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Senator Street Joins Members of Congress to Discuss Improving Philly Communities & Infrastructure
Philadelphia, PA − Julio 13, 2021 − Senator Street joined members of Congress from Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware for a round-table discussion and tour of highway-divided neighborhoods following the recent passage of the $3 billion Reconnecting Communities bill...
We Have The Money to Save Our Communities
My Nephew was a real person
A Time for Action
The fight against gun violence cannot be won alone
I buried A Child…Again
Gun Violence Touches All Communities
John Lewis Voting Rights Act a Mandate after SCOTUS Ruling
PHILADELPHIA, Julio 1, 2021 – Senator Sharif Street offered the following statement after today’s ruling by the U.S Supreme Court upholding Arizona's voter restrictions and further eroding the landmark Voting Rights Act: “Today’s ruling underscores the urgency of the...
The PA Gen Assembly must complete the People’s Budget
Senator Street’s Statement on Budget Passage
Harrisburg, PA − Junio 26, 2021 − The Pennsylvania state budget for the upcoming year is deficient at many levels, leaving more than $5 billion of unspent American Rescue Plan funds at a time when every level of society is in desperate need. Ultimately it received my...
El senador Street modifica el programa de marihuana medicinal de Pensilvania para mejorar el acceso y la asequibilidad de los pacientes
Harrisburg, Pa. - 26 de junio de 2021 - Durante las negociaciones presupuestarias Senador Sharif Street ofreció enmiendas a HB 1024 impacto Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Program Fund (MMPF). Street también defendió una enmienda que permite a aquellos con condenas por delitos...
Senator Street Offers Amendment on PA Medical Marijuana Program
Senator Street Remarks on PA Medical Marijuana Program
La AP aprueba 30 millones de dólares para programas comunitarios de prevención de la violencia
Harrisburg, Pa. – Junio 25, 2021 – The Pennsylvania Legislature has allocated $3o million dollars for community violence prevention programs in the approved 2021-2022 fiscal year budget. The Block Grants will be managed by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and...
Standing Against GOP Voter Suppression
Street Statement on Philadelphia Event Organizers Outsting Israeli Food Truck
Philadelphia, PA – Junio 20, 2021 – Senator Sharif Street releases the following statement on Philadelphia Event Organizers Outsting Israeli Food Truck: “It was disheartening to hear organizers of “A Taste of Home” disinvite Moshava, an Israeli food company, from...
Pennsylvania State Sen. Sharif Street Commends Passage of Juneteenth Federal Holiday
PHILADELPHIA − Junio 17, 2021− State Sen. Sharif Street has issued the following statement commending the U.S. Congress for recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday, and urging Pennsylvanians to remain diligent in protecting the voting rights from renewed efforts to disenfranchise people of color:
Senator Street Joins Gov. Wolf & Delaware County Officials Denounce House GOP Attack on Freedom to Vote Disguised as Election Reform
Media, PA – Junio 17, 2021 – Governor Tom Wolf was joined by Delaware County leaders today to denounce efforts by Harrisburg Republicans to pass a bill disguised as election reform that is really about restricting the freedom to vote in retaliation for the outcome of...
Toni Morrison Bench Dedication
General Assembly Democrats, Local Leaders Across PA Call for Immediate Action on Toxic and Unsafe School Infrastructure
Statewide, PA − Junio 11, 2021 -- As the projected state budget surplus surged to $3 billion and more than $7 billion in federal aid remains idled by inaction, Senate & House Democrats gathered in front of local schools across Pennsylvania on Viernes to call for...
House & Senate Democrats Join Gov. Wolf to Call for Investing in Schools, Delivering Equity for all Students
HARRISBURG, Junio 8, 2021 – House and Senate Democrats and advocates for students from across the state joined Gov. Tom Wolf to call for investing half of the $3 billion in above-expected state revenue into improving schools for students statewide, and fully...
Help is Here for our Kids
PA Schools Can Finally Be Funded Equally
Senate & House Democrats and Gov. Wolf Call for Investment in Schools
OpEd: ‘Sweet Swag’ A Gross Reward for Mocking Philly Gun Violence Deaths
OpEd by Senator Sharif Street Every day in America over three hundred people are shot. On Martes night 18-year-old Nasir Marks was fatally shot multiple times in West Philadelphia at around 7:30 p.m. A half-hour later, just before 8 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot...
Senator Sharif Street Announces $200K in Blight and Community Revitalization Grants
HARRISBURG – Mayo 27, 2021 – Today Senator Sharif Street announced $200,000 in Commonwealth Finance Authority (CFA) funding grants for blighted properties in North Philadelphia. Two grants will be awarded to two projects, Be a Gem Crossing and Dox Thrash House, to...
State Government Committee Holds Public Hearing on Congressional Redistricting
Comentarios del Senador Street sobre George Floyd
Senators Street and Laughlin Present Rx Transparency Legislation
HARRISBURG − Mayo 24, 2021 – Today Senators Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) and Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) discussed their bipartisan legislation to require the state Insurance Department to collect and make publicly available data pertaining to the cost of each drug...
El Gobernador Wolf ejerció sus poderes constitucionales para salvar vidas
El martes los ciudadanos de Pensilvania tendrán la oportunidad de elegir medidas electorales, dos de las cuales alteran fundamentalmente los poderes ejecutivos del Gobernador y su capacidad para responder a emergencias.