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Senate Democratic Policy Committee Launches Survey for New Homeowners
HARRISBURG, April 18, 2024 – In advance of a Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing scheduled for May 10 on the challenges faced by owners of newly built homes, the Committee is seeking resident input through an online survey. As a new homeowner or...
Policy Committee Highlights Public Health and Environmental Concerns Over Road Spreading of Oil and Gas Wastewater
WEST CHESTER − April 17, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, and Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), minority chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee,...
Policy Committee Hearing – Road Spreading of Oil & Gas Wastewater in Pennsylvania
Policy Hearing Highlights Impacts and Causes of Pharmacy Closures
HARRISBURG − April 16, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, and Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) co-hosted a virtual public hearing yesterday on Zoom to discuss how...
Policy Committee Hearing – Pharmacy Deserts: Ensuring Access for All Pennsylvanians
Sen. Muth Floor Remarks on National Library Week
Senate Floor Debate on SB831: Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Sen. Muth Offers Amendment to SB831 to Protect Consumers
Sen. Muth Remarks on SB831: Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Sen. Muth Offers Amendment to SB831 to Require Additional Pipeline Inspectors
Honey Brook Community Library Breaks Ground on Expansion Project
HONEY BROOK − April 2, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) joined leadership from the Honey Brook Community Library and Honey Brook Township officials yesterday for a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion project at Honey Brook Community Library.
Policy Committee Discusses Need for Comprehensive Reporting of Deaths in Custody at Capitol Hearing
HARRISBURG − April 2, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, and Senator Amanda Cappelletti (D-Montgomery/Delaware) co-hosted a public hearing today in Harrisburg on the lack of...
Senate Democratic Policy Committee – Death in Custody
Senator Muth’s remarks on the Honeybrook Library Groundbreaking
Honey Brook Library Groundbreaking
ADVISORY: Policy Committee to Discuss Death in Custody at Capitol Hearing
HARRISBURG, March 27, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, will join Senator Amanda Cappelletti (D-Montgomery/Delaware) to co-host a public hearing on Tuesday in Harrisburg on the...
Sen. Muth Announces Over $1.6 Million in Multimodal Grants for SD44 Projects
ATGLEN, March 26, 2024: State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that three Chester County projects received over $1.6 million in state grants through the Multimodal Transportation Fund program. The projects were approved this morning...
Sen. Muth, Rep. Howard to Host Free Shredding Event Next Weekend in Malvern
MALVERN, March 14, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) and state Rep. Kristine Howard (D-Chester) are partnering to host a free Community Shredding Event next weekend for area residents. The shredding event will take place on Saturday, March...
Sen. Muth, Sen. Comitta, Rep. Otten Release Joint Statement on Marsh Creek Lake
DOWNINGTOWN, PA − February 23, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), state Sen. Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), and state Rep. Danielle Friel-Otten (D-Chester) released the following statement in response to news that what appears to be bentonite...
Sen. Muth Announces Over $575k in Grants for Local Fire and EMS Companies
ROYERSFORD − February 16, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that thirty fire and EMS providers that serve SD44 received $579,015 in state funding through the Fire Company and Emergency Medical Service Grant Program. The local...
Joint Policy Hearing Focuses on Legislation to Seal Eviction Records
WILKINSBURG, February 15, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, today joined Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny), Senator Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia), Senator Judy...
Sen. Muth Announces $255,000 in Career and Technical Education Equipment Grants
ROYERSFORD, February 9, 2024: State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that two regional career and technical centers (CTCs) and one school district in Senate District 44 received a total $255,000 in grant funding through the 2023-2024 Career...
Policy Committee Highlights Whole-Home Repairs Program in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH − February 3, 2024 – The Senate Democratic Policy Committee traveled to Pittsburgh yesterday to host two events to highlight the successes of Pennsylvania's groundbreaking Whole-Home Repairs Program. Less than a year after the distribution of funds, the...
Policy Committee Hearing: Whole Home Repairs: Lessons from Year One
Sen. Muth Announces Over $650k in Traffic Safety Funding for 2 ChesCo Projects
ROYERSFORD − January 30, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that two public safety projects in Chester County in Senate District 44 have received a total of $654,262 in Automated Red Light Enforcement funding. The local funding...
Sen. Muth Hosts Inaugural Meeting of Youth Advisory Council
SOUTH COVENTRY, January 30, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) joined over sixty students from across Senate District 44 last night at Owen J. Roberts School District for the inaugural meeting of her Youth Advisory Council. Senator Muth’s Youth...
ADVISORY: Policy Committee to Highlight Whole-Home Repairs Program at Pittsburgh Events Next Friday
PITTSBURGH, January 26, 2024 – The Senate Democratic Policy Committee will travel to Pittsburgh next week to host two events to highlight the successes of Pennsylvania's groundbreaking Whole-Home Repairs Program. Less than a year after the distribution of funds, the...
Policy Hearing Focuses on Addressing Rising Water, Wastewater Rates
WEST WHITELAND – January 23, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, joined Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Senator John Kane (D-Chester/Delaware), Senator Tim Kearney...
Policy Committee Hearing: Reining in Water Rates – The Unintended Consequences of Act 12 of 2016
Sen. Muth Announces Over $860k in State Grants for Local Parks, Infrastructure Projects
ROYERSFORD, January 16, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that seven projects in Senate District 44 have been awarded a total of $864,750 in state grants to improve infrastructure and recreation in the region. The projects,...
Sen. Muth Encourages Schools to Apply for Safety and Security Grants
ROYERSFORD − January 12, 2024 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today encouraged schools across Senate District 44 to apply for funding for school safety and security through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). The framework...
Muth, Rothman Introduce Bill to Simplify Retirement for Teachers with Military Service
HARRISBURG – January 5, 2024 − Sen. Greg Rothman (R-34) and Sen. Katie Muth (D-44) today introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure Pennsylvania teachers who serve in the military have adequate time to purchase military service toward their Public School Employees’...
Sen. Muth, State Reps. Announce Over $5 Million in Water and Sewer Grants for SD44 Communities
ROYERSFORD, December 19, 2023: State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) and state Reps. Danielle Friel Otten (D-Chester), Paul Friel (D-Chester), Melissa Shusterman (D-Chester) and Dan Williams (D-Chester) today announced that communities across Senate...
Sen. Muth Announces Over $150k in Arts and Culture Grants
ROYERSFORD, December 19, 2023 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that entities across Senate District 44 have been awarded more than $150,000 through the COVID-19 ARPA PA Arts and Culture Recovery Program (PACR). The local funding was...
Senator Muth, Public Herald Raise Alarm About Workers Injured by Fracking’s Radioactive Waste
HARRISBURG − December 13, 2023 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) joined investigative journalist Joshua Pribanic from Public Herald and oil and gas industry workers at a press conference earlier this week to raise alarm about the dangers to workers...
Senator Muth and Public Herald: Raise Alarm About Fracking’s Radioactive Waste Entering PA Waterways
ADVISORY: Senator Muth, Public Herald Raise Alarm About Workers Injured by Fracking’s Radioactive Waste with New Evidence of Pollution to PA Waterways From Industry Whistleblowers
HARRISBURG, December 8, 2023: State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) and investigative journalist Joshua Pribanic from Public Herald will join oil and gas industry workers at a press conference on Monday in the Pennsylvania State Capitol to raise alarm...
Senator Muth Hosts a Pennie Virtual Health Care Town Hall
Policy Hearing Focuses on Minimizing Risk and Harm in Development of PA’s Hydrogen Infrastructure
EAST VINCENT, December 5, 2023 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, joined Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Democratic Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy...