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El parque infantil de Kutztown se convertirá en un lugar más feliz para los niños gracias a una subvención de 150.000 dólares, según Schwank
También se aprueban subvenciones para Reading, Union Township READING, 21 de octubre de 2014 - Nuevos juegos infantiles, escalones y espacio de plaza serán las nuevas características del único parque infantil de Kutztown gracias a la concesión hoy de una subvención estatal de 150.000 dólares, según ha informado la senadora Judy Schwank....
$ 730k en subvenciones estatales para apoyar Berks Co. Piscina y parques, según Schwank
READING, 20 de octubre de 2014 - Dos parques en el condado de Berks y una piscina en Fleetwood han recibido casi 730.000 dólares en subvenciones estatales, dijo hoy la senadora estatal Judy Schwank. El dinero, del Departamento de Conservación y Recursos Naturales, ayudará a ampliar los parques franceses de...
3 Berks Co. Las granjas ayudan a que PA sea la primera en EE.UU. en conservar 500.000 acres, dice Schwank
HELLAM, 16 de octubre de 2014 - Pensilvania se convirtió hoy en el primer estado del país en preservar 500,000 acres de valiosas tierras de cultivo y tres granjas del condado de Berks ayudaron a lograr el hito, dijo hoy la senadora Judy Schwank. "El condado de Berks es una gran razón para que la mancomunidad...
El senador Schwank afirma que la aprobación del proyecto de ley sobre el Consejo Asesor mejorará la asistencia sanitaria pública y la supervisión
HARRISBURG, Oct.15, 2014 - Los residentes del condado de Berks y los residentes de Pensilvania deben esperar mejoras en la calidad y la rentabilidad del sistema de Medicaid con la aprobación hoy de un proyecto de ley para crear el Consejo Asesor del Hogar Médico Centrado en el Paciente, senadora estatal Judy....
Sen. Schwank, PHEAA, RACC to Hold ‘College Financial Aid Awareness Night’
HARRISBURG, Oct. 7, 2014 – Sen. Judy Schwank will host her annual “College Financial Aid Awareness Night” from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9, at Muhlenberg High School. The free event will include presentations by Schwank and financial aid experts from the...
Minimum Wage Can’t Buy Bread, Eggs and Cereal, Schwank Says as She Continues Fight to Increase PA’s hourly rate to $10.10
HARRISBURG, Sept. 29, 2014 – Standing with the dozen eggs, loaf of bread and box of cereal she attempted to buy with the $7.25 Pennsylvania’s minimum-wage workers receive for 60 minutes of labor, state Sen. Judy Schwank today joined a statewide action campaign to urge...
With Eye on Reading, Schwank Votes to Reform PA’s Act 47 Law
READING, Sept. 24, 2014 – Representing one of Pennsylvania’s 20 communities that are financially distressed, state Sen. Judy Schwank has voted to change the law that governs the commonwealth’s municipal recovery program. Schwank’s vote Wednesday helped to send the Act...
Schwank ‘Encouraged’ by New Report’s Next Steps on Heroin, Opioid Epidemic
HARRISBURG, Sept. 23, 2014 – Urged by state Sen. Judy Schwank to examine the growing problem of heroin and prescription drug abuse, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania canvassed the state and issued its report today. Sen. Schwank said she worked with Sen. Gene Yaw, the...
Schwank Comments on Panel’s Adoption of Property Tax Reform
HARRISBURG, Sept. 16, 2014 – Sen. Judy Schwank issued the following statement following the Senate Finance Committee’s 6-5 approval of Senate Bill 76, which would reform the way schools generate revenue from property owners: “Although it was a narrow vote, it was a...
Schwank anuncia una subvención medioambiental para el Ayuntamiento de Leesport
READING, Sept. 9, 2014 – Sen. Judy Schwank today said Leesport residents will benefit from a new $100,000 state grant that will help the Berks County community pay for a sewer replacement project. Commonwealth Financing Authority approved the “Small Water and Sewer...
Schwank, Caltagirone Announce Funding
READING, Sept. 9, 2014 - - The Commonwealth Financing Authority today approved a state Multimodal Transportation Fund grant in the amount of $1 million to support a road improvement and bridge replacement along Saint Bernardine Street in Angelica Park in the City of...
Pennsylvania Report Septiembre 2014 :: Financiación de la educación, CRIZ y la epidemia de heroína
El senador Schwank aborda la "crisis de la heroína" durante la audiencia pública del RACC
READING, July 22, 2014 – Working to stem the tide of heroin overdoses and deaths in Berks County and throughout the state, Sen. Judy Schwank joined other elected and health officials today to talk about the “Heroin Crisis Facing Pennsylvania.” The forum, held at the...
Ceremonia de inauguración de la autopista del Suboficial Jefe 2 Jarrett Yoder
El Senador Schwank y otras autoridades inauguran la "Carretera del Suboficial Jefe-2 Jarett M. Yoder
READING, July 16, 2014 – Sen. Judy Schwank, members of the Pennsylvania National Guard, local emergency responders, family, and other public officials will hold a dedication ceremony at 10 a.m., Friday, July 18, to officially name a stretch of Route 662 in...
El senador Schwank dice que se destinarán 110.000 dólares al condado de Berks para aumentar los esfuerzos de reciclaje
READING, July 10, 2014 – More Berks County residents will be able to recycle their waste now that $110,000 in new state grants is headed to two local governments’ recycling programs, state Sen. Judy Schwank announced today. Exeter Township will receive $79,781 through...
Informe Pennsylvania julio 2014 :: Presupuestos Generales del Estado 2014-15
El Senado aprueba un proyecto de ley contra el acoso en la pareja, según Schwank
HARRISBURG, July 1, 2014 – The proposal that would make it a crime to publish unapproved, sexually explicit pictures of a former partner moved one step closer to becoming law today when the Pennsylvania Senate agreed to return an amended version of the bill to the...
New PA Budget Gets Schwank’s Vote of No
HARRISBURG, June 30, 2014 – Because it fails to address Pennsylvania’s real issues – like property tax reform and taxing Marcellus Shale companies – state Sen. Sen. Judy Schwank today voted “no” on Pennsylvania’s $29.1 billion 2014-2015 budget. “We have worked hard in...
La propuesta de Schwank de nombrar la carretera de Alsace Twp. Lance M. Vaccaro Memorial Highway' aprobada por el Senado
HARRISBURG, June 25, 2014 – A bill containing a proposal by state Sen. Judy Schwank that would name Route 12 in Alsace Township, Berks County, as the “Special Warfare Operator Chief (SEAL) Lance M. Vaccaro Highway” has been approved by the Senate. “Chief Special...
La legislación cambiaría las leyes de absentismo escolar PA después de Berks madre muere en prisión
HARRISBURG, June 20, 2014 – State Sens. Stewart Greenleaf (R-Montgomery) and Judy Schwank (D-Berks) today announced changes they are proposing to state law following the death of a Reading woman while she was jailed for truancy charges in Berks County Prison. Eileen...
Good News: Property Tax/Rent Rebate Deadline Extended, Says Sen. Schwank
READING, June 12, 2014 – People who depend on state property tax or rent rebates now have another six months to submit an application for the money, state Senator Judy Schwank (D-Berks) said today after being notified by the Department of Revenue. Applicants now have...
Another Berks Co. Farm Preserved, Sen. Schwank Reports
HARRISBURG, June 12, 2014 – A 25-acre Berks County farm has become the latest to be protected from future development under the state’s farmland preservation program, Sen. Judy Schwank said today. The John and Marie Hill farm in Perry Township was added to the fold...
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Schwank propondrá un proyecto de ley para ayudar a las mujeres de bajos ingresos con hijos
HARRISBURG, June 3, 2014 – To encourage low-income families with children to enter and stay in the work force, Sen. Judy Schwank today said she will introduce legislation excluding a larger share of their earnings in determining eligibility for state Temporary...
Informe Pennsylvania junio 2014 :: Presupuesto del Estado
Schwank será el anfitrión del Ayuntamiento de Muhlenberg
READING, May 27, 2014 – Residents of the Muhlenberg Township and Alsace areas of Berks County will have the opportunity at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 29, to share their thoughts and concerns with state Sen. Judy Schwank during her next town hall meeting. “We are coming...
El senador Schwank aprueba la revisión del Registro de Medicamentos Recetados; dice que ayudará a prevenir las adicciones y el consumo de heroína
HARRISBURG, May 6, 2014 – State Sen. Judy Schwank today voted in favor of a bill to create a prescription drug monitoring program that would increase the quality of patient care, give health care consumers a better record of the drugs they have been prescribed, and...
Sen. Schwank Says $1.25M Heading to Berks County Recycling Programs
HARRISBURG, May 6, 2014 – More Berks County residents will be able to recycle more of their consumer waste with the awarding of $1.25 million from Pennsylvania’s Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act. “Since Act 101 was implemented in 1988, the...
El senador Schwank dice que hay que actuar ya para combatir el consumo de heroína en las escuelas
HARRISBURG, May 5, 2014 – In response to the arrests today of 13 mostly underage Berks County residents by Pennsylvania State Police, state Sen. Judy Schwank issued the following statement: “I am grateful for the excellent investigative work of the Berks County...
Informe de Pensilvania de mayo de 2014 :: Dinero para la educación
El senador Schwank recuerda a los universitarios y a los estudiantes de último curso de secundaria el plazo de PHEAA
READING, April 22, 2014 – Students planning to attend college or return to a post-secondary institution and need help paying for it have until May 1 to apply for a state grant through the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, or PHEAA, state Sen. Judy...