September 12, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12, 2024 – Senate Democrats today applauded Gov. Josh Shapiro’s “bold and broad” action to address Pennsylvania’s growing housing crisis. At a senior housing development in Philadelphia that was built with the help of public financing incentives,...
August 28, 2024
HARRISBURG, PA – August 27, 2024 – Today, Auditor General Tim DeFoor released the results of a performance audit of state contracts and oversight of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) used by Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’ (DHS) HealthChoices Medicaid...
July 12, 2024
Harrisburg, PA. July 12, 2024 – State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) released the following statement on the passage of the 2024-25 PA Budget: Our state budget passed with $47B for historic changes to public education, higher education, housing...
June 27, 2024
HARRISBURG – June 27, 2024 − Senator Haywood releases this updated statement on his vote against SB 1260 that would prohibit the PA State Treasury or Commonwealth pension funds from boycotting or divesting from Israel and companies doing business with Israel. The bill...
May 13, 2024
Harrisburg, PA − May 13, 2024 – Pennsylvania State Senators Art Haywood (D-4) and Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) have introduced legislation known as Alyssa’s Law. This legislation addresses the issue of law enforcement response time when a life-threatening emergency occurs...
