Sen. Street Issues Statement on 4.20, Pennsylvania has Fallen Behind

PHILADELPHIA – April 20, 2022 –Senator Street issued the following statement on 420 Day. “April 20, or 420 Day, is a worldwide celebration for cannabis users. More critically it is a platform for our collective efforts to end cannabis prohibition. The war on...

Schwank and Street Announce Plan to Ban Delta-8 THC in Pennsylvania

Harrisburg – April 6, 2022 – Today, State Sens. Judy Schwank and Sharif Street issued a co-sponsor memorandum for a bill they plan to introduce that would ban the sale of delta-8 THC products in Pennsylvania. The Food and Drug Administration defines delta-8 THC as a...

Senator Street Advances Safe Cannabis Banking Bill

Harrisburg, PA − March 31, 2022 − Yesterday the Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee unanimously passed SB1167, our bipartisan cannabis banking bill. We moved forward with an important step in dismantling another cornerstone of cannabis prohibition by...

How To Help Ukraine: Five Ways You Can Make a Big Impact Right Now

For all our faults as a people, Americans consistently demonstrate compassion in the face of incalculable tragedy, offering to help strangers they’ve never met – sometimes faraway in places they’ve never heard of. Ukraine is a place most of us have heard of, probably....

Philadelphia chefs fly to Poland to help feed Ukrainian refugees

Michael Strauss was watching the news two weekends ago and saw images of people fleeing Ukraine. “Over and over,” he said. “I just looked at my wife [Eylonah], and I was like, ‘I’m going to go to Poland and help the World Central Kitchen, feeding people.’ And she just...