September 12, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ annual “Health Awareness Season” will open next month at various recreational centers in the 8th Senatorial District. The season will present dozens of free classes and residents will have the chance to...
September 10, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10, 2014 — Dozens of school children in the School District of Philadelphia were the ultimate winners in state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ “Ultimate Back 2 School Basketball Challenge,” Aug. 30, at the Kingsessing Recreation Center. The contest...
August 28, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams, local officials and more vendors have signed up to make the senator’s “Ultimate Back 2 School Basketball Challenge” a huge success when the tournament tips off at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 30, at the...
August 20, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams and local officials will tip-off the senator’s “Ultimate Back 2 School Basketball Challenge” at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Kingsessing Recreation Center, Philadelphia. The basketball tournament is...
August 13, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13, 2014 — “Summer of Peace,” state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ annual program to teach children about alternatives to violence, will bring its message to Cobbs Creek Parkway on Saturday, Aug. 16. The office of Sen. Williams, in cooperation with...
August 4, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams, Committeewoman Julia Chinn and other elected officials will visit the 6000 block of Spruce Street in Philadelphia tomorrow at 6 p.m. to take part in National Night Out. Chinn, the block captain for 60th...
July 17, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, July 17, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ annual “Summer of Peace” program, which is designed to teach children about alternatives to violence, will be at the Nile Swim Club in Yeadon on Saturday. The office of Sen. Williams will co-host the day...
July 10, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams will be joined by Anton Moore, local public officials and youth members of the Juvenile Justice Services Center and St. Gabriel’s Hall at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 12, for the dedication of the Smith...
July 7, 2014
Urge ongoing, united effort to solve public education’s funding crisis PHILADELPHIA, July 7, 2014 — As the daunting shadow of more teacher layoffs and larger class sizes stretches over the School District of Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter and state Sen. Anthony...
July 3, 2014
HARRISBURG, July 3, 2014 — Students, families and teachers in the School District of Philadelphia moved one step closer to being able to close a significant portion of the system’s $93 million budget deficit following the approval last night of state Sen. Anthony...
June 30, 2014
HARRISBURG, June 30, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams won overwhelming approval tonight on an amendment that would allow the City of Philadelphia to levy a $2-per-pack cigarette tax and raise $83 million in new annual revenue for the School District of...
June 25, 2014
HARRISBURG, June 25, 2014 — A team of juniors and seniors from Penn Wood High School, Yeadon, won first place and a team of 7th graders from the Add B. Anderson School, West Philadelphia, second, in Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ 1st “Anti-Bullying Mobile App...
June 24, 2014
HARRISBURG, June 24, 2014 — In his push for a $2-per-pack cigarette tax to drive more critical dollars to the School District of Philadelphia, state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams today said supporters of his proposal should expect compromise with his bill but “no...
June 20, 2014
HARRISBURG, June 20, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony H. Williams convened a forum this week to have a public discussion about the future of cannabis regulations in Pennsylvania. Dubbed “The Great Marijuana Debate,” 2,700 people participated in discussions over the course of...
June 19, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, June 19, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ campaign to reduce crime and educate children about alternatives to violence will debut at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21, with a block party at 55th Street and Chester Avenue in Philadelphia. “Summer of...
June 17, 2014
HARRISBURG, June 17, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams said today he is pleased that the General Assembly has finally approved a bill allowing for Holocaust and genocide studies in Pennsylvania’s public schools. House Bill 1424, if signed into law by the...
June 16, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, June 16, 2014 — With the Pennsylvania General Assembly moving forward on legislation to legalize medical cannabis, state Sen. Anthony H. Williams held a forum on Saturday, June 14, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, to discuss the pros and...
June 11, 2014
HARRISBURG, June 11, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams today joined advocates in their call for Pennsylvania to continue helping students pay for a better education in the school of their choice. Williams and the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center, the public...
June 5, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, June 5, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ campaign to reduce crime and educate children about alternatives to violence returns later this month when “Summer of Peace 2014” opens with a block party at 55th Street and Chester Avenue in...
May 22, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, May 22, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams today released a letter to Gov. Tom Corbett urging him to support his proposal to deliver new revenue to the School District of Philadelphia with a cigarette tax. A copy of Sen. Williams’ letter is below:...
May 19, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, May 19, 2014 — With the Pennsylvania General Assembly moving forward on legislation to legalize medical cannabis, state Sen. Anthony H. Williams today said he will hold a forum next month, in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania School of Law,...
May 7, 2014
HARRISBURG, May 7, 2014 — Standing with dozens of Pennsylvania children who are attending schools chosen freely for them by their parents, state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams today said it is more important than ever for them to continue reminding lawmakers of how...
May 5, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, May 2, 2014 — Some 400 Philadelphia and Delaware county school students got a first-hand lesson in the dangers of discrimination April 28 when state Sen. Anthony H. Williams, Holocaust survivor Judy Meisel, and the Anti-Defamation League delivered a...
April 17, 2014
HARRISBURG, April 17, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony H. Williams, the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center, and residents of the greater Philadelphia area will work for two hours on Monday, April 21, cleaning up the basketball courts area of Cobbs Creek...
April 9, 2014
HARRISBURG, April 9, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony H. Williams, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan and Darby Township Police Chief Len McDevitt will discuss the recent case of a Darby Township elementary school teacher who allegedly sexually abused eight girls....
March 25, 2014
HARRISBURG, March 25, 2014 — Following recent allegations that elected officials accepted gifts from lobbyists and others but did not report them, state Sen. Anthony H. Williams said today he will introduce a bill to tighten Pennsylvania’s ethics act. Williams, a...
March 17, 2014
HARRISBURG, March 17, 2014 — State Sen. Anthony H. Williams, victim advocates, a teacher-abuse survivor and leaders of a national advocacy group will hold a major rally at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 19, in the Capitol Rotunda, to fight for the adoption of legislation...
March 10, 2014
HARRISBURG, March 10, 2014 – State Sen. Anthony H. Williams today said three school systems in his district will receive grants totaling $75,000 to help them take steps to improve the protection and safety of their students. The Safe Schools Targeted Grants help...
March 3, 2014
HARRISBURG, March 3, 2014 – To make it safer for people to cooperate with police during criminal investigations, state Sen. Anthony H. Williams today said he will re-introduce legislation that could mean jail time for people who publish confidential names of witnesses...
February 6, 2014
HARRISBURG, Feb. 6, 2014 – Anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered legislation recently considered and adopted by the African nations of Uganda and Nigeria should be condemned by the Pennsylvania Senate, state Sen. Anthony H. Williams said today. To provide the...