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Recognizing Fair Housing Month in Pennsylvania
Recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Pennsylvania
Senator Cappelletti Responds to Screening Decision at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Harrisburg, PA − April 9, 2024 − State Senator Amanda Cappelletti releases the following statement in response to screening decision at Bryn Mawr Film Institute: It has come to my attention that Bryn Mawr Film Institute has made a recent decision to cancel the...
Recognizing National Public Health Week in Pennsylvania
Senate Democratic Policy Committee – Death in Custody
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...
Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti, Representatives Tim Briggs and Mary Jo Daley Announce Over $3 Million in CFA Grants for Montgomery County Projects
Lower Merion, PA – March 28, 2024 – At a meeting of the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) this week, $3,048,755 was awarded to projects in Montgomery County through the Multimodal Transportation Fund. The Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) provides grants...
Senator Cappelletti joins the PA BMHC for #PAMomnibus announcement
PA Senators Cappelletti and Dillon Offer Legislation to Protect Renters from Exorbitant Rent Hikes
Harrisburg, PA – March 19, 2024 – Pennsylvania Senators Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17) and Jimmy Dillon (D-5) today unveiled legislation to enforce rental rate protection measures to combat unfair and predatory rental increases. Senate Bill 1095, will cap rent increases...
New legislation could help renters from high rent increases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – There are over 1.5 million renter households in Pennsylvania. Some of those people fear for when the next rise in rent will come. “We pay so much money,” renter Mauro Chiapinni said. Chiapinni lives on a fixed income through social security....
New Pennsylvania legislation hopes to protect renters from unfair price hikes
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A new bill designed to protect tenants from exorbitant rent hikes was unveiled in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. The Action News Troubleshooters get a lot of complaints from people who say their rent has suddenly and unexpectedly skyrocketed and they...
Bi-partisan interest emerges in election security reforms
Elections technology experts say 20 Pennsylvania counties covering 30% of the state’s voters use voting machines that are vulnerable to malfunction or malfeasance. The experts, who testified on Monday to the Senate’s State Government Committee, critiqued a type of...
PA Resident Mauro Chiapinni shares his support for Senate Bill 1095
Senator Cappelletti speaks on the need for Senate Bill 1095
Senators Cappelletti and Dillon Unveil Senate Bill 1095
Letters to the Editor | Fighting words
As I reflect on how far we have come — for the first time in Pennsylvania, a woman is speaker of the House, and we have a woman serving as vice president of our nation — I realize how far we have to go. My reflection is broken by flashes of the sexism and misogyny I...
Senator Cappelletti questions DOS at State Budget Hearing
The PCN Capitol Preview – Voting Laws in PA
Sen. Cris Dush, Majority Chair of the Senate State Government Committee, and Sen. Amanda Cappelletti, Minority Chair of the Senate State Government Committee, discuss voting laws in Pennsylvania. Then, PCN’s Larry Kaspar speaks with Rep. Brian Munroe on his proposed bill on keeping children safe on social media.
Water Infrastructure Funding for Norristown
ACT 13 Grants in Pennsylvania with Senator Amanda Cappelletti
Amanda Cappelletti, District 17 State Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was kind enough to take time from her busy schedule to discuss two big ACT 13 Grants for her district. One grant is part of a phase to fix up an outdoor space that needs work. The...