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Sen. Muth Announces $3.1 Million in RACP Grants for SD44 Projects
ROYERSFORD, April 22, 2022: State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that two projects in Senate District 44 have received $3.1 million in funding from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP). Resources for Human Development...
Sen. Muth Announces $2.9 Million Grant for MontCo Road Widening Project
ROYERSFORD − April 22, 2022 − State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that a project in Montgomery County to widen Route 29/Collegeville Road, improve the flow of traffic at the Hopwood Road intersection and build a multi-use trail extension...
Senate, House Democrats Host Roundtable Discussion on EMS Issues
PITTSBURGH – April 21, 2022 – State Senator Katie Muth (D- Berks/Chester/Montgomery), chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee joined Senator Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny), state Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D-Erie) and state Rep. Nick Pisciottano (D-Allegheny) to host...
LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus condemns House Education Committee’s passage of H.B. 972
HARRISBURG, March 29, 2022 -- A bill that would discriminate against LGBTQ+ students by restricting their ability to participate in their school’s sports programs as the gender they identify with passed the PA House Education Committee Tuesday, despite opposition...
Policy Hearing – Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health and What We Can Do to Correct It
CCAC Boyce Campus 595 Beatty Road, MonroevilleOn June 2, Senators Muth and Brewster will host a hearing regarding the health impacts of shale gas infrastructure in Pennsylvania. A chasm exists between the reliable public health research that has been conducted and the actions taken by legislators, the Governor’s Office, and the Department of Health. These actions demonstrate how the promise of economic benefits outweighed any sense of caution about potential health impacts from shale gas development, how the insistence on irrefutable evidence of health harms became the enemy of reasonable protective measures, and consequently how the burden of proof fell to the communities experiencing the health impacts. The hearing will also address recommendations on what can be done differently to ensure that public health considerations are included in the decision-making process going forward. The hearing will include testimony from impacted residents as well as experts in public health and policy regarding shale gas development. This hearing will be located in the auditorium of CCAC Boyce Campus, located at 595 Beatty Rd, Monroeville, PA 15146. A virtual option will also be available.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlcOyopjIvGtD8_Yqys8tx6HZd4buN8jms
Policy Hearing – Student Voices in Education
Norristown Area High School 1900 Eagle Drive, Norristown, PAOn June 3rd, Senators Kearney, Muth, and Cappelletti will hold a hearing on student voices in education. Legislators, stakeholders, advocates, and parents dominate the vast majority of Pennsylvania’s public debate on hot button issues around education, including equity in schools, school climate, and student mental health. Rarely do the students who are the subjects of these debates get to weigh in on the issues themselves. This hearing will be an opportunity for students from 8 diverse school districts in Montgomery County who have been engaged in dialogue and data-driven research on these critical issues to present their research and experiences to policy makers. Specifically, students will present findings from research projects they conducted using the Psychological Sense of School Membership survey within their schools, that speak to questions of belonging within schools and equity between different student groups. The hearing will give policy makers a deeper understanding of school environments that affect youth mental health, school climate and safety, and inequality – all of which have been identified as top education concerns for policy development by members of the Education Committee and the caucus at large.
This hearing will be held at Norristown Area High School | 1900 Eagle Dr, Norristown, PA 19401 with a ZOOM option for those who wish to participate virtually.
If participating virtually, register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlde-tpz8uHtFraJyxOfzrnbeuesjcXHh-
2022 Veterans Service Officer Appointments
District Office 338 Main Street, Royersford, PAMy team and I are looking forward to continuing our partnership with the American Legion in 2022 to provide monthly Veterans Service Officer (VSO) appointments for local veterans! VSOs provide […]
Wall Street Is Fleecing a Bunch of Teachers
A new era in the decade-long battle by retirees and whistleblowers to halt massive transfers of wealth out of retirement funds and into Wall Street firms could be at hand, thanks to the case of Katie Muth. Muth, a Democratic Pennsylvania state senator, is one of...
Pennsylvania will eliminate state income tax on student loan forgiveness
As federal student loan payments resume for borrowers at the end of January, resources and discussions of how borrowers can save money on their loan bills have been sent out by loan servicers and public servants. In a change to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue,...
A probe of Pa.’s largest pension fund is nearly done, but taxpayers may never know the results
The most outspoken board critic of PSERS management, State Sen. Katie Muth (D., Montgomery), is pushing for public exposure. Muth says that there should be a written report — though perhaps shared only with the board — and that a written executive summary could be...
Parent tells Pennsylvania lawmakers some drug abuse treatment centers are ‘predatory’
READING — Amid a crisis that is taking thousands of lives, reliable information on Pennsylvania drug abuse treatment centers and recovery homes is almost impossible to find, a mother who lost a son to an overdose said Monday. Heather Arata’s 23-year-old son, Brendan...