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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...
PA Approves $30 Million for Community Violence Prevention Programs
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...
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...
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...
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...
Los senadores Street y Laughlin presentan una ley sobre la transparencia de los medicamentos recetados
HARRISBURG - 24 de mayo 2021 - Hoy los senadores Sharif Street (D-Filadelfia) y Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) discutieron su legislación bipartidista para exigir que el Departamento de Seguros del Estado para recopilar y poner a disposición del público los datos relativos al costo de cada medicamento...
Governor Wolf Exercised His Constitutional Powers to Save Lives
On Martes Pennsylvanians will have the opportunity to select ballot measures, two of which fundamentally alter the Governor’s executive powers and ability to respond to emergencies.
PA Senate Democrats Introduce Spending Plan for $7 Billion in Federal American Rescue Plan Funds – The New Deal For PA
Harrisburg, Pa. – Mayo 12, 2021 – Today, Pennsylvania Senate Democrats unveiled the “New Deal for PA” – a $6.15 billion investment of federal funds coming to the Commonwealth pursuant to the American Rescue Plan. The New Deal for PA focuses on Jobs, Opportunity,...
El senador Street anuncia 15.000 dólares en subvenciones para nutrición infantil y agricultura para la escuela de artes marciales Zhang Sah
PHILADELPHIA – MAY 3, 2021 – Today Senator Sharif Street announced $15,000 in Farm to School Grant Funds for the Zhang Sah Martial Arts school in the Third Senatorial District. Zhang Sah Martial Arts will receive $15,000 for a project to support a school garden...
Los demócratas del Senado de Pensilvania se reúnen con la Secretaria de Agricultura y Segunda Dama Gisele Fetterman para una audiencia sobre la inseguridad alimentaria en Pensilvania
Harrisburg – Abril 30, 2021 - At the request of Pennsylvania State Senators Judy Schwank (D- Berks), Tina Tartaglione (D- Philadelphia), and Sharif Street (D- Philadelphia), the Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a virtual policy hearing to discuss the issue of...
Senator Sharif Street Announces $354K in North Philadelphia Grants
HARRISBURG – Abril 21, 2021 – Today Senator Sharif Street announced $354,739 in Multi-Modal Transportation and Act 13 funding grants for the North Philadelphia Community. “We’re proud to invest in our community and ensuring our kids can enjoy quality...
Sen. Sharif Street Releases Statement on Guilty Verdict of Derek Chauvin
Philadelphia – Abril 20, 2021 – Sen. Sharif Street (D- Philadelphia) released the following statement on the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd: "Today justice was served, with a verdict of “Guilty” on all three counts in the trial of...
Elected officials, education leaders & community leaders join Sen. Hughes in call for education justice in honor of MLK
PHILADELPHIA – Abril 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...
Senadores demócratas intervienen en la demanda contra la DRBC por fracking
CONDADO DE BUCKS - 12 de marzo de 2021 - El senador estatal Steve Santarsiero (D-10) se unió a sus colegas demócratas hoy en New Hope para anunciar su acción para proteger el agua potable limpia para millones de residentes de Pensilvania de los peligros ambientales de la fracturación hidráulica. Su...
Wolf Administration Announces Equity Principles to Guide Investments Through Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced a set of guiding equity principles to help inform the public on the implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and investments of the program’s proceeds....
El senador Street y el secretario de Agricultura de Pensilvania, Russell Redding, anuncian subvenciones por valor de 500 000 dólares
Harrisburg, PA – Marzo 3, 2021 – Senator Street recently joined PA Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Frank Sherman, co-managing director for First Light Project to announce $500,000 in Agriculture Grants for small and urban farming. The grant program, authored...