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Fontana anuncia cuatro subvenciones estatales para mejorar el sistema de abastecimiento de agua de la zona
Harrisburg - 29 de marzo de 2017 - El senador estatal Wayne D. Fontana ha anunciado hoy un total de 810.800 dólares en subvenciones estatales para cuatro proyectos de mejora de infraestructuras de la zona. "Estos fondos estatales ayudan a las comunidades locales a acelerar los proyectos de mejora de los sistemas de agua y aguas residuales",...
Fontana reelegido Vicepresidente del Consejo de PHEAA
HARRISBURG, February 23, 2017 – 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 Pleased with Governor’s Budget Investment Priorities
Harrisburg, February 7, 2017 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) today provided the following statement in response to Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2017-18 state budget proposal: “This is a lean budget for lean times. “In the face of a daunting deficit, the governor’s...
Fontana Statement on Closing of SCI-Pittsburgh
Brookline – January 26, 2017 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) issued the following statement in response to today’s state Department of Corrections decision to close SCI-Pittsburgh: “I’m very disappointed in the Department of Corrections decision -- as well...
Fontana Bill Would Require a Public Hearing Before a State Prison Closure
Harrisburg – January 25, 2017 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) today introduced legislation that would require the Department of Corrections to hold a local public hearing before it could close a prison. “Closing prisons will drastically impact prison...
Fontana interviene en la audiencia del Senado de Harrisburg para salvar SCI-Pittsburgh
Harrisburg – January 23, 2017 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) today spoke out at a joint Capitol hearing to save SCI-Pittsburgh from closing. The hearing was jointly held this morning by the Senate’s respective judiciary and policy committees. Lawmakers heard testimony from Corrections Department administrators, county prosecutors and others.
Senate Democrats Question State Prison Closings
Harrisburg – January 18, 2016 – Opposed to the potential closure of correctional institutions across Pennsylvania, Sens. Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny), John Blake (D-Lackawanna) and John Yudichak (D-Luzerne) have spearheaded local meetings to examine the impact of...
Fontana Tours SCI-Pittsburgh and Meets with Prison Officials on Possible Closing
Brookline – January 17, 2017 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) today toured SCI-Pittsburgh and met with prison workers and officials on the facility’s possible closing. The 24-acre SCI-Pittsburgh facility on the city’s North Side is one of five prisons...
Fontana escribe una carta oponiéndose al posible cierre de SCI-Pittsburgh
Brookline - 9 de enero de 2017 - El senador estatal Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) ha enviado hoy una carta al secretario estatal de Instituciones Penitenciarias, John E. Wetzel, y al gobernador Tom Wolf en la que se opone al posible cierre de la prisión estatal de Pittsburgh. Citando un déficit presupuestario estatal, el...
Fontana emite un comunicado sobre el posible cierre de prisiones
Harrisburg - 6 de enero de 2017 - Tras el anuncio del gobernador hoy de que está considerando cerrar el Instituto Correccional del estado en Pittsburgh para junio, el senador estatal Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) emitió la siguiente declaración. "Las decisiones de este...
Fontana anuncia 3,7 millones de dólares de financiación estatal para ocho proyectos de transporte local
BROOKLINE, 6 de diciembre de 2016 - El senador estatal Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) anunció hoy $3,724 millones en fondos de subvenciones estatales para ocho proyectos de transporte del condado de Allegheny. "Esta financiación ayudará a los planificadores locales a hacer que nuestro sistema de transporte sea más moderno, eficiente...
Sen. Fontana Announces State Funds for Three Local Projects
HARRISBURG, November 23, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today announced a total of $4.5 million in state grant funds for three Allegheny County projects. “These funds will be used for land development, revitalization and as economic generators in our region,”...
Fontana Re-elected to Serve as Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman
Harrisburg, November 16, 2016 – State Senate Democrats today unanimously re-elected state Senator Wayne D. Fontana (D-Brookline) to serve as Democratic Caucus chairman for the coming two-year legislative session. The caucus chairman sets the daily caucus agenda and...
Senate Hearing in Pittsburgh Focuses on Fontana’s Early Voting Proposal
Pittsburgh – November 2, 2016 – At the request of state Senator Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny), the Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing in Pittsburgh today on Fontana’s legislation that would allow early voting. “My legislation (Senate Bill 255) would...
Fontana anuncia fondos estatales para el Centro Tecnológico de Lawrenceville
HARRISBURG, October 28, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today announced a $1 million state grant for site development at the Regional Industrial Development Corporation’s 14-acre Lawrenceville Technology Center. “These Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program...
Fontana Announces State Funds for Three Local Projects
HARRISBURG, October 24, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today announced a total of $1.4 million in state grant and loan funds for three Allegheny County projects. “This state support will help supplement local efforts to improve, redevelop and move the ball forward...
Fontana elogia el progreso de las obras de infraestructura del distrito de la Colina Baja
Pittsburgh, October 7, 2016 -- State Senator Wayne D. Fontana (D-Brookline) today served as master of ribbon cutting ceremonies as officials and community leaders marked the opening of the new connector streets in the city’s lower Hill District. “Reconstructing these...
Fontana Announces $5 Million in State Grant Funds for Two Local Projects
Brookline – Sept. 30, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today announced state grant funding for two projects in Pittsburgh. “I am pleased that state dollars will supplement these local economic development and community resource efforts,” Fontana said. “I will...
Fontana Details Steady Progress of Beechview Rail Project
Beechview, September 9, 2016 –State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today said he is pleased with the progress of the Red Line rail project in Beechview and confident it will reopen for riders on Sept. 25 as scheduled. “I have worked and remained in touch with county and local...
Una audiencia legislativa conjunta en Pittsburgh se centra en la erradicación del deterioro urbano
Wilkinsburg, 4 de agosto de 2016 - A petición del líder demócrata del Senado estatal, Jay Costa, hoy se celebró una audiencia conjunta del Comité de Política Demócrata del Senado y la Cámara de Representantes del estado sobre los esfuerzos y recursos para luchar contra el deterioro dentro de nuestras comunidades, incluidos los éxitos y...