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Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus Elects Leadership Team for 2025-26 Legislative Session
HARRISBURG, PA – November 13, 2024 – The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus today elected its leadership team for the 2025-26 legislative session. The Senate Democratic Caucus also proudly welcomes two new members: Senator Patty Kim representing Senate District 15,...
Senator Hughes Announces Over $16M for Community Development and Growth in the 7thSenatorial District
November 1, 2024 − Today, Senator Vincent Hughes announced over $16 million dollars in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grants for a number of projects throughout Philadelphia and Montgomery County. The grants will fund several initiatives to...
Senator Hughes Announces Over $16M for Philadelphia Public Schools
Philadelphia − October 22, 2024 − Today, Senator Vincent Hughes, Senate Democratic Appropriations Chair, announced $16.77 million for the Philadelphia School District to improve school buildings throughout the city. The grant funding comes from the Public School...
Senator Vincent Hughes Announces Over $3M for Philadelphia Community and Education Centers
October 22, 2024 − Philadelphia, PA – Senator Vincent Hughes announced over $3 million in grants for community and education centers in Philadelphia. The funds were awarded by the PA Broadband Development Authority (PBDA) from the Multipurpose Community Facilities...
Senators Hughes and Dillon Announce $5.2M for Philadelphia Public Safety
Philadelphia, PA, October 11, 2024 – Pennsylvania State Senator Jimmy Dillon (D, Philadelphia) and Senate Democratic Appropriations Chair Senator Vincent Hughes, have successfully secured $5 million in grant funding for the Philadelphia Police Department allowing...
Sens. Hughes and Dillon Announce $5.2M for Philadelphia Public Safety
Senate Democrats File Lawsuits Seeking to Block Enforcement of Senate Resolution 334
HARRISBURG, PA – October 9, 2024 − Today, four members of the Senate Democratic Caucus filed suit in Commonwealth Court against President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, Senator Joe Pittman, and Senator Jarret Coleman in order to halt a subpoena compelling Secretary of Revenue...
New Satellite Election Office Opens in Philadelphia
Unity Recovery’s Micro-Grant Check Presentation
Democratic Leaders Applaud Shapiro’s ‘Bold and Broad’ Action on Housing
PHILADELPHIA − September 12, 2024 – Senate Democrats today applauded Gov. Josh Shapiro’s “bold and broad” action to address Pennsylvania’s growing housing crisis. At a senior housing development in Philadelphia that was built with the help of public financing...
Hughes Announces State Aid for Neighborhood Improvement Efforts
Harrisburg, Sept. 10, 2024 –- Groups working to address chronic problems and improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods of the 7th Senate District will get nearly $3 million in state assistance, with even more in the pipeline, state Sen. Vincent Hughes...
Senator Hughes Announces Over $17.5M to Support Public Safety and Security in Philadelphia and Montgomery County
HARRISBURG, September 11, 2024 – Organizations that work in neighborhoods of the 7th Senate District to prevent crime and assist victims will have their efforts boosted by more than $17.5 million in state grants, Sen. Vincent Hughes announced today. “These grants...
Hughes Joins City Leadership to Deliver Good News at Brith Shalom
WYNNEFIELD HEIGHTS, September 5, 2024 − Amidst the joyful tears and applause from remaining residents, Sen. Hughes joined Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and other officials yesterday to announce that the Philadelphia Housing Authority has reached an agreement with...
60th Anniversary Civil Rights Act Roundtable
Sen. Hughes and Community Partners Hosting “Feminine Hygiene Products Drive”
With thousands of women and girls each day missing work or school because they can’t afford the rising cost of feminine hygiene products, State Sen. Vincent Hughes is once again partnering with No More Secrets Mind Body Spirit Inc., Children’s Hospital of...
Sen. Hughes Chats with Chelsea Mungro
‘She Did This’: Hughes and Former Cassidy Student Celebrate New School and a Renewed Commitment to Education
OVERBROOK − August 16, 2024 − Seven years ago, Sen. Vincent Hughes received a letter from a 10-year-old student at the nearly century-old Lewis C. Cassidy Academics School in Overbrook. “Every day I go to school I feel like I am in a prison, or a junkyard,” Chelsea...