August 6, 2021
Gov. Tom Wolf ruled out a statewide mask mandate for kindergarten through grade 12 students in Pennsylvania, saying the state would only strongly recommend that masks are used in classes by students, teachers and staff. It was the latest indication the commonwealth...
August 6, 2021
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday he will not mandate masks in K-12 schools this fall. The announcement came during a press event as he toured a vaccination site in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane section alongside democratic local, state and federal leaders....
August 6, 2021
Pennsylvania school districts shouldn’t expect a mask mandate unless federal agencies require them, Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday. Wolf echoed past comments, telling reporters outside a vaccination clinic in Philadelphia he wouldn’t mandate masks in public...
August 6, 2021
As Pennsylvania’s vaccination rate continues to progress, Gov. Tom Wolf today thanked Pennsylvanians for doing their part to stop the spread of COVID-19 and urged individuals ages 12 and older to get vaccinated. Governor Wolf and local elected officials visited...
August 6, 2021
As Pennsylvania’s vaccination rate continues to progress, Gov. Tom Wolf today thanked Pennsylvanians for doing their part to stop the spread of COVID-19 and urged individuals ages 12 and older to get vaccinated. Governor Wolf and local elected officials visited...
August 6, 2021
As Pennsylvania’s vaccination rate continues to progress, Gov. Tom Wolf today thanked Pennsylvanians for doing their part to stop the spread of COVID-19 and urged individuals ages 12 and older to get vaccinated. Governor Wolf and local elected officials visited a...
August 5, 2021
August 5, 2021
For many years Lobbying by low-wage workers and their supporters, Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has stagnated at the federal level at $ 7.25 per hour for more than a decade. But with the surge in COVID-19 delta mutations, the ongoing labor shortage across Pennsylvania,...
August 4, 2021
Despite years of lobbying by low-wage workers and their advocates, Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has stalled at the federal level, $7.25 an hour, for over a decade. But with a faltering economic recovery caused by the surge of COVID-19 delta variant cases, ongoing labor...
August 2, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Pennsylvania’s bipartisan COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force is calling on state lawmakers to do what they can to encourage people to get vaccinated. Gov. Tom Wolf and members of the task force each signed the letter addressed to members of the...
August 2, 2021
GLENSIDE — State Sen. Art Haywood presented Arcadia University with a $1 million grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) for construction, renovation, and other related costs for a multi-purpose center on July 28. “The higher education...
July 29, 2021
Es una carrera contra el tiempo. En la pista además hay vallas. Este sábado terminará la moratoria de los CDC que impide el desalojo de las familias insolventes de sus casas. Aún hay dinero federal en Filadelfia destinado al recate de los afectados por la COVID-19....
July 29, 2021
July 28, 2021
Mayor Jim Kenney urged Philadelphians to apply for the city’s rental assistance program as the last emergency COVID-19 federal tenant protection, the CDC eviction moratorium, is set to expire Saturday. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Acting Secretary Meg...
July 28, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — With the federal eviction moratorium expiring this weekend, state and local officials are pleading with people who are behind on their rent to apply for assistance that will keep them in their homes. The eviction moratorium has been...
July 28, 2021
July 26, 2021
State Senator Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) held a hybrid press conference at Kutztown University Wednesday, to announce new funding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives at PASSHE...
July 26, 2021
State Senator Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) held a hybrid press conference at Kutztown University Wednesday, to announce new funding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives at PASSHE...
July 23, 2021
For Antonia Gunter, 33, of Frankford, it’s a chance to start her own business and take her kids to the beach. For Carolyn Hill, 64, of Franklinville, it’s money for bills and to go out to eat. For Lavern Riddick, 35, of Southwest Philadelphia, it’s a head start on...
July 22, 2021
July 21, 2021
July 21, 2021
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is putting its money where its mouth is. During an event Wednesday at Kutztown University, one of the 14 state-owned schools that make up the system, PASSHE and state government officials announced that the system will...
July 21, 2021
KUTZTOWN, Pa. | State Senator Art Haywood alongside officials from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education gathered at Kutztown University to announce a portion of money allocated to the state-run schools will go toward efforts to make a major transition...
July 21, 2021
KUTZTOWN, Pa. – State Senator Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) held a hybrid press conference at Kutztown University Wednesday, to announce new funding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)...
July 21, 2021
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is putting its money where its mouth is. During an event Wednesday at Kutztown University, one of the 14 state-owned schools that make up the system, PASSHE and state government officials announced that the system will...
July 21, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – July 21, 2021 – Today, State Senator Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) held a hybrid press conference at Kutztown University, to announce new funding for Diversity, Equity, and...
July 21, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – July 21, 2021 – Today, State Senator Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) held a hybrid press conference at Kutztown University, to announce new funding for Diversity, Equity,...
July 21, 2021
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is putting its money where its mouth is. During an event Wednesday at Kutztown University, one of the 14 state-owned schools that make up the system, PASSHE and state government officials announced that the system will...
July 18, 2021
State Sen. Art Haywood has held significant clout in the health care space over the course of the last year as both the minority chair of the Senate Health & Human Services Committee and a member of the governor’s COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force. Haywood,...
July 15, 2021
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — A local state senator is among a number of lawmakers – state, local and federal – calling for the Child Tax Credit payments made available under the American Rescue Plan to be made permanent. Senator Art Haywood, a Democrat representing the 4th...
