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Tartaglione Says Gov’s Election Year Budget Still Shortchanges Workers
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4, 2014 – Despite his claims to the contrary, Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed $29.4 billion budget for the 2014-’15 fiscal year continues to slight Pennsylvania’s workers, state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione said today following his annual budget...
Tartaglione, Senate Democrats Detail Budget Priorities, Highlight Corbett Budget Failures
Tartaglione, Senate Democrats Detail Budget Priorities, Highlight Corbett Budget Failures
Philadelphia, Jan. 30, 2014 – Senate Democrats gathered in seven communities across Pennsylvania today to challenge Gov. Tom Corbett to produce a spending plan that is aligned with the needs of Pennsylvanians. Sen. Christine Tartaglione joined Philadelphia senators...
Tartaglione Urges Legislature, Governor to Follow President, Raise Minimum Wage
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29, 2014 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today applauded President Barack Obama for his decision to use his executive powers to increase the minimum wage to $10.10/hour for new federal contract workers. She urged Pennsylvania’s legislature and...
Tartaglione Says Grant Opportunity Would Help Schools Get Students Physically Fit
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23, 2014 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today urged schools in the 2nd Senatorial District to apply for a grant to participate in the most complete Presidential Youth Fitness Program and help their students improve their fitness and wellness....
Court’s Voter ID Ruling Should Be End of Farce, Tartaglione Says
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17, 2014 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today urged Gov. Tom Corbett and his Department of State to heed the Commonwealth Court ruling striking down Pennsylvania’s bad voter ID law. The law had required all voters to produce approved photo...
Apply Now for Recreation and Conservation Grants, Tartaglione Urges
HARRISBURG, Jan. 14, 2014 – Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today said groups interested in continuing the greening of Philadelphia should apply now for a share of the state’s recreation and conservation grants. The 2014 awards will be made by the Department of...
Tartaglione Urges Senate to Act on Committee’s Violence Prevention Recommendations, Especially for Lost and Stolen Guns
HARRISBURG, Jan. 8, 2014 – A just-finished report on violence prevention in Pennsylvania should be acted upon as soon as the legislature returns to session Jan. 13, state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione said today in a letter to a key lawmaker. The “Report of the...
Tartaglione Announces $7M in RACP Grants to St. Christopher’s, Fox Chase
HARRISBURG, Dec. 24, 2013 – Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione said today the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program has invested a total of $7 million to help the expansion of the St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and make improvements at Fox Chase Cancer...
For PA’s Minimum Wage Workers, Christmas Unaffordable, Tartaglione, Hughes Say
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17, 2013 – With thousands of Pennsylvanians buying the most popular Christmas gifts and planning family get-togethers by plane, train and automobile, state Sens. Christine M. Tartaglione and Vincent Hughes today said too many people will not be able...
Senate Democrats Outline Billion Dollar Budget Savings and Revenue Plan
Harrisburg – December 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 – November 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 – November 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 – November 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 – November 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...