Senador Vincent Hughes

El senador Hughes entrega a Harambee Institute Charter una subvención del siglo XXI

FILADELFIA, 11 de febrero de 2016 - Los estudiantes que asisten a una escuela chárter del oeste de Filadelfia se beneficiarán de una subvención de 346.000 dólares que el senador Vincent Hughes presentó públicamente esta mañana a los funcionarios de la administración. Harambee Institute of Science and Technology Charter School fue...

Sen. Hughes Calls for State Investigation Into Crumbling School Infrastructure

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29, 2016 – After touring an elementary school that had been forced this month to send students home due to failed heaters, Sen. Vincent Hughes, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, ordered state-level hearings to better understand the breadth of the crumbling school infrastructure problem in Pennsylvania.

Gorgas Park to Receive $188K State Investment for Upgrades

Harrisburg, Jan. 28, 2016 – A renovated ball field, smoother walkways and new landscaping are headed to Roxborough’s Gorgas Park with the awarding of a $188,000 state grant, Sen. Vincent Hughes announced today. The investment is from the Department of...

Senate Democrats React to Budget Line-Item Veto

Harrisburg – Dec. 29, 2015 – Senate Democrats provided the following reaction to Gov. Tom Wolf’s line-item veto of a Republican budget plan. The governor released six months of emergency funding for schools and human service programs, or $23.39 billion of the House...

Senator Hughes Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Budget Compromise

HARRISBURG, Diciembre 7th, 2015 − Senator Vincent Hughes released the following statement on Senate passage of Senate Bill 1073, a bipartisan state budget compromise: “I am thankful that the Pennsylvania Senate has come together and passed a compromise bill to end the...