Attention Philly Voters! If you voted by mail-in/absentee ballot, make sure your ballot isn’t flawed, now!
Attention Philly Voters! If you voted by mail-in/absentee ballot, make sure your ballot isn’t flawed, now! Friends, as you all know, there is so much at stake this election and the last thing you want is for your mail-in or absentee ballot to not be counted due to a...
Back by Popular Demand – Free Paper Shredding Event Nov. 12!
Back by Popular Demand – Free Paper Shredding Event Nov. 12! My team and I are once again hosting a free paper shredding event this Saturday, November 12. If you are looking for a way to securely get rid of documents that contain personal information like your social...
Apply Today for Student Loan Debt Relief!
Apply Today for Student Loan Debt Relief! During my time serving the people of the 7th senatorial district, I’ve been fighting to make higher education more affordable and less of a financial burden for families. Whether it’s working to launch the Keystone Scholars...
Be Prepared: Now’s the Time to Explore Your Affordable Healthcare Options Ahead of Open Enrollment
Be Prepared: Now’s the Time to Explore Your Affordable Healthcare Options Ahead of Open Enrollment For my entire time in the legislature, expanding access to health insurance to the uninsured and underinsured has been a central focus of my work. When we fully...
APPLY NOW: Important Funding for Violence Prevention, Prosecution, and Protection Programs Available!
APPLY NOW: Important Funding for Violence Prevention, Prosecution, and Protection Programs Available! Deadlines to apply are fast-approaching Gun violence is plaguing communities across the commonwealth, and sadly, Philadelphia is feeling its impact in unimaginably...
Big Win in Harrisburg: Creating the Teacher Diversity Pipeline
Big Win in Harrisburg: Creating the Teacher Diversity Pipeline Pennsylvania has a problem.A decade ago, the commonwealth certified 20,000 new teachers.Last year, that number was down to just 6,000. However, we recently enacted some important, bipartisan...
APPLY TODAY: Applications Now Open for Violence Intervention & Prevention (VIP) Program
When it comes to preventing violence in cities and towns across the commonwealth, my colleagues and I made a key investment with the passing of the ’22-’23 budget: $105 million for the Violence Intervention and Prevention Program.
It takes an all-hands-on-deck approach to combat violence in Pennsylvania, and community-based groups and initiatives are doing tremendous work on the local level.
Got plans this Wednesday? Join us at the Discovery Center for our “Report to the People” Summer Community Briefing!
There is a lot going on in Harrisburg, and my team and I want to make sure you know all about it! That’s why I’m inviting you to join us this Wednesday, August 31, at the Discovery Center, 3401 Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia PA 19121 starting at 5:30 PM for a summer...
Getting Justice for Victims of Modern-Day Redlining in Philadelphia
Getting Justice for Victims of Modern-Day Redlining in Philadelphia After years of our team pushing for investigations, accountability, and justice, state and federal leaders announce historic settlement For years, my team and I have fought for people of color to have...
Dramatic Increase in Housing Funds a Key Component of New State Budget
Dramatic Increase in Housing Funds a Key Component of New State Budget Total investment in affordable housing jumps eight fold, from $55 million a year ago to more than $435 million over the next year For years before the COVID-19 pandemic ruptured the economy, we...
Historic State Budget Takes Broad Approach to Community Safety
Historic State Budget Takes Broad Approach to Community Safety In addition to violence prevention grants, public safety and prosecution get a boost While the news that Pennsylvania’s commitment to violence intervention programs represented a huge victory for advocates...
Violence Prevention Funding More than Tripled in State Budget
Violence Prevention Funding More than Tripled in State Budget Just a year after a historic first-ever investment in community programs, $105 million is budgeted In last year’s state budget, we were able to secure more than $30 million for programs aimed at curbing the...
Read 2 Succeed Turns 10 This Summer
Read 2 Succeed Turns 10 This Summer Program’s first students are now entering college, or the job market, better prepared With great partners, parents and eager students, the Read 2 Succeed program is celebrating its tenth anniversary this summer. More than 400 young...
Historic Education Package Includes Funding for Mental Health, School Safety
Historic Education Package Includes Funding for Mental Health, School Safety In all, Gov. Wolf and allies in the General Assembly have raised education commitment by 40 percent since 2013 In our most recent On the Issues I talked about the historic new funding for...
New PA Budget Delivers Historic Education Investment
New PA Budget Delivers Historic Education Investment $1.1 billion increase, much of it through ‘Level Up’ to help disadvantaged schools In a significant victory for allies and advocates, the state budget signed by Gov. Tom Wolf last week delivered historic new funding...
Deadline for Tax and Rent Relief Extended
Deadline for Tax and Rent Relief Extended Each year, thousands who qualify fail to apply. Now they have until the end of the year. The deadline for older and disabled Pennsylvanians to apply for rebates on rent and property taxes paid in 2021 has been extended from...
You’re Invited to an Open House on Saturday
You’re Invited to an Open House on Saturday Breakfast, refreshments and lots of vital information will be available at my West Philadelphia District Office CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! I’m hoping to see you this Saturday May 14 from 9 a.m. until noon for an Open House...
Housing Investment Plan: A Historic Opportunity to Stabilize Neighborhoods
Housing Investment Plan: A Historic Opportunity to Stabilize Neighborhoods $2.27 billion plan could construct thousands of new housing units across PA Philadelphia has seen a housing boom, but it’s a bust for our middle-and -lower income neighbors. Working...
Investing in Our Youth Through Sports in North Philadelphia
Investing in Our Youth Through Sports in North Philadelphia Key state official visits ‘West Philly’s Main Street’ to chart a path forward Continuing his focus on reinvesting in communities to revitalize neighborhoods, Senator Hughes guided a $2.5 million state...
Free Tax Help Available as Deadline Approaches
Free Tax Help Available as Deadline Approaches CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! As the federal tax filing deadline approaches, I’m holding a series of interactive zoom events to help you and your family navigate the tax season and all the new benefits available to you and...
Expert Panel Discusses the Dire Problem of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Expert Panel Discusses the Dire Problem of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Discussion at CHOP Karabots offers solutions for interrelated problems in health and education This week, at the CHOP Karabots Pediatric Center in West Philadelphia, I convened a...
Reinvest to Revitalize Tour
Reinvest to Revitalize Tour Key state official visits ‘West Philly’s Main Street’ to chart a path forward Only days after his official nomination, Pennsylvania’s top economic development official spent a recent day in West Philadelphia touring important and historic...
Convenient and Free Vaccine Clinic Tomorrow
Convenient and Free Vaccine Clinic Tomorrow Rates still lagging among children in our communities. Take this opportunity to protect them. Nearly two years into this pandemic and now a year after vaccines became available, low-income neighborhoods and communities of...
Wolf Proposes Historic Education Budget
Gov. Tom Wolf delivered his last annual budget address this week, calling for historic investments in education, along with bolstering workforce development, criminal justice reform and raising the minimum wage.
The plan has the potential to reverse generations of systemic inequity in education funding and comes with no increase in taxes.