation
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Lawsuits are flying over the Pa. Senate’s attempt to subpoena voter information. It’s part of its so-called forensic audit of the 2020 Election, which has been probed and prodded, and there’s been no evidence of wrongdoing.
Senators Tartaglione and Haywood Present $1 Million State Redevelopment Grant to MossRehab
Philadelphia, PA – September 23, 2021 – State Senator Christine Tartaglione (D-2nd District) was joined by state Senator Art Haywood (D-4th District) today at MossRehab/Einstein Medical Center-Elkins Park to present a $1 million redevelopment grant to support the...
Legislators take an educational trip on the Delaware
There’s probably no better place to learn about water than on the water. With that thought in mind, state legislators, Delaware River Basin Commission members and others took to the river in the tall ship Kalmar Nyckel September 10 on an educational excursion aimed at...
Opinion: Biden infrastructure plan lead pipe remediation
Every family in Pennsylvania deserves access to clean, safe drinking water. Unfortunately, in many parts of our commonwealth, particularly in communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania with older infrastructure, we are still struggling to fulfill that promise.
Pennsylvania senators return from summer recess ready to get to work
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s state senators are back from summer recess and they're getting right to work, joining the state representatives who returned on Monday. From election reform to mask mandates, everything appears to be on the table, but now one democrat...
Lawmakers Tour Delaware River On Tall Ship
Elected officials from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania Senate took to the water last week to learn about the vital role of the Delaware River.
Pa. House to vote on extending rule allowing members to participate remotely
When members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives return to session on Monday following their summer break, their first order of business will be to extend the temporary rule that allows members to vote by proxy. The rule, which requires a simple majority vote...
The Sedgwick Theater in Mount Airy gets big economic boost
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The historic Sedgwick Theater is getting a large economic boost to help with much-needed improvements as it stages a comeback. State Senator Art Haywood was in Mount Airy to help present a $500,000 grant to fund much-needed...
Solar industry tells lawmakers to incentivize growth in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s underwhelming renewable energy targets undermine the industry’s growth around the state, companies said, leaving jobs and electricity savings on the table. The comments came during a House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing recently at the Penn State...
Solar industry tells lawmakers to incentivize growth in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s underwhelming renewable energy targets undermine the industry’s growth around the state, companies said, leaving jobs and electricity savings on the table. The comments came during a House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing recently at the...
Group rallies for higher minimum wage on Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square
WILKES-BARRE — State Sen. Art Haywood, D-Philadelphia, joined a crowd of local Democratic legislators and organizers for a “Raise the Wage” rally on Public Square, calling on the government to raise the federal minimum wage in order to better serve the American...
Rally held for jobs and better wages in downtown Wilkes-Barre
Today several Luzerne County residents showed up to Public Square Park in Wilkes-Barre to rally, demanding good jobs and better wages. Pennsylvania hasn’t increased its minimum wage in 15 years, currently standing at $7.25 an hour, which is lower than neighboring...
Solar industry tells lawmakers to incentivize growth in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s underwhelming renewable energy targets undermine the industry’s growth around the state, companies said, leaving jobs and electricity savings on the table. The comments came during a House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing recently at the Penn State...
Solar industry tells lawmakers to incentivize growth in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s underwhelming renewable energy targets undermine the industry’s growth around the state, companies said, leaving jobs and electricity savings on the table. The comments came during a House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing recently at the Penn State...
Solar industry tells lawmakers to incentivize growth in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s underwhelming renewable energy targets undermine the industry’s growth around the state, companies said, leaving jobs and electricity savings on the table. The comments came during a House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing recently at the Penn State...
Solar industry tells lawmakers to incentivize growth in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s underwhelming renewable energy targets undermine the industry’s growth around the state, companies said, leaving jobs and electricity savings on the table. The comments came during a House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing recently at the Penn State...
Solar industry tells lawmakers to incentivize growth in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s underwhelming renewable energy targets undermine the industry’s growth around the state, companies said, leaving jobs and electricity savings on the table. The comments came during a House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing recently at the Penn State...
Solar industry tells lawmakers to incentivize growth in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s underwhelming renewable energy targets undermine the industry’s growth around the state, companies said, leaving jobs and electricity savings on the table. The comments came during a House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing recently at the Penn State...
The PV industry is instructing lawmakers to encourage Pennsylvania’s growth.state
(Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s overwhelming renewable energy target has undermined growth in industries around the state, leaving employment and electricity savings on the table, companies say.
Your Questions About Climbing COVID-19 Cases In PA, Answered
Cases of the coronavirus are steadily climbing in Pennsylvania to levels not seen since the beginning of the year, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. At the moment, the Wolf administration has rejected implementing new mitigation measures like mask...
Your Questions About Climbing COVID-19 Cases In PA, Answered
Cases of the coronavirus are steadily climbing in Pennsylvania to levels not seen since the beginning of the year, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. At the moment, the Wolf administration has rejected implementing new mitigation measures like mask...
Free haircuts to start the school year
Barber teachers from the Germantown-based Pennsylvania Barber School provided free haircuts to prepare students for the new school year at the Unity in the Northwest Community Celebration on Saturday, August 28. State Representative Stephen Kinsey and State Senator...
Masks in School Legislation Introduced in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG, PA — State Senators Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) and Judy Schwank (D-Berks County) announced they will soon introduce legislation to support Governor Tom Wolf’s call for mask mandates in the state. Senator Schwank’s forthcoming bill would require general...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says CEO of Pa. agency handling student debt ‘lied’ before Congress. He says he could have been clearer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D.-Mass., has targeted a key Pennsylvania agency that handles student debt, saying that its leader lied to her committee and that other firms can do better servicing federal student loans. "We are dealing right now with ... a CEO that came...
Your questions about climbing COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania, answered
HARRISBURG — Cases of the coronavirus are steadily climbing in Pennsylvania to levels not seen since the beginning of the year, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. At the moment, the Wolf administration has rejected implementing new mitigation measures like...