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Senator Haywood Responds to Governor Wolf’s Budget Address

Senator Haywood Responds to Governor Wolf’s Budget Address

Harrisburg, Pa. – February 8, 2022 – State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) released the following statement in support of Governor Wolf’s 2022-23 budget:  “I support the Governor’s budget to help build a stronger Commonwealth for Pennsylvanians and...

The change Philadelphia needs

The change Philadelphia needs

Op-ed by Senator Art Haywood

There were 499 homicides in Philadelphia in 2020. That grim number was surpassed in 2021 when 562 were murdered in the city. We are only a month into 2022, and the City of Philadelphia has reported another 44 murders. However, in Boston, Dallas, Jacksonville, Fla., Kansas City, Mo., Miami, Seattle and St. Louis, murders declined in 2021.

Senator Haywood Responds to Probation Reform Vote

Senator Haywood Responds to Probation Reform Vote

Harrisburg, Pa. – December 15, 2021 – Today, State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) released the following statement after his vote in support of Senate Bill 913, bipartisan legislation designed to reform Pennsylvania’s probation system: “This...