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Senator Costa Announces $200,000 Grant to Verona Borough

PITTSBURGH, PA – Febrero 27, 2018 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa today announced that the Borough of Verona will receive a $200,000 grant from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to install Automated Red-Light Enforcement (ARLE). Verona...

Senator Costa Releases Statement on Divesting State Funds from Companies that Produce Assault Weapons

Harrisburg – Febrero 22, 2018 – State Sen. Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) released the following statement divesting state funds from companies that produce assault weapons: “Following the recent and tragic school shooting in Parkland, I was mortified to learn that the...

Costa Releases Statement on Submission of Senate Democratic Congressional Map to Supreme Court

Harrisburg – Febrero 15, 2018 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) released the following statement concerning the submission of a congressional redistricting plan to the state Supreme Court. Senate Democrats submitted the plan following the court’s...

Senator Jay Costa Provides Update on the Congressional Redistricting in Pennsylvania

Senator Costa Supports Governor Wolf’s Rejection of GOP Map

Harrisburg, Pa. − Febrero 13, 2018 − Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa fully supports Governor Wolf’s decision to reject the maps presented to him last week by just two Republican members. “A proposal that makes districts slightly more compact but no more fair...

Senator Costa Applauds Pittsburgh’s Financial Recovery & Termination of Act 47 Status

Pittsburgh – Febrero 12, 2018 − After 14 years of financial recovery, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and local officials today signed Pittsburgh’s official release from this status. “This has been a long road for the City, but I...

Senator Costa and Representative Dermody Send Joint Letter to Governor on Republican Map Submission

Harrisburg, PA − Febrero 9, 2018 − Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa and House Democratic Leader Frank Dermody send letter to Gov. Wolf condemning the congressional redistricting map shared with his office saying this: "This map was not the product of...

An Update on the Opioid Crisis in Pennsylvania

Febrero 7, 2018 − State Senator Jay Costa has been leading the effort to stem the terrible impact of the opioid epidemic for years. As the Senate Democratic Leader, co-chair of the PA HOPE caucus (the Pennsylvania Heroin, Opioid Prevention and Education Caucus) and a...

Senator Costa’s Reaction to 2018-19 Budget Address

Senator Costa Remarks from the Raise the Minimum Wage/SB-1044 Press Conference

Senator Costa CTE Awareness Day Resolution

Sen. Jay Costa Memorial for Deputy U.S. Marshal Christopher Hill

Costa: $10 Million in State Funding to RIDC Southwestern PA Growth Fund for Hazelwood Green

Pittsburgh, Pa. – Enero 23, 2018 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa announced the award of $10 million to Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC) Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Fund to transform a former industrial mill in Hazelwood into a...

Senator Costa Looks Ahead to the 2018 Agenda

Senator Costa ReCap of 2017 Accomplishments

Senator Jay Costa talks to Secretary Russell Redding at the 102nd PA Farm Show

Senator Costa Condemns Trump Administration Move to Undermine State Medical Marijuana Policy

Pittsburgh, PA – Enero 3, 2018 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa today decried a move by the federal government to rescind state protections for medical marijuana programs. “Pennsylvania went through a very thorough process backed by expert testimony, public...

Senator Costa & Representative Gainey Announce $475,000 Grant for Wilkinsburg

Pittsburgh, PA – Enero 3, 2018 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa and State Representative Ed Gainey announced $475,000 in state support today to rehabilitate the Ardmore Linear Park in Wilkinsburg. “I’m pleased to have worked with the Borough of Wilkinsburg to...

Costa Announces $2.5M in Keystone Innovation Zone Funding to Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA – Diciembre 29, 2017 – Democratic Leader Senator Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) announced more than $2.5 million in funding to local businesses in the Oakland-based Keystone Innovation Zone. “We need to retain the bright, young college students who...

Costa: $7 Million in State Grants to Help Fund Key Local Projects

Hazelwood Green, Susquehanna Street Phase II among local projects funded Harrisburg – Dec. 22, 2017 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) said the $7 million in state grants released today for a variety of local projects will generate jobs, improve the...

Costa: $2 Million Grant for Penn Hills School District Approved

Harrisburg – Dec. 22, 2017 – The state Department of Education has approved $2 million in grant funding to help the Penn Hills School District tackle severe fiscal issues, state Sen. Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) said today. Costa, who has been meeting with officials...

Senator Costa Hosts an Health Insurance Enrollment Event

Sen. Costa “Alina’s Law” SB 196

Senator Costa Greets Students from Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

Senator Costa Remarks from the Wreaths Across America Ceremony

Senate Hearing in Pittsburgh Focuses on Mandated Drug Addiction Treatment

Pittsburgh, Diciembre 8, 2017 − At the request of state Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, the state Senate Democratic Policy Committee today held a hearing on Costa’s legislation that would enable families to seek court-ordered addiction treatment for their...