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Tartaglione Statement on Budget Proposal
HARRISBURG, Febrero 5, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today released the following statement regarding Gov. Corbett’s proposed budget: “In two years, Pennsylvania has fallen from the top ten into the bottom third in job creation. If this budget were...
Tartaglione Statement on Liquor Privatization
HARRISBURG, Enero 30, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today released the following statement regarding Gov. Corbett’s plans for Pennsylvania liquor stores: “It’s obvious that there is little support in the General Assembly for the governor’s strange...
Tartaglione Questions Unemployment Processing Delays
HARRISBURG, Jan. 29, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today joined House and Senate colleagues in questioning Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Labor and Industry about chronic delays and busy signals plaguing the state’s unemployment compensation phone system....
Tartaglione: Hearing Doesn’t Sell Lottery Deal
HARRISBURG, Jan. 14, 2012 – A day-long hearing today regarding the Corbett administration’s plan to hand the Pennsylvania Lottery over to a foreign operator failed to address serious concerns about the deal and the secretive and unilateral process by which it was...
Governor’s Camelot Move ‘Another Brick in the Wall’
Enero 11, 2012 — State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today released the following statement regarding the administration’s announcement regarding Camelot and the Pennsylvania Lottery: “After campaigning to a public demand for transparency and open government, the...
Tartaglione Reappointed Labor Chair; Targets Minimum Wage
HARRISBURG, Jan. 8, 2013 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione, recently re-appointed as Democratic chair of the Senate Labor and Industry Committee, said today she will use the position to push for changes in Pennsylvania’s minimum wage law in order to prevent ...
Tartaglione asiste a la graduación de la Policía Estatal
HARRISBURG, Diciembre 21, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today attended ceremonies honoring a class of “There is something incredibly inspiring about being in the presence of young men and women about to embark on a career of public service that requires...
Tartaglione: Help Available if Electricity Service is Terminated
HARRISBURG, Dec. 12, 2012 – Philadelphians who have had their electric service terminated should check into their eligibility for a state program that provides utility grants in crisis situations, state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione said today. As part of...
Tartaglione Questions Delaware Subsidiary of PA Lottery Bidder
HARRISBURG, Dec. 5, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione is asking Corbett administration officials why an international gambling company created a Delaware corporation to submit its bid to take over the Pennsylvania Lottery. According to Delaware’s Department...
Tartaglione elogia el compromiso de Corbett con los discapacitados intelectuales
HARRISBURG, Nov. 29, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today praised Gov. Corbett’s recently expressed commitment to cutting the long waiting list of intellectually disabled adults who need community-based services. Tartaglione was reacting to remarks made...
Tartaglione Urges Immediate Action on Child-Protection Report
HARRISBURG, Nov. 28, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today called on the Corbett administration to quickly begin implementation of the recommendations of the Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection. “Some of the recommendations can be done without...
Tartaglione Collecting Toys for Tots at District Offices
HARRISBURG, Nov. 21, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione announced today that she is again hosting a “Toys for Tots” collection box in each of her two district offices. “Through these years of difficult financial times, the people of Philadelphia have always...
Tartaglione Urges US Air to Settle Labor Contract Before Merger
HARRISBURG, Nov. 20, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione is urging US Air to settle long-stalled contract talks with its current workers before closing a merger with American Airlines. In a letter to Douglas Parker, CEO of US Airlines Group, Tartaglione said...
Tartaglione Reelected to Senate Leadership
HARRISBURG, NOVEMBER 14, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione, the first woman to ever be elected to a Senate Democratic caucus leadership post, was reelected today by her colleagues. Tartaglione, now in her fifth term, is the Senate Democratic Caucus...
Absentee Ballot Deadline Extended
HARRISBURG, Oct. 31, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today reminded voters that Pennsylvania officials have extended the deadline to apply for an absentee ballot. “Hurricane Sandy forced a halt to most government services, putting pressure on last-minute...
Hurricane Sandy Update
Absentee ballot deadline extended in Pennsylvania as state recovers from this massive storm. Harrisburg — Octubre 30, 2012 – (9:20 a.m.) Gov. Tom Corbett provided additional details on how Pennsylvania is dealing with Hurricane Sandy earlier today at a briefing held...
Hurricane Sandy Impact, Important Contact Numbers, Information
Octubre 29, 2012 — (6 p.m.) Gov. Tom Corbett held briefing to update the status of Hurricane Sandy and its impact on Pennsylvania. The governor said that the storm had 90 mile per hour winds and was making landfall in New Jersey and expected to move west. The storm...
Los demócratas del Senado dicen que la Administración Corbett no aborda la creación de empleo
Harrisburg – Octubre 19, 2012 -- Senate Democratic Leaders today called Pennsylvania’s latest employment report “unfortunate, but not surprising” given the lack of interest in rising unemployment on the part of the Corbett administration. “It’s a trend that needs to...
El senador Tartaglione celebra el Día de la Discapacidad 2012 en el Senado
Octubre 15, 2012: Sen. Tartaglione hosted the 2012 Senate Disability Day. This event provided all members and staff with the opportunity to experience, first hand, what it is like to have various disabilities. Wheelchairs, walkers, vision-distorting goggles,...
Tartaglione: Voter ID a “Costly Mistake”
HARRISBURG, Oct. 2, 2012 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today said a Commonwealth Court decision restores voting rights for thousands of Pennsylvanians, but can’t entirely fix a “costly mistake.” “I’ve been confident all along that the courts would see the...