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2021 Budget Hearings – State-Related Universities
2021 Budget Hearings – PA Treasury Department
Elected officials, education leaders & community leaders join Sen. Hughes in call for education justice in honor of MLK
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...
Call for education justice honoring MLK’s legacy
Driving Hunger Away During Ramadan
Senator Street – American Rescue Act Funding
Funding Schools Fairly
American Rescue Act Funding for Philadelphia Schools
Constitutionality & Morality Are Not The Same
Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform
Policy Hearing on Proposals to Eliminate Cash Bail
Fund Education Equitably
Vote By Mail: Easy, Safe, Secure
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Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform
Making PA Elections Even Better
Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform
Democratic Senators Intervene in Fracking Lawsuit Against DRBC
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...
Raising the Wage Enhances the Economy
Sen Street AEPS Clean Energy bill
Senator Street with Acting Sec. of State Veronica Degraffenreid
Wolf Administration Announces Equity Principles to Guide Investments Through Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
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....
Carbon Capture – Turning Over New Leaves
$500K in Grants Announced by Sen. Street & PA Agriculture Sec. Russell Redding
Harrisburg, PA – March 3, 2021 – Senator Street recently joined PA Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Frank Sherman, co-managing director for First Light Project to announce $500,000 in Agriculture Grants for small and urban farming. The grant program, authored...
State Legislators, Advocates, Family Members Urge Governor Wolf to Use Reprieve to Save the Lives of Incarcerated People
CHESTER, PA − March 2, 2021 − In a demonstration of unified support for reprieve, nearly a dozen state legislators gathered outside of State Correctional Institution–Chester (SCI-Chester) to urge Governor Tom Wolf to use his executive power to release incarcerated...