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HARRISBURG, April 14, 2016 – The number of acres of Berks County agricultural land protected by Pennsylvania’s farmland preservation program eclipsed 70,000 today, state Sen. Judy Schwank said. The milestone happened when the Pennsylvania Agricultural Land...

Sen. Schwank’s Volunteer Firefighters, Emergency Responders Forum Wednesday

READING, April 11, 2016 -- Sen. Judy Schwank will hold a forum for firefighters and emergency responders Wednesday, April 13, at the Berks County Fire Training Center. Joining the senator during the program will be Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner Timothy Solobay,...

El senador Schwank comenta la concienciación sobre la drogadicción :: 4 de abril de 2016

Statewide Drug Addiction Study Proposed by Schwank Ordered by PA Senate

HARRISBURG, April 4, 2016 – The Pennsylvania Senate today unanimously approved Sen. Judy Schwank’s resolution for an advisory task force to find better ways to address drug addiction and treatment. “I believe the task force will find that Pennsylvania needs better...

Consejos empresariales el miércoles en la Cumbre W.E.R.O.A.R. del Senador Schwank

READING, March 28, 2016 – Women business owners and entrepreneurs will have the unique opportunity to learn how to grow their businesses Wednesday, March 30, during a special seminar in Reading sponsored by Sen. Judy Schwank and a group of private and public partners....

La jubilación no es el fin de la reforma judicial", dicen los senadores Williams y Schwank. Williams y Schwank exigen que se tomen medidas sobre las propuestas de reforma judicial y que se castigue a los implicados

HARRISBURG, March 22, 2016 – On the plaza of the state government building that houses Pennsylvania’s highest appellate courts, state Sens. Anthony Hardy Williams and Judy Schwank called for renewed efforts to improve the accountability of commonwealth justices and...

Sens. Schwank, Williams to Urge Action on Judicial Reform Proposals

HARRISBURG, March 21, 2016 – Two of Pennsylvania’s leading legislative voices for better performance and oversight of the commonwealth’s judicial system will hold a press conference at 11 a.m., tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22, to call for judicial performance and...

Schwank’s Hemp Bill Sails Through Senate

HARRISBURG, March 16, 2016 – State Sen. Judy Schwank’s proposal to return hemp as a legal, cash crop in Pennsylvania was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate today. Senate Bill 50, which Schwank and Sen. Mike Folmer introduced more than a year ago, was approved by...

Schwank’s Proposal to Find Effective Ways to Deal with Drug Addiction Clears 1st Hurdle

HARRISBURG, March 16, 2016 – The state Senate Health and Welfare Committee today unanimously approved a proposal by state Senator Judy Schwank (D-Berks) calling for a broad study of addiction treatment concerns in Pennsylvania. The proposal now goes to the full Senate...

La segunda sesión del "Senado modelo" de Schwank comenzará el jueves

READING, March 16, 2016 – The second session of state Sen. Judy Schwank’s third annual “Berks County Model Senate” will give area high school participants to experience the legislative committee process and the opportunity to interview subject matter experts. The...

Sen. Schwank Mes de la Historia de la Mujer Daisy Lampkin :: Marzo 2016

Informe Pennsylvania Agricultura-Gripe aviar :: Marzo 2016

Pennsylvania Report Marzo 2016 :: Mujeres en Pensilvania

Pennsylvania Report Marzo 2016 :: Reducir el tamaño de la legislatura

$1M in Ag Easements Approved to Protect 5 More Berks County Farms, Schwank Says

HARRISBURG, Feb. 18, 2016 – Five more Berks County farms totaling 393 acres will be protected from future development following the approval of their applications today by Pennsylvania’s farmland preservation program, state Sen. Judy Schwank said. “We closed...

Schwank’s ‘Model Senate’ to Give 48 Berks Co. Students State Government ‘Experience’

READING, Feb. 17, 2016 – Four dozen high school students from 13 Berks County schools will get a close-up look at being a legislator tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 18, during Sen. Judy Schwank’s third annual “Berks County Model Senate.” The event, which will be the first of...

Higher Education Funding Rally :: February 8, 2016

El senador Schwank y el representante Rozzi anuncian una subvención estatal para ayudar a Lower Alsace y Mount Penn Borough a mejorar el programa conjunto de aplicación de códigos

February 1, 2016: Senator Judy Schwank (D-11) and Representative Mark Rozzi (D-126) today announced that Lower Alsace Township has been awarded a $41,300 Municipal Services Program Shared Services Grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic...

Sen. Schwank, Rep. Rozzi: $490K in New Community Conservation Grants Awarded to Berks County

HARRISBURG, Jan. 28, 2016 – Work to improve trails and parks in Berks County received new state investments of about $490,000 today, state Sen. Judy Schwank and Rep. Mark Rozzi announced. The investments, from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, are...

Sen. Schwank Issues Statement on Senate’s AG Kane Vote

HARRISBURG, Jan. 27, 2016 – State Sen. Judy Schwank, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Address, issued the following statement today after voting against the report the committee submitted to the full Senate by a 5-2 vote.

Entrevista del Senador Schwank con el Consejo de la Industria del Cáñamo de PA en el Farm Show :: 21 de enero de 2016

El senador Schwank entrevista a la nieta de Kelly Beaver Ruth Hartman :: 21 de enero de 2016

Entrevista al Secretario Redding en el PA Farm Show :: 21 de enero de 2016

Senador Schwank asiste a la 2016 PA Farm Show :: 21 de enero de 2016

Pennsylvania Report enero de 2016 :: Farm Show 2016

700th Berks County Farm Added to State’s Preservation List, Schwank Says

HARRISBURG, Dec. 10, 2015 – Pennsylvania’s farmland preservation program approved the entry of three Berks County farms today, bringing the number of local tracts protected from future development to 700, state Sen. Judy Schwank said today. “Berks County loves its...

Comentarios del senador Schwank sobre el informe del Centro de AP Rural sobre la crisis de la heroína :: 7 de diciembre de 2015

Schwank: Financing Tool for Agriculture Industry Approved by State House

Harrisburg - Dec. 3, 2015 - Legislation that would preserve a tool that the agriculture industry uses to finance projects is now on its way to the governor for his signature into law, according to state Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks), the bill's author. "The legislation...

Schwank Disappointed in Property Tax Reform Set Back

HARRISBURG, Nov. 24, 2015 – Because of the hard work and groundswell of support from Berks County residents and Pennsylvanians, state Sen. Judy Schwank said today she is disappointed with the Senate’s defeat of a bill that would have eliminated the regressive property...

Schwank Appointed to Special Panel to Look at AG Kane

HARRISBURG, Oct. 27, 2015 – Berks County Democratic Sen. Judy Schwank has been appointed to a special bipartisan senate panel to look into whether Attorney General Kathleen Kane may serve with a suspended law license. Fellow Democrats Art Haywood (Philadelphia) and...