July 15, 2021
HARRISBURG — Across the Lehigh Valley and the state, hiring signs offer pay well over the much-discussed minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, even as the set “wage” for plenty of people is a good bit less — $2.83 an hour — because they also collect tips. Those people being...
July 13, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – July 13, 2021 – Today, State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) hosted a press conference and rally, in partnership with Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike, to call for permanent Child Tax Credit payments. The event was...
July 13, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – July 13, 2021 – Today, State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) hosted a press conference and rally, in partnership with Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike, to call for permanent Child Tax Credit payments. The event was...
July 9, 2021
July 2, 2021
Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday vetoed Senate Bill 618, anti-vaccination legislation that would have barred vaccine passports and limited the powers of Pennsylvania’s secretary of health. In his veto message, Wolf called the legislation “misguided and...
July 2, 2021
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday vetoed Senate Bill 618, anti-vaccination legislation that would have barred vaccine passports and limited the powers of the secretary of Health. Wolf said “this harmful legislation would eliminate the Department of Health’s...
July 1, 2021
July 1, 2021
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday vetoed Senate Bill 618, anti-vaccination legislation that would have barred vaccine passports and limited the powers of the secretary of Health. Wolf said “this harmful legislation would eliminate the Department of Health’s...
July 1, 2021
Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday vetoed Senate Bill 618, anti-vaccination legislation that would have barred vaccine passports and limited the powers of the secretary of Health. Wolf said “this harmful legislation would eliminate the Department of Health’s ability to respond...
June 29, 2021
We shouldn’t have to keep writing about gun violence. We are at risk of becoming numb to the regular reports of mass shootings around the country and the steady spate of firearm injuries and deaths here in Philadelphia. But we must keep this conversation at the...
June 28, 2021
June 27, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – Does your drivers license say you are an organ donor? If not, that is okay. But a new bill in the state legislature will allow Pennsylvania residents, either renewing their drivers license or registration, the chance to donate to the...
June 26, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – June 26, 2021 – State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) announced today that Harrisburg lawmakers approved the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s budget for fiscal year 2021-2022. “As our communities recover from COVID-19 and its many...
June 26, 2021
HARRISBURG — Citing government overreach and intrusions into citizen privacy, the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Thursday passed a ban on many uses of “vaccine passports” and a halt to the secretary of health’s ability to issue masking, social-distancing...
June 26, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – June 26, 2021 – State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) announced today that Harrisburg lawmakers approved the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s budget for fiscal year 2021-2022. “As our communities recover from COVID-19 and its many...
June 25, 2021
June 25, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – June 25, 2021 – The Pennsylvania Legislature has allocated $3o million dollars for community violence prevention programs in the approved 2021-2022 fiscal year budget. The Block Grants will be managed by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and...
June 25, 2021
HARRISBURG — Citing government overreach and intrusions into citizen privacy, the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Thursday passed a ban on many uses of “vaccine passports” and a halt to the secretary of health’s ability to issue masking, social-distancing...
June 25, 2021
June 24, 2021
The state Senate voted Thursday to send two COVID-19 inspired bills to Gov. Tom Wolf — one offering students the option of repeating their 2020-2021 academic grade, and another that would ban vaccine passports and limit the powers of the secretary of Health. Wolf has...
June 24, 2021
Across the country, the renewable energy industry is building a new American workforce. The wind and solar sectors currently boast the fastest growing jobs thanks to higher clean energy demand, dropping technology costs and supportive policies and investments, as seen...
June 17, 2021
June 16, 2021
Across the country, the renewable energy industry is building a new American workforce. The wind and solar sectors currently boast the fastest growing jobs thanks to higher clean energy demand, dropping technology costs, and supportive policies and...
June 15, 2021
June 15, 2021
(The Center Square) – The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously backed the nomination of Suzanne V. Estrella to serve as the next victim advocate for Pennsylvania. Estrella was nominated by Gov. Tom Wolf in March of this year. She has served as legal director for the...
June 10, 2021
June 8, 2021
June 1, 2021
York, PA — It seems everywhere a person turns, help wanted signs are littering the streets. Some legislators worry that the government is doing too much to encourage people to not work. In April, Pennsylvania logged a 7.4 percent unemployment rate with 466,00 people...
June 1, 2021
Cheltenham-A student member of the Montgomery County Cultural Ability and Stock Student Ambassador asked a state legislator one important question at a recent virtual town hall. Yasir Valentine, a fourth-year student at Cheltenham High School, raised this issue in a...
May 31, 2021
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Business owners were busy Monday tearing down plexiglass shields and ripping up social distancing markers on the floor as Pennsylvania’s coronavirus mitigation orders were lifted just after midnight. “It’s hard enough to run a...
