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Costa and Frankel Announce Grant for Wightman Park Rehabilitation and Development
Pittsburgh – December 5, 2017 – Wightman Park, located in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, will be rehabilitated and further developed with a $500,000 grant from the state’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), according to state Sen. Jay...
Senator Costa Discusses Lunch Shaming Legislation
Senator Costa Remarks on NDA Ban for Sexual Harassment Settlements
Senator Jay Costa and Representative Dan Frankel Secure $500,000 for City of Pittsburgh Project on Pitt Campus
Pittsburgh, November 14, 2017 — Senator Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and Representative Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny) announced today that the City of Pittsburgh will receive $500,000 from the Commonwealth Financing Authority for a reconstruction project on the...
Senator Jay Costa & Representative Gainey Secure $225,000 for Borough of Wilkinsburg Park Project
Pittsburgh, November 14, 2017 — Senator Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and Representative Ed Gainey (D-Allegheny) announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority approved $225,000 in funding for the Borough of Wilkinsburg for the rehabilitation of Whitney...
Senator Costa Hosts ACA Mobile Enrollment Tour
Pittsburgh, November 14, 2017 — The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats’ ACA Mobile Enrollment Tour will make a stop in Pittsburgh on Thursday, December 7. Constituents can come to enroll in the individual insurance marketplace or Medicare. Enrollment experts will...
Senator Jay Costa Senate Floor Remarks on Pitt Day at the Capitol
Senate Democrats Speak Out on ACA Open Enrollment Changes in Pittsburgh
PA Senate Democrats Push Back on Trump’s ACA Enrollment Changes
HARRISBURG, November 1, 2017 — Following President Trump’s efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act by limiting open enrollment, the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus will ramp up efforts to ensure eligible individuals gain health insurance through...
Lawmakers Applaud Measure Creating Trust Fund for Youth Impacted by Prison System
HARRISBURG, October 31, 2017 — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers and Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel applauded the passage of legislation to establish a public charitable trust to aid children impacted by the prison system and reverse...
Sen. Costa Introduces Students from Western PA School for the Deaf to the Senate
Sen. Jay Costa Floor Remarks on the CHIP Reauthorization Bill
Democratic Senators Detail Impact of Trump Actions on Affordable Care Act in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, October 18, 2017 — State Senate Democrats today blasted President Trump’s latest actions regarding the Affordable Care Act in Pennsylvania and detailed the debilitating impact on Pennsylvanians that his latest acts will have...
Citizens for the Arts on the Economic Impact of the Arts in PA
Domestic Violence Awareness Month- Victim Commemoration
Senator Jay Costa Commends Angels’ Place Inc. for Receiving Seal of Excellence
Harrisburg – October 13, 2017 – Senator Costa’s office announced today that Angels’ Place Inc. located in Pittsburgh has been awarded the Seal of Excellence by the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO). “I want to congratulate the Board and staff...
Budget Update
Costa Statement on Credit Rating Downgrade
Harrisburg – September 20, 2017 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) released the following statement today concerning the downgrade of Pennsylvania’s credit rating by S & P Global Ratings due to failure to adopt a revenue plan with sufficient...
Senate Democrats Hail Gov. Wolf’s Call for Testing of Young Children
Senate Democrats have been in the forefront of efforts to address exposure to lead Harrisburg – Sept. 1, 2017 – State Sen. Vincent J. Hughes and Senate Democrats applauded Gov. Tom Wolf’s support of universal testing of children under the age of 2 to determine their...
Senator Costa Remarks on HB-542
Senator Costa remarks on the Bills that passed the Senate
Senator Costa- Tax Code
Costa, Dermody: House Republicans Using Universities as Budget Pawns
Harrisburg – July 19, 2017 – State Senator Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and Representative Frank Dermody (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) today issued the following statement in reaction to the House Republican leadership’s continuing refusal to call the House into session to...
Senator Costa interview on the status of the State Budget
Senator Costa introduces Legal Intern Matthew DeSantis
Senator Costa Interview on Passage of State Budget Spending Plan
Senator Costa Floor Remarks on the 2017-18 State Budget
Sen. Jay Costa Remarks at the Raise the Wage Rally
Senator Costa remarks from the Trade Unions Apprentice Day Rally
SPC Votes to Move Mon-Fayette Expressway Project Forward, Costa Says
Harrisburg – June 26, 2017 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) issued the following statement after the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) acted today to move the Mon-Fayette Expressway project as a part of the 2017-2020 Transportation...