Sen. Sharif Street to Host a Business Diversity & Inclusion Event

PHILADELPHIA, September 6, 2018 — State Senator Sharif Street in partnership with Deputy Secretary Kerry Kirkland, PA Department of General Services and Iola Harper, Deputy Director of Commerce for the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Economic Opportunity will...

Joint State Legislative Hearing at SCI-Dallas focuses on Prison Reform

Dallas, Pa., August 23, 2018 – A joint state Senate-House Democratic Legislative Policy Committee hearing was held Wednesday at the State Correctional Institute in Luzerne County to discuss proposals aimed at reforming the state’s justice and prison systems. Held at...

Sharif Street’s district office is helping people register for medical marijuana

Billy Penn | By Sarah Anne Hughes

So far, the Philly state senator appears to be the only PA legislator to offer this service.

Inside state Sen. Sharif Street’s office in North Central, the walls are covered in posters advertising assistance programs and brochures scattered about the space offer every kind of constituent service.

A flier on the front desk now promotes a new one: “APPLY FOR A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD.”