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Senate Democrats Outline Billion Dollar Budget Savings and Revenue Plan
Harrisburg – Diciembre 10, 2013 – In advance of the governor’s planned mid-year budget briefing, state Senate Democrats today announced details of a plan to generate more than $1 billion in budget savings and revenues they say can be used to make key investments, avoid...
Corbett’s Minimum Wage Comment Ignores Plight of Working Women, Men
HARRISBURG, Dec. 9, 2013 – Gov. Tom Corbett’s revelation that he is against raising the minimum wage because he is worried about its affect on the economy is another example of how this governor is only worried about the rich, the state’s leading minimum wage...
Sen. Tartaglione: Deadline Approaching for Property Tax/Rent Rebates
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3, 2013 – Eligible residents who need help stretching their budgets have less than a month left to apply for property tax or rent rebates, state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione said today. “Pennsylvania’s property tax/rent rebate program can really...
Advisory: Tartaglione to Begin Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Distribution
Philadelphia – Noviembre 25, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione will begin distributing more than 1,500 Thanksgiving turkeys to needy families in the 2nd Senate District at 1 p.m. today at her 1061 Bridge Street district office. Tartaglione will travel...
Tartaglione Urges Students to Research Scholarship Opportunities
Harrisburg – Noviembre 25, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today urged students to take some time to research often overlooked college scholarship opportunities. “You don’t have to be able to dunk a basketball or graduate at the top of your class to...
Tartaglione Rips Process that Produced Transportation Plan
Harrisburg – Noviembre 20, 2013 – The transportation funding plan that passed the Senate tonight was the ‘flawed product of a flawed process,” state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione said today. “Changes to Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage laws have been proposed and debated...
Tartaglione Launches New Effort to Help Returning Veterans
Harrisburg – Noviembre 19, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today joined Senate Democratic colleagues in announcing a series of bills intended to address problems faced by Pennsylvania veterans in their return to civilian life. “Today’s returning veterans...
Tartaglione Resolution Marks International Day of People with Disabilities
HARRISBURG, Nov. 18, 2013 – The state Senate today unanimously passed a resolution sponsored by Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione marking Dec. 3 as “International Day of Persons with Disabilities.” Started in 1982 by the United Nations, the day is recognized around the...
Tartaglione Reacts to Audit of Department of Public Welfare
The following statement was offered today by Senator Christine M. Tartaglione in support of Auditor General DePasquale’s recent audit that discovered mismanagement of a Department of Public Welfare contract for home care workers: Auditor General Eugene DePasquale...
Tartaglione Resolution Marks Brachial Plexus Injury Awareness Week
HARRISBURG, Oct. 21, 2013 – The state Senate has unanimously passed a resolution marking “Brachial Plexus Injury Awareness Week in Pennsylvania,” state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione announced today. “With greater knowledge and awareness of this type of injury, I hope...
Tartaglione Announces New Minimum Wage Bills
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17, 2013 -- At a news conference in Philadelphia’s City Hall today, state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione announced new legislation aimed at restoring the buying power of Pennsylvania’s minimum wage. Tartaglione, the Democratic chair of the Labor and...
MEDIA ADVISORY: State Senator Christine Tartaglione to Introduce Bill to Raise Pennsylvania Minimum Wage from $ 7.25 to $ 9.00
WHO: State Senator Christine Tartaglione, Democratic Chair of Senate Labor and Industry Committee State Senator Vincent Hughes, Democratic Chair of Senate Appropriations Committee Elizabeth McLroy, Secretary-Treasurer of Philadelphia AFL-CIO Mark Price, Labor...
Tartaglione Joins Working Families in Labor Day Celebration
HARRISBURG, Sept. 3, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione joined thousands of local workers and their families yesterday in a rain-drenched parade held to celebrate Labor Day and to show solid support for working families. Rather than detract from the...
Tartaglione Statement on School Funding
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18, 2013 – The following statement was offered today by Senator Christine M. Tartaglione, Democratic Chair of the Senate Labor and Industry Committee, in support of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for...
Tartaglione organiza el primer picnic en el parque Wissinoming
PHILADELPHIA, Agosto 21, 2013 – Hundreds of residents from the neighborhood surrounding Wissinoming Park turned out yesterday for a community picnic organized by state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione. The event was the first in the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood...
Thousands Attend Tartaglione Community Festival
HARRISBURG, Agosto 9, 2013 – Thousands of constituents from the neighborhoods surrounding Norris Square Park attended state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione’s annual community festival yesterday. By coordinating numerous sponsors and community partners, Tartaglione was...
Tartaglione Urges Corbett to Quickly Sign Fiscal Code
HARRISBURG, Julio 16, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today urged Gov. Tom Corbett to quickly sign the state Fiscal Code passed by the House yesterday, more than two weeks after the budget deadline. In a letter sent today, Tartaglione told Corbett...
Tartaglione Rejects Republican Budget Plan
HARRISBURG, Junio 30, 2013 -- State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today voted against a Republican-backed budget plan that continues more than two years of economic backsliding and education failure. “Pennsylvania has been sitting in the ditch watching the rest of the...
Latest Liquor Plan Fails to be ‘Everything to Everybody’
HARRISBURG, Junio 18, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today released the following statement regarding Sen. McIlhinney’s liquor proposal: “I am grateful to Sen. McIlhinney for taking the time and making the effort to listen to a broad range of opinions on...
Tartaglione Supports Better Budget Alternative
HARRISBURG, Junio 3, 2013 -- State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today joined her Democratic colleagues in support of a budget alternative that improves funding for schools, social services and job creation while holding the line on broad-based taxes. “Governor...