Harrisburg, PA – Noviembre 19, 2025 – Today, the Pennsylvania Senate passed the CROWN Act (HB439) with a vote of 44-3. This legislation ensures that no one in Pennsylvania will be denied access to professional, educational, or public spaces and opportunities because of...
Working Pennsylvanians Are Getting a New Tax Credit This week, Senator Hughes was in Harrisburg to get the state budget passed. The Senate Republican budget impasse ended on Miércoles when state Senators and Representatives passed a bipartisan budget that delivered...
Harrisburg, PA – Noviembre 12, 2025 – Today, Pennsylvania Senate and House lawmakers passed a $50.1B budget for the 25-26 fiscal year. Senator Vincent Hughes, Senate Democratic Appropriations Chair, shared the following statement: “While this process took much longer...
PHILADELPHIA, PA − Noviembre 10, 2025 −Today, Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing to examine direct care employee wages, and the trends observed in the Commonwealth over the last decade. “Earlier this year, I walked a day in the life of a home care worker...
Philadelphia, PA − Octubre 31, 2025 − Senators Vincent Hughes and Art Haywood, and Representative Tarik Khan, hosted a press conference at Share Food Program in Philadelphia to demand that Republican lawmakers help the people they serve. Lawmakers, advocates,...
HARRISBURG – The Senate Labor and Industry Committee approved bipartisan legislation sponsored by Sens. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia and Montgomery) and Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) to study how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping Pennsylvania’s workforce...
2 Million Pennsylvanians Will Lose Their SNAP Benefits if Republicans Don’t Act SNAP recipients will not receive benefits in Noviembre unless Republicans end the government shutdown It was announced this week that the Republican government shutdown will now impact SNAP...
