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Senate Takes Steps to Advance Bipartisan Sexual Harassment Legislation

Senate Takes Steps to Advance Bipartisan Sexual Harassment Legislation

HARRISBURG – November 14, 2023 − Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-39) along with Sens. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-28), Tracy Pennycuick (R-24), and Sen. Maria Collett (D-12), today issued a co-sponsorship memo announcing the Senate’s intent to advance a bipartisan legislative package consisting of two bills to increase measures when addressing matters of sexual harassment in the workplace.

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Senator Collett Pushes for Open Primaries in PA

Senator Collett Pushes for Open Primaries in PA

Harrisburg, Pa. - April 27, 2023 — On Wednesday, Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery) joined Senators Lisa M. Boscola (D-Northampton) and Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) in support of bipartisan legislation to establish open primaries in Pennsylvania, Senate Bill 400. During...

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Collett, Hughes & Sanchez Announce $4.5M to Rebuild Upper Dublin Township & Police Facility Post-Ida

Collett, Hughes & Sanchez Announce $4.5M to Rebuild Upper Dublin Township & Police Facility Post-Ida

Upper Dublin, Pa. – November 22, 2022 –Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks), Senator Vincent Hughes (D-7 Philadelphia/Montgomery), and Representative Ben Sanchez (D-153 Montgomery) have announced $4,500,000 in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant funding to rebuild the Upper Dublin Township Facility, which was badly damaged during Hurricane Ida when a tornado struck the community in September 2021.

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