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Blake: Budget Invests in Education, Supports Working Class
HARRISBURG, February 6, 2018 – State Sen. John Blake (D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe) today released the following statement regarding Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed $32.987 billion state budget: “I applaud Governor Wolf for his continued dedication and investment in the...
Hughes: Jobs, Workforce Development, Education Investments Highlight Budget Proposal
Harrisburg – February 6, 2018 – Senate Democratic Appropriations Chair Vincent J. Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) issued the following statement regarding the governor’s $32.9 billion General Fund budget proposal for 2018-2019. The proposed budget represents a 3.1...
Senator Tartaglione Introduces Legislation to Raise Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage
Lawmakers and workers’ advocates renewed the call for fair, family-sustaining wages HARRISBURG, PA, February 5, 2018 – State Sen. Christine Tartaglione today announced recently introduced legislation that proposes to raise Pennsylvania’s long-stagnant minimum wage....
Action to Address Worker Wages First Step on Long Road to Equity
By State Senator Vincent Hughes
Frustrated by years of resistance from legislative Republicans to raise worker wages, Gov. Tom Wolf announced plans to lift the state’s salary threshold below which Pennsylvania salaried workers automatically receive overtime pay. The governor’s action is hard on the heels of efforts by my colleagues and I to address worker pay and make our wage and salary system equitable.
Senate Passes Blake’s Economic Development, Clean Energy Initiative
HARRISBURG, January 30, 2018 – The state Senate today overwhelmingly approved legislation sponsored by state Sen. John Blake (D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe) that would generate significant economic development, create jobs and enhance Pennsylvania’s clean energy...
La decisión del Tribunal Supremo de anular los mapas del Congreso es un buen comienzo
Artículo de opinión de la senadora estatal Lisa Boscola
Desde mi primera experiencia con la elaboración de mapas, allá por 2001, era evidente que el partidismo desempeña un papel demasiado importante en nuestro esfuerzo de redistribución de distritos. La reciente decisión del Tribunal Supremo de Pensilvania de descartar los mapas del Congreso no hace sino reafirmar esta postura.
La Asamblea General dispone desde hace tiempo de las herramientas necesarias para solucionar el problema de una vez por todas eliminando la política del trazado de mapas. Por eso estoy orgulloso de ser el principal patrocinador del SB 22. Esta legislación prevé la creación de una comisión independiente para trazar nuestras líneas cada 10 años. Para mí nunca ha sido una cuestión partidista, sino práctica.
