Sen. Hughes: Bipartisan Effort Needed to Address Broken and Toxic Schools
HARRISBURG – February 27, 2020 – Pennsylvania faces a statewide crisis in its school infrastructure. Some students go to school in buildings containing lead, asbestos, mold and other environmental hazards while others must overcome broken pipes, leaking roofs and...
Join Senator Hughes for a special telephone town hall on the governor’s budget address
Join Senator Hughes, the Democratic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, for his telephone town hall tonight at 6 p.m. following Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget address. You can RSVP for the call or get information about how you can submit questions on the...
Tune in for Gov. Wolf’s budget address
Get informed on the future of state spending
Senator Hughes will join his colleagues in the state legislature for Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2020-21 budget address at the capitol.
This year’s budget address will highlight many of the issues the senator and the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus are fighting for, which includes fixing broken and toxic schools, prioritizing vulnerable populations, investing in education, raising the minimum wage, addressing gun violence in our communities, and more. Be sure you watch the governor’s address at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Feb. 4.
Sen. Hughes, Rep. Fiedler applaud Gov. Wolf’s pledge to address school infrastructure needs in the 2020-21 budget
Philadelphia, PA − January 24, 2020 − State Senator Vincent Hughes and Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler jointly released the following statement, applauding Gov. Tom Wolf’s pledge to address school infrastructure needs in the 2020-21 budget: “We are glad Gov....