October 12, 2023
Legislature State Senate Democratic Caucus Members Announce Build Better PA – MyChesCo Legal weed in Pa.: Could Pennsylvania legalize marijuana in 2024? (inquirer.com) Pa. school funding commission hears Pittsburgh educators’ testimony | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
October 11, 2023
Pittsburgh, Pa. − October 11, 2023 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny), Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, hosted the Basic Education Funding Commission for their Pittsburgh hearing, the first in the series of state-wide hearings to be held in...
October 11, 2023
October 11, 2023
Reading — October 11, 2023 — Last night, state Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) and state Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D-Berks) hosted United Against Abuse: A Domestic Violence Panel Discussion in conjunction with SAFE Berks at Reading Area Community College’s Miller...
October 11, 2023
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Career and Technical Education, or CTE program, offers kids 16 vocational programs across six of its high schools. “They are starting from so far behind and they have to overcome so much to get what their other peers already...
October 11, 2023
Lawmakers with the state’s Basic Education Funding Commission (BEFC) heard testimony Wednesday in Pittsburgh on the needs of high school career and technical (CTE) programs. Surrounded by fire engines, ambulances and police vehicles used by Pittsburgh Public Schools’...
October 11, 2023
As part of a series of statewide hearings on education funding in Pennsylvania, lawmakers heard from educators in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, who told them of the needs that schools in western Pennsylvania have, including special education funding, pre-kindergarten...
October 11, 2023
Legislature State officials tour communities ravaged by July storm in Berks (readingeagle.com) Pennsylvania bills would implement harsher penalties for swatting calls (abc27.com) ‘EMS is a must’: Pa. EMS departments struggle with funding, staffing and...
October 10, 2023
PHILADELPHIA – October 10, 2023 – State Senators Steve Santarsiero (D-10), Tina Tartaglione (D-2), Jimmy Dillon (D-5) and John Kane (D-9), and representatives from the building trades announced Build Better PA, a package of bills to promote fairness, quality, and...
October 10, 2023
This week, the state’s Basic Education Funding Commission (BEFC) will meet in Pittsburgh to gather testimony from educators and education advocates on the state of public education in Pennsylvania. Considering the Commonwealth Court’s ruling this year declaring the...
