Pittsburgh, Pa. − February 12, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services throughout Senate District 38 have received more than $807,000 in operational grant funding through the Office of the State Fire Commissioner (OFSC).

“Our EMS companies and volunteer fire departments spend countless hours fundraising to provide top-quality, lifesaving services to their community members every single day,” said Senator Williams. “This annual grant program provides some operations funding for our first responders, but grant amounts have not kept up with rising costs facing these mostly volunteer departments. The state must do more to help departments meet today’s challenges, and that includes incentivizing and funding mergers of services where it makes fiscal and practical sense.”

Harrisburg, Pa. − February 4, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams issued this statement today following the Senate confirmation of Alyssa Cowan, Esquire:

“I want to congratulate Alyssa Cowan, Esq., on her confirmation by the full Senate as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. Ms. Cowan handled pointed questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee with grace and ultimately received bipartisan support without compromising her values.

Pittsburgh, Pa. − January 29, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, issues the following statement:

As chair of the Senate Education Committee, I take my oversight responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) seriously. That is why I pay close attention to its consideration of cyber charter school applications.

Pittsburgh, Pa. − January 28, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, issues the following statement: 

This morning, Head Start providers around the country discovered that they were locked out of the federal Head Start system as a result of a “freeze” initiated by President Trump. Later this afternoon, the National Head Start Association said that access to the payment system was restored.