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El proyecto de ley para establecer una Junta Consultiva Permanente de WIC en Pensilvania se convertirá en ley
Harrisburg — May 22, 2024 — Yesterday, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved SB 721, which establishes a permanent advisory board for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). WIC offers federal funding to states...
Líderes de Pensilvania se reúnen para apoyar la financiación de productos periodísticos en las escuelas públicas
Harrisburg, PA − May 7, 2024 – Pennsylvania Senators, state Representatives, and others gathered for a press event to support and advocate for Governor Shapiro’s proposal to fund period products in public schools through this year’s budget. Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. students...
La oficina del senador Schwank tramita más de 400 solicitudes de devolución del impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles y del alquiler durante una gira por el distrito
Reading — May 7, 2024 — Sen. Judy Schwank's office concluded its district-wide Property Tax and Rent Rebate Tour on April 24 with a visit to the B'nai B'rith Apartments in Reading. In total, the tour included 11 stops and processed over 400 applications. Last year,...
El Grupo Legislativo Judío emite una declaración condenando el vandalismo en la sinagoga de Wynnewood
Harrisburg — April 1, 2024 — Today, co-chairs of the Pennsylvania Jewish Legislative Caucus, Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) and Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny), issued the following statement condemning the antisemitic vandalism of Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El...
Schwank y Cepeda-Freytiz aplauden los 2,1 millones de dólares de financiación estatal para combatir la violencia
Reading, PA − March 28, 2024 − The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency has approved $2,155,665 in Violence Prevention and Intervention grants for four applicants in Berks County. VIP grant funding provides technical assistance to address community...
La senadora Judy Schwank consigue 2,8 millones de dólares para proyectos de infraestructuras comunitarias y de transporte en el condado de Berks
Reading — March 26, 2024 — Today, Senator Judy Schwank (D-Berks) announced $2,806,766 in Multimodal Transportation Fund and Local Share Account-Category 4 Facilities Program grant funding from the Commonwealth Financing Authority for the 11th Senatorial District. MTF...
Schwank aplaude la financiación bipartidista de la Ley de Comunidades más Seguras para el distrito escolar de Reading
Reading − March 15, 2024 − Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced $39 million in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act grant funding for 36 school districts, including $1,833,360 for the Reading School District. The federal Bipartisan Safer...
El distrito escolar de Antietam, el municipio de Mt. Penn, el senador Schwank y el representante Rozzi emiten una declaración conjunta
Reading — February 19, 2024 — Officials from Antietam School District, Mt. Penn Borough and Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) and Rep. Mark Rozzi (D-Berks) issued the following statement following this morning’s mediation meeting regarding the traffic study required before...
La audiencia política conjunta se centra en la legislación para sellar los registros de desahucios
WILKINSBURG, February 15, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, today joined Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny), Senator Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia), Senator Judy...
Pennsylvania Women's Health Caucus Declaración sobre el aborto Medicaid Cobertura Ruling (Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services)
Harrisburg − January 30, 2024 − The co-chairs of the Pennsylvania Women’s Health Caucus Sen. Amanda Cappelletti (D-Montgomery), Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks), Rep. Gina H. Curry (D-Delaware) and Rep. Mary Jo Daley (D-Montgomery) issued the following statement in...
Los senadores estatales Jay Costa, Vincent Hughes y Judy Schwank elogian el Plan de Educación Superior del Gobernador Shapiro y piden que continúen las conversaciones con las partes interesadas
HARRISBURG, PA – January 26, 2024 − Today, members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic caucus praise Governor Shapiro’s new blueprint for higher education, which seeks to expand access to higher education for Pennsylvania’s learners while consolidating governance...
Audiencia sobre la subida de las tarifas del agua y las aguas residuales
WEST WHITELAND – January 24, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, joined Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Senator John Kane (D-Chester/Delaware), Senator Tim Kearney...
Schwank consigue subvenciones globales Ready to Learn para los distritos escolares de Reading y Antietam
Reading −January 22, 2024 −Today, Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) announced that she has secured an additional $1 million for the Reading School District and $500 thousand for the Antietam School District in Ready to Learn Block Grants. Ready to Learn Block Grants support...
Schwank y Cepeda-Freytiz anuncian una financiación de 575.000 dólares para parques y actividades recreativas y proyectos de mitigación de inundaciones
Reading — January 16, 2024 — Today, the Commonwealth Financing Authority approved over half a million dollars in Act 13 Programs grant funding for four projects in Berks County. Act 13 of 2012 established the Marcellus Legacy Fund to distribute unconventional gas well...
El senador Schwank será el anfitrión de un evento de Año Nuevo con el Departamento de Banca y Valores de Pensilvania
Reading − January 4, 2024 − Sen. Judy Schwank is teaming up with the Pennsylvania Department of Banking & Securities to host a Scam Jam event on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at the Exeter Community Library at 9:30 A.M. The event will provide attendees with...
Organizaciones del condado de Berks reciben subvenciones del Estado para el Programa de Recuperación Artística y Cultural
Reading — December 19, 2023 — This morning, the Commonwealth Financing Authority approved $405,809 in PA Arts and Culture Recovery Program grant funding for eight Berks County organizations. The Pennsylvania legislature created PACR to provide grants to nonprofit arts...
La senadora Judy Schwank anuncia una subvención de 5,3 millones de dólares para proyectos de infraestructuras hidráulicas
Reading — December 19, 2023 — Today, state Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) announced $5,378,678 in grant funding for 12 water infrastructure improvement projects in Berks County. The projects are funded through the H2O PA and the PA Small Water and Sewer...
La Asamblea Legislativa de Pensilvania aprueba los proyectos de ley del Código y ultima el presupuesto atrasado para el ejercicio fiscal 2023-2024
Harrisburg — December 14, 2023 — The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed two education code bills and a fiscal code bill, concluding the 2023-2024 budget months after the June 30 deadline had passed. Although a budget was initially passed in July and signed into law...
Organizaciones del condado de Berks reciben 284.845 dólares de financiación estatal para programas de seguridad y aplicación de la ley
Reading — December 13, 2023 — Today, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency approved $284,845 in grant funding for seven security and law enforcement support projects in the 11th Senatorial District. "I'm pleased to see various groups in our community...
El Senado de Pensilvania aprueba el proyecto de ley de creación de una Junta Asesora Permanente sobre WIC
Harrisburg— December 12, 2023 — Today, Senate Bill 721 passed the Pennsylvania Senate by a of vote of 50-0. The bill aims to establish a permanent Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) advisory board in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Since its inception in...
La señal del puente conmemorativo del agente de policía Scott A. Wertz se inaugura formalmente en una ceremonia que honra el legado del agente de policía fallecido en Reading
Reading — November 22, 2023 — Today, the signs for the Police Officer Scott A. Wertz Memorial Bridge were unveiled, and a ceremony was held at the Miller Center for the Arts to honor the late police officer. Wertz dedicated 20 years of his life to public service and...
Los senadores estatales John Kane y Judy Schwank, y el representante Napoleon Nelson presentan proyectos de ley para llevar las Jornadas de Salud Mental de los Estudiantes a Pensilvania
Harrisburg, PA – November 16, 2023 – State Senators John I. Kane and Judy Schwank have teamed up to introduce new legislation that will allow K-12 students to take excused mental health days in Pennsylvania. In collaboration, Representative Napoleon Nelson has...
Schwank anuncia planes para presentar proyectos de ley de ayuda a las fusiones escolares
Reading − October 31, 2023 − Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) announced today she plans to introduce two bills that would aid Pennsylvania public school districts seeking a merger. The first bill would provide funding from the commonwealth to offset increased...
La Cámara de Representantes aprueba un proyecto de ley bipartidista para proteger los derechos de la Primera Enmienda
HARRISBURG – October 30, 2023 – The House of Representatives passed key legislation sponsored by Sens. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) and Judy Schwank (D-Berks) that would eliminate a section from the state’s Education Code that prohibits teachers from wearing any...
Promulgada la ley que da nombre al puente de Penn Street en honor del agente de policía de Reading Scott A. Wertz
Reading − October 24, 2023 − Last night, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Senate Bill 621 into law. The bill included language to rename the Penn Street Bridge the Police Officer Scott A. Wertz Memorial Bridge. Wertz dedicated 20 years of his life to public service and...
El Senado de Pensilvania aprueba por unanimidad una resolución que condena el atentado de Hamás y apoya a Israel
HARRISBURG − October 17, 2023 − The Pennsylvania Senate today passed a resolution on unanimous consent sponsored by Senators Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Judy Schwank (D-11) condemning the unprovoked terrorist attack launched by Hamas against the State of Israel on...
El senador Schwank y el representante Cepeda-Freytiz organizan una mesa redonda para promover el Mes de Concienciación sobre la Violencia Doméstica y conectar a la comunidad con los recursos locales
Reading — October 11, 2023 — Last night, state Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) and state Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D-Berks) hosted United Against Abuse: A Domestic Violence Panel Discussion in conjunction with SAFE Berks at Reading Area Community College's Miller...
El Senado de Pensilvania aprueba un proyecto de ley para bautizar el puente de Penn Street con el nombre del agente de policía de Reading fallecido Scott A. Wertz
Harrisburg − October 4, 2023 − Today, the Pennsylvania Senate advanced Senate Bill 621, which designates the Penn Street Bridge as the Police Officer Scott A. Wertz Memorial Bridge. Wertz dedicated 20 years of his life to public service and law enforcement. A...
Schwank, Cepeda-Freytiz y SAFE Berks organizan un acto de concienciación sobre la violencia doméstica
Reading − October 2, 2023 − Sen. Judy Schwank, Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, and SAFE Berks will host United Against Abuse: A Domestic Violence Panel Discussion on Tuesday, October 10, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Reading Area Community College Miller Center...
El senador Schwank emite un comunicado sobre la denegación de la declaración de catástrofe grave por parte de la FEMA
Reading — September 28, 2023 — Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) has issued the following statement in response to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's denial of Pennsylvania's request for a Major Disaster Declaration relating to the storm and flooding on July 9, 2023....
El senador Schwank anuncia 2,6 millones de dólares de financiación del PCCD para el condado de Berks
Reading – September 20, 2023 – Today, Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) announces over $2 million in funding for Berks County-based agencies and organizations from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). This funding will deliver support and resources...
Schwank anima a las organizaciones del condado de Berks a solicitar subvenciones para seguridad sin ánimo de lucro
Reading — August 21, 2023 — Today, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency announced that the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Program application window is now open. $5 million in funding is available from PCCD for nonprofits primarily serving...
El Secretario del DCED visita proyectos respaldados por el Estado y analiza con funcionarios locales las oportunidades de desarrollo económico para Reading
Reading − August 10, 2023 − Today, Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) welcomed Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Sec. Rick Siger to Reading to meet with community leaders and tour projects supported by state grant funding. Siger’s visit...