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Democratic Senators Introduce Legislation to Reform Judicial Nomination Process for Vacant Court Seats
Harrisburg, Pa. − December 18, 2019 − Today, Senators Anthony H. Williams (D – Delaware, Philadelphia), Lindsey M. Williams (D – Allegheny), Maria Collett (D – Bucks, Montgomery), and Katie Muth (D – Chester, Montgomery, Berks) introduced Senate Bill 978, which...
Grants to Improve Traffic Safety Awarded to 44th District
Royersford – December 17, 2019 – Sen. Katie Muth (D –Berks, Chester, Montgomery) has announced that $455,166 in funding has been awarded to Chester County to help with traffic safety and signal improvements. The funding was approved and awarded through PennDOT’s...
More than $800,000 in Funding Awarded to Help Crime Victims in the 44th District
Royersford – December 11, 2019 – State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery) announced that the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has approved funding for various programs that serve victims of crime in the 44th Senatorial District....
Chester County Intermediate Unit 24 Awarded Funding to Help Homebound Students
ROYERSFORD – December 11, 2019 – Sen. Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery) announced that Chester County Intermediate Unit 24 has been awarded funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Keystone Telepresence grants program. Chester...
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January 2020
MLK Drive
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and his push for service in the community, we are joining in the Laurel House’s MLK Donation Drive. Please help us support this great organization that is working to end domestic violence by donating their requested items.
Find out more »Public Education Town Hall
Join Representative Danielle Friel Otten and I on Thursday, January 23rd as we host a joint townhall to discuss public school funding. We look forward to further listening to your concerns and addressing this issue together.
Find out more »Policy Hearing on Corporate Tax Policy
In Harrisburg, Senator John Blake and I are holding a Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing about Corporate Tax Policy. Expert panelists will discuss future best practices in corporate tax policy and will look at what combined or consolidated reporting would mean for PA. PA is in desperate need of #TaxFairness This policy hearing will discuss who’s paying their fair share in PA and who’s not!
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PA Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Replace General Assistance Program
Back in June, the Pennsylvania Legislature passed House Bill 33, which eliminated General Assistance and the benefits that came with it. Now, a new Bill has been introduced that would restore those benefits. General Assistance provided 11,000 vulnerable Pennsylvanians...
Lawmakers react to Sen. Folmer’s resignation
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The resignation of Republican state Sen. Mike Folmer, following his arrest on child pornography charges, shocked his constituents and his colleagues in Harrisburg. "I did talk to him on a regular basis towards the beginning of my tenure, but as the...
Otten and Muth to Hold Series of Town Halls this Month
EXTON, September 3, 2019 – State Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, D-Chester, will hold three town hall meetings this month to address topics such as the cost of living, youth mental health and more. Sen. Katie Muth will co-host two of the three meetings. Town halls will...
Pa. just eliminated general assistance. The need for it hasn’t gone away
By Katie Muth, Maria Collett and Lindsey Williams
This week marks the end of General Assistance (GA) as we know it. The life-saving program that has helped thousands of Pennsylvanians get back on their feet and bridge the gap to self-sustainability ended on Aug. 1.
After a difficult battle through the legislative process and an underhanded maneuver to tie the elimination of GA to millions of dollars of hospitals, we accept that the program will cease to exist. However, that does not mean that the need has vanished.
