Sen. Anthony Williams Requests Immediate SEPTA Community Meeting

Sen. Anthony Williams Requests Immediate SEPTA Community Meeting

Philadelphia − March 18, 2022 – Today, Senator Anthony H. Williams (D- Philadelphia/Delaware) wrote the following letter to Leslie Richards, CEO and General Manager of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), requesting an immediate community...
Sen. Anthony H. Williams Commends Broadband Expansion in PA

Sen. Anthony H. Williams Commends Broadband Expansion in PA

Philadelphia – December 22, 2021 – Sen. Anthony H. Williams announced today that House Bill 2071, now Act 96 of 2021, has been signed by the governor to create the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority. This is the first official broadband entity in state...
Sen. Anthony Williams Shares Letter Regarding Ward Leader Ballot Harvesting and Secure Election Systems

Senate Passes Comprehensive Probation Reform

HARRISBURG – December 15, 2021 – The Senate, today, approved probation reform measures aimed at reducing the amount of taxpayer dollars spent on the system, while better integrating probationers into society, according to Senator Lisa Baker (R-20), Senator Camera...
Senate Dems Virtual Hearing Focuses on Ending Lifetime Parole in PA

Senate Dems Virtual Hearing Focuses on Ending Lifetime Parole in PA

HARRISBURG, November 4, 2021 – State Senator Katie Muth (D- Berks/Chester/Montgomery), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, today joined state Sens. Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia), Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia/Delaware) and Judy Schwank...
GOP senator’s plan to issue election subpoenas ‘stopped’

GOP senator’s plan to issue election subpoenas ‘stopped’

HARRISBURG – A backer of former President Donald Trump’s effort to carry out an Arizona-style “forensic investigation” of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election suggested Thursday that fellow Republicans in the state Senate are blocking his...
PA Senate Democrats Release Statement on Violent Protest in DC

PA Senate Democrats Release Statement on Violent Protest in DC

Harrisburg, PA – January 6, 2021 – The PA Senate Democrats released the following statement on the violent protest today in the nation’s Capitol: The First Amendment is one of our most sacred. It is not political and it is not partisan. The rights to free speech,...
State Senate Hearing Focuses on Expanding the Amber Alert System in PA 

State Senate Hearing Focuses on Expanding the Amber Alert System in PA 

Harrisburg – October 15, 2020 – At the request of Sen. Anthony H. Williams (D- Philadelphia/Delaware), the Senate Democratic Policy Committee today held a virtual public hearing to discuss expanding Pennsylvania’s Amber Alert system to include hit-and-run incidents....