Boscola’s Secures $50,000 Grant for Hellertown Area Library

Bethlehem, PA – June 28, 2022 – State Senator Lisa Boscola announced today that she has secured $50,000 in state funding for the Hellertown Library to aid the library with funding issues currently unresolved between the Borough of Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township....

Senator Jay Costa Applauds Expansion of Passenger Rail in Western PA

Pittsburgh, PA – June 27, 2022 – Today, State Senator Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) commended the agreement that has been reached between the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) to expand passenger rail access in western...

News Digest :: June 27, 2022

Legislature Pa. nearing budget deadline without a final plan in place (abc27.com) Wolf, lawmakers struggle to forge 2022-23 budget despite $12B financial cushion – pennlive.com Pennsylvania lawmakers have plenty of abortion proposals to offer the next governor |...

Hughes Statement Regarding Dobbs Decision

Philadelphia, PA − June 24, 2022 − State Sen. Vincent Hughes today released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization: “Today’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade devastates a women’s...

Senator John Kane Reacts to SCOTUS Ruling Striking Down Roe vs. Wade

Harrisburg, PA – June 24, 2022 – Today, Senator John Kane issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Courts’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: “Today’s decision is a devastating rollback of our rights. I’ve continued to say that people  will die...

Senator Haywood Responds to Roe v. Wade Ruling

PHILADELPHIA – June 24, 2022 – Today, State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade:  “I support women’s reproductive rights and I reject the Supreme...