Jun 11, 2021
Jun 11, 2021
Statewide, PA − June 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 Friday to call...
Sep 11, 2020
Senator Hughes and the Rev. Gregory Holston joined students from Lower Merion and Overbook high schools for a walk to demonstrate the inequities in school funding between schools less than four miles apart. The students’ march was inspired by Sen. Hughes...
Feb 27, 2020
HARRISBURG – February 27, 2020 – Pennsylvania faces a statewide crisis in its school infrastructure. Some students go to school in buildings containing lead, asbestos, mold and other environmental hazards while others must overcome broken pipes, leaking roofs and...
Jan 29, 2020
Senator Hughes and the Rev. Gregory Holston joined students from Lower Merion and Overbook high schools for a walk to demonstrate the inequities in school funding between schools less than four miles apart. The students’ march was inspired by Sen. Hughes...
Jan 29, 2020
Harrisburg, PA – January 29, 2020 – Governor Tom Wolf today presented a series of proposed 2020-21 budget items totaling more than $1.1 billion to support reducing the risks to Pennsylvanians of lead and asbestos, and remediating existing toxins in schools, day care...
Jan 20, 2020
The union representing Philadelphia public school teachers says it will sue the school district over its handling of asbestos, lead and mold problems that has shuttered schools and sparked a backlash from parents. The complaint — filed Monday evening — will ask a...
Jan 9, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – The Fund our Facilities Coalition held a rally Wednesday to voice their frustrations regarding school closures in Philadelphia over asbestos. A hand-scrawled closed sign at Philadelphia’s Carnell Elementary tells the story of this school and five...
Jan 8, 2020
Senate Democrats stood at sunrise today with House colleagues, parents, teachers and city officials outside Carnell Elementary School to decry the continued contamination of Philadelphia schools and demand at least $170 million from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to...
Jan 8, 2020
As Philadelphia continues to grapple with asbestos hazards in its schools, state and local elected officials joined with teachers and parents Wednesday morning to demand state money to make repairs. Standing outside Carnell Elementary in Oxford Circle, which has been...