November 25, 2015
HARRISBURG>>Two Democratic lawmakers dissented from their Senate special committee colleagues on the question of whether the Senate should move forward with a hearing process that could lead to the removal of Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Read More →
November 17, 2015
By Art Haywood Advocates have called for raising the minimum wage in Pennsylvania for years now. By this point, you have likely heard a number of reasons to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. However, you may be unaware that raising the minimum wage would save...
October 28, 2015
HARRISBURG>>Senate Democrats argued Tuesday afternoon the full Senate should not recess from session until a state budget is done. And it would appear that effort has prompted Senate Republicans to position Gov. Tom Wolf’s stopgap budget vetoes for potential...
October 27, 2015
With the state budget impasse now in its 119th day, there is the very real fear that legislators statewide will go on a mid-session break without having passed a state budget. Read More →
October 27, 2015
Abington>>A freshman state lawmaker from Montgomery County will sit on a special bipartisan senate committee created to begin looking into whether Kathleen Kane can function as the state’s top law enforcement officer with a suspended law license. Read More...
October 27, 2015
HARRISBURG>>If you weren’t paying attention to the Pennsylvania Cable Network this Tuesday afternoon as the state Senate went through its paces, then you probably missed this one: As is so often is the case, the 50-member chamber adopted a resolution...
October 27, 2015
HARRISBURG — Since July, Pennsylvania has spent $27 billion — without a state budget. Even many insiders didn’t know it. “It floored me,” said Rep. Chris Dush, R-Jefferson County, who filed a request under the Right-to-Know Law to obtain the information. Read...
October 26, 2015
The state Senate on Monday launched a special bipartisan committee that could recommend removing embattled Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane under an obscure constitutional provision never used in the modern era and a process that’s not firmly...
October 26, 2015
HARRISBURG, Pa, (WHTM) – At a luncheon on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) said a budget deal may be closer than most people realize. Read More →
October 26, 2015
HARRISBURG>>While the House added voting session days for the first two weeks of November, after session concludes this week in the Senate the chamber is not scheduled to return to voting session until November 16, when it will come into session for three days...
October 25, 2015
PHILADELPHIA>>TALK ABOUT FIDDLING while Rome is burning. The Republican-controlled state Legislature is poised to take a two-week session break. (Perhaps to get some rest before a fresh round of budgetary inertia. Read More →
October 24, 2015
GERMANTOWN >> Center in the Park, Germantown’s premier senior center, is endangered of closing soon. Without state funding, it is among the senior centers, day care providers and nonprofits that cannot remain open. Possible closings were the messages of CIP’s...
October 23, 2015
PHILADELPHIA>> {VIDEO} After 115 days there is still no budget in Pennsylvania and schools and social services are really feeling the crunch since they’re not getting paid by the state. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk reports what a state senator is urging his colleagues...
October 23, 2015
PHILADELPHIA>>Harrisburg legislators should stay in the state’s capital until a budget can be hammered out, according to state Sen. Art Haywood. “We should remain in Harrisburg until we get the job done,” said the freshman Democratic state lawmaker at a news...
September 23, 2015
We already have the framework for a majority-supported solution to Pennsylvania’s budget impasse. That’s right. We do. Already, Republican senators and Gov. Tom Wolf have agreed to $400 million for schools. Already, a majority of the Senate supports a...
September 21, 2015
MOUNT AIRY >> State Sen. Art Haywood, D-4, is finally settling into representing the 4th Senatorial District, which extends through most of Northwest Philadelphia into portions of Lower Montgomery County. He finally has an office at 7106 Germantown Ave. in Mount...
September 12, 2015
PHILADELPHIA>>High school and college students who participated in a summer internship with State Sen. Art Haywood’s office said they are more prepared for their own careers in law and politics, after having the opportunity to do hands-on work in the community....
September 11, 2015
UBBER DUBLIN>>The “fundamental issue” holding up an agreement on a state budget is a Marcellus Shale tax to help fund public education, state Sen. Vincent Hughes said at a Sept. 10 press conference at Upper Dublin High School. Read More→
August 12, 2015
PHILADELPHIA>>State Sen. Art Haywood (D-4) and several other partners called attention to the importance of voting rights and citizen engagement at a press conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, on Aug. 6. Read...
August 7, 2015
NORRISTOWN>>Their message was clear: The Communication Workers of America want Verizon to commit to a new, fair contract. On the steps of the Montgomery County Court House on Friday, donning red shirts, members of the local Communications Workers of America and...
