Senator Fontana Statement on Allegheny County Reassessment Order

Allegheny County, August 17, 2026 – State Senator Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny) issued the following statement on the Common Pleas Court order issued today to require Allegheny County conduct countywide property reassessments every five years starting in 2027: “While...

Sen. Fontana Announces Nearly $50 Million for Projects in Allegheny County

Allegheny County – July 16, 2026 - Today, State Senator Wayne Fontana announced awards totaling $47,398,516 in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grants in the 42nd Senatorial District. “I am proud to announce another major investment of...

Sen. Fontana Announces Nearly $3 Million for Affordable Housing Projects

Allegheny County − June 16, 2026 – Programs that address affordable housing needs in the 42nd Senatorial District will receive state grants totaling $2,925,000 state Sen. Wayne Fontana announced today. “Getting people into safe and affordable housing and keeping...

Sen. Fontana Announces Over $1.3 Million for Violence Prevention

Allegheny County − June 10, 2026 – Today, Sen. Wayne Fontana announced that several local organizations were awarded a total of $1,344,233 in state grants from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). “Violence prevention programming continues to...

Senator Fontana Announces Over $350K in Senior Community Center Grants

Allegheny County – June 4, 2026 – Today, Senator Wayne Fontana announced grants totaling $350,298 in state funding to senior community centers in the 42nd senatorial district. “We just celebrated Older Americans Month in May and what better way to recognize the...

Sen. Fontana Announces Awardees of Main Street Matters Grants

Allegheny County – May 28, 2026 – Today, Senator Wayne Fontana announced four organizations in the 42nd Senatorial District received grant awards totaling $1,975,000 from the state Department of Community and Economic Development. “Main Street Matters grants are...

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Fontana Applauds PUC Vote on Temporary Ride-Share Licensing

Brookline – July 24, 2014 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today said he was pleased by the five-member Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) unanimous vote today to allow Uber and Lyft to continue providing so-called “ride-share” service in Allegheny County. Fontana, who...

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Fontana Introduces Ride-Sharing Legislation

Resolution calling for immediate PUC action also proposed Harrisburg – July 8, 2014 – Legislation that would provide a remedy to the Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) ruling that bars Uber and Lyft from offering ride-sharing transportation alternatives in Allegheny...

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Fontana Calls State Budget a Sham

HARRISBURG, June 30, 2014 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today provided the following comment after the state Senate approved the 2014-15 fiscal year budget (House Bill 2328): “Apart from the usual misguided priorities, I’m alarmed that so-called fiscal conservatives...

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