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Retired teacher keeps feeding Deer Lakes students
Retired Deer Lakes teacher Carol McCaskey was tired of seeing students come to school with a stomachache. “Us teachers knew the truth. We knew it was because they didn’t have food at home,” said McCaskey, who spent nearly three decades at East Union Intermediate...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Rep. Mandy Steele Announce $650,000 in Grant Funding for Cooper-Siegel Community Library
Pittsburgh, Pa. − October 10, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) and Rep. Mandy Steele (D-33) announced that Cooper-Siegel Community Library will receive a $650,000 Multipurpose Community Facilities Program grant. Cooper-Siegel is currently...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Reps. Emily Kinkead, Arvind Venkat Announce $650,000 in Grant Funding for Northland Public Library
Pittsburgh, Pa. − October 10, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) and Reps. Emily Kinkead (D-20) Arvind Venkat (D-30) announced that Northland Public Library will receive a $650,000 Multipurpose Community Facilities Program grant. Northland is currently...
Sen. Lindsey M. Williams and Rep. Lindsay Powell Announce $500,000 in Grant Funding for Etna Center for Community
Pittsburgh, Pa. − October 10, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) and Representative Lindsay Powell (D-21) announced that the Etna Center for Community will receive a $500,000 Multipurpose Community Facilities Program grant. This funding will be used to...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Calls for Statewide Investment in Robust Transit Options
Pittsburgh, Pa. − October 7, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams joins advocates in calling for a major investment in multimodal transportation options across Pennsylvania. “With only seven voting days left on the Senate Session calendar, I urge my Senate colleagues to...
Advocates & Legislators call on the Legislature to legalize life saving bicycle infrastructure :: October 7, 2024
Transportation Committee Hearing on Multimodal Transportation Needs Panel 2
Transportation Committee Hearing on Multimodal Transportation Needs Panel 1
Sen. Lindsey Williams Applauds County Exec Innamorato’s First Executive Order, Allegheny H.I.R.E.S.
Pittsburgh, Pa. − September 23, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) joined Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato today as ACE Innamorato signed her first Executive Order, Allegheny Hire, Inspire, Retain, Empower, and Save (H.I.R.E.S.). “By using her...
Longtime Owner Occupant Program Press Conference
Senator Williams Supports Longtime Owner Occupant Program (LOOP)
Demystifying Harrisburg: Elections :: September 12, 2024
Senator Lindsey M. Williams to Introduce Rodeo Ban Legislation
Pittsburgh, PA - September 16, 2024 --- Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that she will introduce legislation that will repeal the preemption of local rodeo bans and return the authority to prohibit cruel and abusive animal practices to individual...
State Senator Lindsey Williams, Local Leaders, and Clean Energy Advocates Join Clean Energy REVolution Tour to Highlight Pittsburgh’s Clean Energy Transition
PITTSBURGH, PA – September 12, 2024 – Today, State Senator Lindsey Williams and public health advocates gathered at Highland Park in Pittsburgh for a press conference to celebrate the city’s progress in clean energy adoption, driven by investments from the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Announces Over $4.7 Million in School Environmental Hazard Remediation Grant Funding
Pittsburgh - September 9, 2024 - Today, Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced that five school districts in Senate District 38 will receive funding through the Environmental Repairs Program (ERP) to complete projects that remediate and/or abate environmental hazards...
Senator Williams Joins Save the Allegheny River Initiative for Kayak Trip
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Celebrates Awarding of Senator James Ferlo Memorial Small Grants
Pittsburgh, Pa. - August 12, 2024 --- Senator Lindsey M. Williams and the Port of Pittsburgh announced $75,000 in grant funding as part of the Senator James Ferlo Memorial Small Grants last month. This grant program promotes our region’s three rivers, education and...
Senator Williams Supports School Counseling Services Act
Senator Williams Tours Future Evolve Inclusion Center
Your View: Pa. should cancel student lunch debt across the state
The Pennsylvania Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition is on a mission to abolish lunch debt in Pennsylvania. Our campaign started a couple of years ago when we were able to work with Bristol Borough School District in Bucks County to cancel over $20,000 of lunch debt. We are...
Area Leaders Announce $10 Million for Borough of Sharpsburg
Pittsburgh, Pa. − July 23, 2024 – Today, State Senator Lindsey Williams (SD-38), State Representative Mandy Steele (HD-33), and County Executive Sara Innamorato are proud to announce Business in our Sites (BiOS) Funding benefitting the Borough of Sharpsburg to make...
Senator Williams joins Rep. Benham to celebrate PBM reform legislation
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Urges PA Public Utilities Commission to Deny FirstEnergy Rate Increase
Pittsburgh, Pa. − July 17, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams offered testimony in opposition to a proposed $503 million rate increase by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania during a public input hearing with the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC). This proposed rate...
Policy Hearing Highlights Issues with PA Property Reassessment System
PITTSBURGH, July 16, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, joined Sen. Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny) yesterday in Pittsburgh to co-host a public hearing highlighting Pennsylvania’s...
Senator Williams Tour of East End Farmers Market with Just Harvest
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Applauds Senate Passage of Pharmacy Reform Legislation
Harrisburg, Pa. −July 10, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) released this statement today following Senate passage of HB 1993: “I was happy to vote for HB 1993, which will reform Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). This legislation will save...
Universal Lunch initiative would mean free meals for all students, regardless of family income
Hungry kids can quickly turn into hangry students. Rumbling stomachs can lead to classroom distraction and discipline issues, research shows, along with feelings of isolation for children whose families struggle to afford school lunches. “Not only do we see the...
Senator Williams Supports School Counseling Services Act
Sen. Lindsey M. Williams’ Career and Technical Education Funding Bill Unanimously Passes Senate Education Committee
Harrisburg, Pa. − June 25, 2024 − Today, Senator Lindsey M. Williams’ Career and Technical Education Funding Bill passed the Senate Education Committee unanimously. Senate Bill 366 is co-prime sponsored by all six Senate members of the Basic Education Funding...
Senator Williams Questions Need for Additional Legislation around Individualized Medication Plans in Schools
Senator Williams Introduces Legislation to Improve Career and Technical Education Funding (SB366 Committee)
Senator Williams Expresses Oversight Authority Concerns about Cell Phone Pilot Program (SB1207 Committee)
Sen. Williams Opposes Delaying Kindergarten Start; Encourages Investment in Early Childhood Education (SB1157 Floor 6.24.2024)
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Becomes First PA Legislative Office Certified as Recovery Friendly Workplace
Pittsburgh, Pa. − June 24, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced that her Senate District 38 has been certified as a Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW). This is the first legislative office in Pennsylvania to receive this distinction, which is earned...
Sen. Lindsey M. Williams Encourages Seniors to Apply for Farmers Market Nutrition Program
Pittsburgh, Pa. − June 20, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams encourages Allegheny County seniors aged 60+ to apply for the Farmers Market Nutrition Program beginning June 25, 2024. Income-eligible seniors will receive a set of five $10 vouchers that can be used to...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Condemns Supreme Court Decision Against Workers
Pittsburgh, Pa. − June 14, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams released this statement following the Supreme Court decision restricting the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ability to protect workers exercising their rights.
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Calls for Senate to Take Up House Education Funding Legislation
Pittsburgh, Pa. − June 12, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, is calling for the Senate to consider HB2370, landmark legislation that addresses the Commonwealth Court’s mandate to fully and constitutionally fund...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Urges PA Utility Commission to Deny Duquesne Light Company Rate Increase
Pittsburgh, Pa. − June 12, 2024 − Last week, Senator Lindsey M. Williams offered testimony in opposition to a proposed rate increase by Duquesne Light Company during a public input hearing with the Pennsylvania Utility Commission (PUC). This proposed rate increase...
Sen. Lindsey M. Williams’ Boating Safety Legislation Advances Through Senate Committee
Harrisburg, Pa. − June 11, 2024 − Today, Senator Lindsey M. Williams’ Senate Bill 976 passed through the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee by a vote of 10-1. This legislation will allow the Fish and Boat Commission to promulgate rules that require boating...