Senator Kane Responds to Governor Wolf’s Proposed Budget

Harrisburg, February 8, 2022 – Following Governor Tom Wolf’s annual budget address to the General Assembly, Senator John Kane issued the following statement: “The Governor’s proposed budget is exactly what Pennsylvania needs right now. This budget uses our strong...

News Digest :: February 8, 2022

Legislature A Pa. judge just sided with the GOP on a congressional map proposal. Here’s what’s next. · Spotlight PA Special Master Chooses Republican Congressional Map | PoliticsPA Pennsylvania congressional map: Judge recommends one favored by GOP – The Morning...

Senator Lindsey M. Williams Releases Statement on Turnpike Bill Vote

Harrisburg, Pa.− February 7, 2022 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams released the following statement today: “It’s no secret that I was strongly opposed to the sudden elimination of on-site Turnpike toll collection in June 2020 and the associated unexpected...

Post Session Report :: Monday, February 7, 2022

SB 327, PN 902 (J. Ward) – The legislation amends Section 1218-B (a) Duties. to clarify that a health care facility, personal care home, or physician with knowledge of a death covered under the subsection shall report the death to county coroner. A death covered under...

The change Philadelphia needs

Op-ed by Senator Art Haywood

There were 499 homicides in Philadelphia in 2020. That grim number was surpassed in 2021 when 562 were murdered in the city. We are only a month into 2022, and the City of Philadelphia has reported another 44 murders. However, in Boston, Dallas, Jacksonville, Fla., Kansas City, Mo., Miami, Seattle and St. Louis, murders declined in 2021.