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Sen. Fontana Releases Statement on Senate GOP Refusal to Use Emergency Constitutional Amendment for Window of Justice for Sexual Abuse Survivors
Harrisburg – March 22, 2021 – Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D- Pittsburgh) released a statement today regarding the announcement by Senate Republicans that the Pennsylvania Senate will not consider an emergency constitutional amendment to provide a window for sexual abuse...
Los demócratas del Senado y la Cámara de Representantes de Pensilvania celebran una audiencia sobre la administración de propiedades abandonadas y en ruinas
Condado de Allegheny - 19 de marzo de 2021 - A petición de los senadores estatales Wayne D. Fontana (D- Allegheny), Jim Brewster (D- Allegheny/Westmoreland), Lindsey Williams (D- Allegheny) y la representante Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny), el Senado de Pensilvania y la Cámara...
PA Senate Dems Again Call for Legislative Window of Justice for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse & More Protections for the Future
Harrisburg, Pa. – March 12, 2021 − Pennsylvania Senate Democrats held a press conference today to again call for immediate action to create a two-year window for adult survivors of sexual abuse currently barred from seeking justice due to statutory time limitations....
Sens. Hughes, Fontana Renew Push to Regulate ‘Ghost Guns’ in Pa., Following Recent Joint Task Force Crackdown
HARRISBURG – March 12, 2020 – Following the high-profile arrest of four Philadelphia men selling “ghost guns,” State Senators Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny) reintroduced two pieces of legislation pushing to...
Sen. Fontana Re-elected Vice Chair of PHEAA Board
Harrisburg – February 18, 2021 - State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) today was unanimously re-elected to serve as the vice chairman of the board of directors for the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA). Created in 1963 by the state...
Sen. Fontana Releases Statement on the Governor’s 2021 Budget Address
Harrisburg – February 3, 2021 – Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D- Allegheny) released the following statement following Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address: For the last 11 months, millions of Pennsylvanians have sacrificed—by protecting their loved ones, looking out for their...
Los senadores demócratas de Pensilvania instan a la líder de la mayoría de la Cámara de Representantes, Pelosi, a investigar y expulsar al representante Scott Perry por actos sediciosos
HARRISBURG - 29 de enero de 2021 - Miembros de la bancada demócrata del Senado de Pensilvania escribieron a la líder de la mayoría de la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU., Nancy Pelosi, instando a una investigación sobre los "actos traidores y sediciosos" contra la Constitución de EE.UU. por parte del representante Scott Perry. "Esto no es un...
Democratic State Senators Reintroduce Bills to Protect Quality, Stable Health Care in PA
HARRISBURG – January 28, 2021 – State Senators Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), Maria Collett (D-Montgomery/Bucks), Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny), and Tim Kearney (D-Delaware), reintroduced package of bills to ensure Pennsylvanians maintain quality, stable...
PA Senate Democrats Release Statement on Violent Protest in DC
Harrisburg, PA – January 6, 2021 – The PA Senate Democrats released the following statement on the violent protest today in the nation’s Capitol: The First Amendment is one of our most sacred. It is not political and it is not partisan. The rights to free speech,...
Senator Fontana Announces Over $38 Million in Local Grant Project Funding
Pittsburgh – December 23, 2020 – Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D- Allegheny) announced today that $38,971,428 in state grant funds has been awarded to local projects across his Senate district. “The investment of state funds into local projects is essential to the...
Fontana Re-elected to Serve as Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman
Harrisburg, November 19, 2020 – State Senate Democrats today unanimously re-elected state Senator Wayne D. Fontana (D-Brookline) to serve as Democratic Caucus chairman for the upcoming two-year legislative session. The caucus chairman sets the daily caucus agenda and...
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Sen. Fontana Committed to Reforms at PHEAA After Auditor General Report
Harrisburg – October 2, 2020 – Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released a follow-up audit yesterday to a 2008 Auditor General report of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) where Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D- Pittsburgh) sits on the...
Sen. Fontana Announces Over $3 Million for Local Arts/Cultural Outlets
Brookline, PA – September 15, 2020– Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) today announced that 13 Allegheny County arts and cultural entities will receive a total of $3.08 million in state grant funds. “Knowing how the ongoing pandemic has harmed these important...
Sen. Fontana Announces Over $2 Million in State Funds for Local Water and Sewer Projects
Pittsburgh – August 17, 2020 – Sen. Wayne Fontana (D- Allegheny) announced today that $2,193,358 in state grant funds have been awarded to local waterway and sewer improvement projects throughout his Senate district. “It is critical that our local governments have the...
PA Senate Democrats Announce $225 Million for Small Business Assistance Grants Statewide
HARRISBURG – June 8, 2020 – Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus announced the direction of $225 million in federal CARES Act funding to aid small businesses across the commonwealth. This funding was authorized by the recently enacted COVID-19...
Democratic PHEAA Board Members Tout $30 Million In Cares Act Funding For PHEAA Grants
HARRISBURG — June 5, 2020 — State Senators Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny), Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), John Blake (D-Lackawanna), and Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia touted the $30 million in funding the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus was...
El proyecto de ley del senador Fontana convertiría a Pensilvania en un estado de voto por correo
Harrisburg, 22 de abril de 2020 - El senador Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny) presentó hoy un proyecto de ley que cambiaría el sistema de votación de Pensilvania para que todas las elecciones se realicen completamente por correo. "La pandemia ha comprometido la salud y la seguridad de nuestros ciudadanos, ha sacudido nuestra...
Sen. Fontana: Returning Workers too Soon is too Dangerous
Harrisburg, April 15, 2020 – Insisting that sound mitigation practices and indelible worker protections must be in place before re-opening additional Pennsylvania workplaces, state Sen. Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny) today voted against Senate Bill 613, legislation he...
Los demócratas del Senado de Pensilvania instan a que se adopten medidas legislativas en favor de las familias trabajadoras y se comprometen a oponerse al grupo de trabajo partidista COVID
Harrisburg, PA - 8 de abril de 2020 - El Senado levantó la sesión el martes por la tarde después de que los republicanos de la Cámara indicaron que no iban a tomar el proyecto de ley del Senado 841, la legislación que habría permitido a los municipios locales para...