July 3, 2019
HARRISBURG – July 2, 2019 – Sen. Sharif Street (D- Philadelphia) announced today a bipartisan healthcare bill is moving through the Pennsylvania Senate. House Bill 3 will create a Pennsylvania based health insurance exchange for individual market plans. “I am...
July 2, 2019
HARRISBURG – June 2, 2019 – Following the elimination of General Assistance, several members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus circulated a cosponsorship memo to create an emergency relief program that would serve the population now without cash...
July 1, 2019
HARRISBURG – July 1, 2019 – The just-passed state budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20 included a large increase in funding for the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund (PHARE). Several members of the Senate Democratic...
June 28, 2019
HARRISBURG – June 28, 2019 – Yesterday, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget and related code bills and will now be sending them on to Governor Wolf for enactment. Senator Maria Collett (D-12, Bucks and Montgomery) wishes...
June 27, 2019
HARRISBURG – June 27, 2019 – Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, Jr. voted in support of the Fiscal Year 2019-20 General Appropriations budget which is now headed to Governor Tom Wolf’s desk; Senator Costa looks forward to returning to session...
June 27, 2019
HARRISBURG – June 27, 2019 – State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) today said that the state budget package includes $60 million for school district safety initiatives. “There are a great many needs to fill in helping school district improve safety...
