Senator Art Haywood Joins Phila. Ceasefire for Joint Press Conference on Northwest Peace Plan

Philadelphia, PA − July 19, 2023 − Senator Art Haywood (D-4) announces the activities, programs, and current partners involved in one of the first city-wide efforts to increase public safety by means of the Safe Summer 2023 campaign in partnership with Philadelphia Ceasefire, and Community Capacity Development which co-leads Safe Summer...

Seventeen Years and Counting – Senate Democrats Continue to Fight to Raise PA’s Minimum Wage

Harrisburg, PA – July 7, 2023 − Sunday, July 9th, marks seventeen years since Pennsylvania lawmakers last raised the minimum wage. On July 9th, 2006, Governor Ed Rendell was joined by Senator Christine Tartaglione, Senator Vincent Hughes, and Senator Jay Costa, to sign Senate Bill 1090, Senator Tartaglione’s legislation that raised PA’s minimum...

Senator Art Haywood Responds to The Supreme Court Decision on Student Loan Forgiveness

HARRISBURG – June 30, 2023 − Senator Art Haywood (D-4) issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court Decision to prohibit the student loan forgiveness by the executive branch: “Today, the Supreme Court decision to prohibit the executive branch from enacting student loan forgiveness means that over 40 million Americans will...

Senator Art Haywood Responds to The Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action

HARRISBURG – June 29, 2023 – Senator Art Haywood (D-4) issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court Decision to strike down affirmative action programs at Harvard, UNC and across the nation. “Today, the Supreme Court put our nation in reverse by ending affirmative action in college admissions. For a nation that...

State Sen. Art Haywood, State Rep. Smith-Wade-El Rally to Raise the Minimum Wage

LANCASTER − June 1, 2023 − State Sen. Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Phila) and state Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D-Lancaster) today held a rally to raise the state minimum wage in Reservoir Park in Lancaster where Haywood announced the introduction of his Raise the Wage legislation, which calls for a $15 minimum wage. The legislators were joined...

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