January 16, 2024
PITTSBURGH, PA – January 16, 2024 – Today, Senator Jay Costa announces $565,403 in Act 13 grant funding benefitting the 43rd senatorial district. “It’s a great honor to be delivering crucial state funding to the green spaces that allow the people of...
January 16, 2024
ROYERSFORD, January 16, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that seven projects in Senate District 44 have been awarded a total of $864,750 in state grants to improve infrastructure and recreation in the region. The...
January 16, 2024
Reading — January 16, 2024 — Today, the Commonwealth Financing Authority approved over half a million dollars in Act 13 Programs grant funding for four projects in Berks County. Act 13 of 2012 established the Marcellus Legacy Fund to distribute unconventional gas well...
January 16, 2024
Legislature New law aims to make guardianship a last resort in Pa., but some experts say it doesn’t go far enough | TribLIVE.com Community news of Delaware County (delcotimes.com) $5.4 Billion Spending Hike Plan Passed Ed Funding Commission in Party-Line Vote – DV...
January 15, 2024
January 15, 2024 − Senators Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton), two Senate members of the Basic Education Funding Commission, issued a statement following the release and affirmative vote on the Commission’s report that...
January 12, 2024
Harrisburg, January 12, 2024 – The Borough of Munhall will receive more than $1.6 million to replace diesel-fueled trash trucks with renewable electric vehicles, state Sen. Jim Brewster announced today. “Western Pennsylvania communities have worked for decades to...
January 12, 2024
ROYERSFORD − January 12, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today encouraged schools across Senate District 44 to apply for funding for school safety and security through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). The framework...
January 12, 2024
January 12, 2024 − As part of the Basic Education Funding Commission, Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Rep. Peter Schweyer (D-Lehigh), who serves as chair of the House of Representatives Education Committee, voted yesterday in favor of a report that...
January 12, 2024
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA – January 12, 2024 – On January 11, the Basic Education Funding Commission held a hearing and voted 8-7 to approve the 2024 Basic Education Funding Report. Below, you can find Senator Tim Kearney’s (D-Delaware) statement following the outcome of...
January 12, 2024
Legislature Pennsylvania provides state money for public defense for the first time – LebTown New law aims to make guardianship a last resort in Pa., but some experts say it doesn’t go far enough – LebTown Pennsylvania needs $5.4 billion to bring...