News Digest :: May 9, 2022
Legislature Legislation would add names’ accent marks on Pa. documents (audacy.com) Both chambers of the Pa. Legislature need to make lawmakers’ expenses searchable online | Opinion | bedfordgazette.com Pension reform: Pennsylvania looks to ensure annual payments,...News Digest :: May 6, 2022
Legislature SCOTUS opinion could put the General Assembly in the driver’s seat on abortion rights – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com) Supreme Court Roe v. Wade leak has Pa. Democrats rallying behind abortion rights in 2022 elections...Senators Costa and Hughes Issue Statements on Debate Over Whether to Spend or Sit on Billions in Surplus Budget: “We Can Do Both!”
May 5, 2022 – Senator Jay Costa, State Senate Democratic Leader, and Senator Vincent Hughes, Democratic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statements in response to Governor Wolf’s announcement on historic state revenues in April and...Senator Saval Announces $17.8 Million in Grants for Local Projects
Philadelphia, PA May 5, 2022 Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) has announced $17,815,000 in grants for multiple local projects throughout the First Senatorial District, adding to the tens of millions of dollars in major investments previously secured.