Geisinger looks to confirm virus variant’s presence in Valley

Geisinger awaits lab results to confirm the conclusion of its director of infectious diseases: That a more contagious variant of COVID-19 reached the Valley. In data last updated April 1, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 431 cases in Pennsylvania and 12,505 nationwide were from the B117 variant, first detected in the...

Elected officials, education leaders & community leaders join Sen. Hughes in call for education justice in honor of MLK

PHILADELPHIA – April 5, 2021 – In recognition of the 53rd anniversary of assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., State Senator Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) called for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to provide true education justice and support Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to fully fund Pennsylvania’s public school fair...

Sens. Haywood, Laughlin introduce renewable energy legislation

State Sens. Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) and Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) introduced legislation Monday to promote economic development and generate jobs while supporting alternative energy production and use in Pennsylvania. The proposed legislation would increase Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS) Tier 1 goal 18...

PA Democrats allowed to intervene in Delaware River anti-fracking lawsuit

The first round in the ongoing lawsuit challenging the Delaware River Basin Commission's authority to ban fracking in its jurisdictional waters has gone to the State Democratic Caucus. A knockout blow could be landing as soon as April. In this file photo made with a fisheye lens on March 12, 2020, work continues at a shale gas well drilling site...

PA Senate Democrats Hold Hearing on the Effects of COVID-19 on PA Housing Crisis

Harrisburg – March 31, 2021 - At the request of state Senators Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia), Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia), and Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a virtual public hearing on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the existing housing crisis in Pennsylvania. “For...

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July 21, 2019: Sen. Haywood hosts a breakfast at Arcadia University today to provide community leaders with an update on what is happening in Harrisburg and to take questions about what’s next.

July 15, 2019: Senator Haywood continues hisPoverty Listening Tour in northeast pa. City, small towns, and rural folks share the real experiences of living in poverty and the struggle to break the cycle.

July 12, 2019: — Senator Art Haywood and and fellow legislators serve up food, coffee and drinks to customers during the busy happy hour at El Fuego restaurant in support of the federal Raise the Wage Act nationwide and One Fair Wage in the state.

June 5, 2019: Sen. Art Haywood speaks alongside gun control advocates on National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

April 27, 2019: Senator Art Haywood welcomes the Team 26 Sandy Hook Riders to Philadelphia. Team 26 rides to Pittsburgh uniting Newtown with Squirrel Hill in order to reduce Gun Violence.

August 15, 2019: Senator Art Haywood Hosts 'No Place for Hate' Press Conference

September 4, 2019: State Sen. Art Haywood led a Clean Energy rally in Abington Township to propose a clean-energy bill that would slash carbon emissions from the electric power sector at least 90 percent by 2040.

September 17, 2019: Sen. Haywood joins fellow minimum wage activists in the Capitol to demand action on several pending bills that would raise the state’s minimum wage.

September 23, 2019: Senator Art Haywood welcomes Dr. Ric Baxter to Harrisburg. Dr. Ric Baxter, a national leader in Hospice and Palliative Care, is embarking on a bicycle tour the length of Pennsylvania to raise awareness of end-of-life care.

December 2, 2019 – Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) joined local elected officials for a dual event focused on economic justice: Senator Haywood announced the People’s Budget and the completion of the Poverty Report at the Johnson House Historic Site in Germantown.

December 11, 2019: Senator Art Haywood hosted a healthcare enrollment event on in Wyncote.

December 19, 2019: State Senator Art Haywood joined POWER to Carol for A McRaise event outside of the Chelten Avenue McDonald’s. This was an effort to get owner Derek Giacomantonio to raise the wage of his employees to $15 an hour.

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Geisinger looks to confirm virus variant’s presence in Valley

Elected officials, education leaders & community leaders join Sen. Hughes in call for education justice in honor of MLK

Sens. Haywood, Laughlin introduce renewable energy legislation

PA Democrats allowed to intervene in Delaware River anti-fracking lawsuit

PA Senate Democrats Hold Hearing on the Effects of COVID-19 on PA Housing Crisis

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