Seventeen Years and Counting – Senate Democrats Continue to Fight to Raise PA’s Minimum Wage

July 7, 2023

Harrisburg, PA – July 7, 2023 − Sunday, July 9th, marks seventeen years since Pennsylvania lawmakers last raised the minimum wage. On July 9th, 2006, Governor Ed Rendell was joined by Senator Christine Tartaglione, Senator Vincent Hughes, and Senator Jay Costa, to...

Senator Art Haywood Responds to The Supreme Court Decision on Student Loan Forgiveness

June 30, 2023

HARRISBURG – June 30, 2023 − Senator Art Haywood (D-4) issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court Decision to prohibit the student loan forgiveness by the executive branch: “Today, the Supreme Court decision to prohibit the executive branch...

Senator Art Haywood Responds to The Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action

June 29, 2023

HARRISBURG – June 29, 2023 –  Senator Art Haywood (D-4) issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court Decision to strike down affirmative action programs at Harvard, UNC and across the nation. “Today, the Supreme Court put our nation in...

State Sen. Art Haywood, State Rep. Smith-Wade-El Rally to Raise the Minimum Wage

June 2, 2023

LANCASTER, June 1: State Sen. Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Phila) and state Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D-Lancaster) today held a rally to raise the state minimum wage in Reservoir Park in Lancaster where Haywood announced the introduction of his Raise the Wage...

Senate Democrats Discuss Strategies to Prevent Youth Violence at Policy Hearing

March 17, 2023

READING, March 17, 2023 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, joined Senator Judy Schwank (D-Berks) and Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) earlier this week at Alvernia University in...