August 2, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – August 2, 2021 – Today Senator Sharif Street announced a grant of more than $192,000 from the Keystone Communities Program for the Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia. This project will have a profound impact in the Nicetown community where 40 percent...
July 16, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – July 16, 2021 – As part of his ongoing law enforcement reform efforts, Governor Tom Wolf today joined the Pennsylvania State Police to announce the launch of a new electronic database for use by law enforcement agencies in the hiring of law...
July 13, 2021
Philadelphia, PA − July 13, 2021 − On Tuesday, July 13th Senator Sharif Street was among guests invited to join President Biden at the National Constitution Center to defend the right to vote. Senator Street offered the following statement on President Biden’s visit:...
July 13, 2021
Philadelphia, PA − July 13, 2021 − Senator Street joined members of Congress from Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware for a round-table discussion and tour of highway-divided neighborhoods following the recent passage of the $3 billion Reconnecting Communities bill...
July 1, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, July 1, 2021 – Senator Sharif Street offered the following statement after today’s ruling by the U.S Supreme Court upholding Arizona’s voter restrictions and further eroding the landmark Voting Rights Act: “Today’s ruling underscores the urgency of...
June 26, 2021
Harrisburg, PA − June 26, 2021 − The Pennsylvania state budget for the upcoming year is deficient at many levels, leaving more than $5 billion of unspent American Rescue Plan funds at a time when every level of society is in desperate need. Ultimately it received my...
June 26, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – June 26, 2021 – During budget negotiations Senator Sharif Street offered amendments to HB 1024 impacting Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program Fund (MMPF). Street also championed an amendment that allows those with felony convictions to be...
June 20, 2021
Philadelphia, PA – June 20, 2021 – Senator Sharif Street releases the following statement on Philadelphia Event Organizers Outsting Israeli Food Truck: “It was disheartening to hear organizers of “A Taste of Home” disinvite Moshava, an Israeli food company, from...
June 17, 2021
Media, PA – June 17, 2021 – Governor Tom Wolf was joined by Delaware County leaders today to denounce efforts by Harrisburg Republicans to pass a bill disguised as election reform that is really about restricting the freedom to vote in retaliation for the outcome of...
June 8, 2021
HARRISBURG, June 8, 2021 – House and Senate Democrats and advocates for students from across the state joined Gov. Tom Wolf to call for investing half of the $3 billion in above-expected state revenue into improving schools for students statewide, and fully...
May 25, 2021
Philadelphia, PA − May 25, 2021 – On the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death Senator Street offered the following statement on the progress of police reform in the Pennsylvania General Assembly: “Today marks a full year since the murder of George Floyd. There...
May 24, 2021
HARRISBURG − May 24, 2021 – Today Senators Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) and Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) discussed their bipartisan legislation to require the state Insurance Department to collect and make publicly available data pertaining to the cost of each drug...
May 12, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – May 12, 2021 – Today, Pennsylvania Senate Democrats unveiled the “New Deal for PA” – a $6.15 billion investment of federal funds coming to the Commonwealth pursuant to the American Rescue Plan. The New Deal for PA focuses on Jobs, Opportunity,...
May 3, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – MAY 3, 2021 – Today Senator Sharif Street announced $15,000 in Farm to School Grant Funds for the Zhang Sah Martial Arts school in the Third Senatorial District. Zhang Sah Martial Arts will receive $15,000 for a project to support a school garden...
April 30, 2021
Harrisburg – April 30, 2021 – At the request of Pennsylvania State Senators Judy Schwank (D- Berks), Tina Tartaglione (D- Philadelphia), and Sharif Street (D- Philadelphia), the Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a virtual policy hearing to discuss the...
April 21, 2021
HARRISBURG – April 21, 2021 – Today Senator Sharif Street announced $354,739 in Multi-Modal Transportation and Act 13 funding grants for the North Philadelphia Community. “We’re proud to invest in our community and ensuring our kids can enjoy quality...
April 20, 2021
Philadelphia – April 20, 2021 – Sen. Sharif Street (D- Philadelphia) released the following statement on the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd: “Today justice was served, with a verdict of “Guilty” on all three counts in the...
April 5, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – April 5, 2021 – In recognition of the 53rd anniversary of assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., State Senator Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) called for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to provide true education justice and...
March 12, 2021
BUCKS COUNTY − March 12, 2021 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) was joined by Democratic colleagues today in New Hope to announce their action to protect clean drinking water for millions of Pennsylvanians from the environmental hazards of fracking. Their...
March 10, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced a set of guiding equity principles to help inform the public on the implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and investments of the program’s proceeds....
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