Dinniman Announces New Low-Cost Loan Program for Pa. College Students
WEST CHESTER – January 14, 2019 – State Senator Andy Dinniman encouraged prospective college students who may be applying for financial aid this year to consider the new PA Forward Student Loan Program. The PA Forward State Grant Program provides...State Senators Write Banks Asking Institutions to Help 12,000 Federal Employees Working Without Pay
HARRISBURG, January 10, 2019 – On behalf of the 12,000 Pennsylvania federal employees, contractors and subcontractors who are not receiving a paycheck during the partial federal government shutdown, Senator Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), Senator...Dinniman, Killion Introduce Comprehensive Pipeline Legislative Package
WEST CHESTER, January 2, 2019 – State Senators Andy Dinniman and Tom Killion announced today that they have introduced a comprehensive legislative package aimed at reforming Pennsylvania’s pipeline regulatory process to improve safety at schools and in local...Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Protect Health Care for Pennsylvanians
HARRISBURG, December 20, 2018 –The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus continues its fight to protect the major tenets of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) through two legislative proposals that would ensure comprehensive, quality and...No more silence: Why our community must address mental health
Op-Ed by Senator Vincent Hughes
Depression. Anxiety. Mood disorders. Dementia.
We hear about these and other mental health afflictions in our regular conversations, on television shows and even in our music, but it remains a consistent public health crisis in the black community because of the stigma surrounding topic.