Philadelphia – July 27, 2022 – Four years after being called to action by Sen. Vincent Hughes, today federal and state leaders announced a major, historic settlement with a former top mortgage lender over accusations of redlining and housing discrimination in the...
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 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 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 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 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 $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...
HARRISBURG, July 8, 2022 − State Sen. Vincent Hughes today praised the passage of a bipartisan legislative package that advances criminal justice reform in Pennsylvania by protecting crime victims and making it easier for them to collect compensation. “The crime...
