July 17, 2019
Bethlehem, July 16, 2019 – State Senator Lisa Boscola today announced state funding totaling $320,950 has been approved for the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation through the Pipeline Investment Program (PIPE) to extend natural gas service to...
July 11, 2019
BETHLEHEM, PA − July 11, 2019 − State Senator Lisa Boscola announced today that four low income housing projects in the 18th Senatorial District have been approved for up to $2,784,285 in tax credits and funding through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance...
June 27, 2019
HARRISBURG, June 27, 2019 – Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh/Northampton) today provided the following statement on the state’s new $33.9 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2019-20. The Senate approved the budget by a vote 42-8 today. The spending plan (House Bill 790) now...
June 25, 2019
Harrisburg, June 25, 2019 − The state Senate today voted 30 to 20 in favor of Sen. Lisa Boscola’s Senate bill 421, which would do away with straight party voting. “Straight-ticket voting promotes the election of a party, not the election of a candidate,” Boscola said...
June 24, 2019
Harrisburg, Pa. − June 24, 2019 − Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus today jointly sent a letter to Governor Tom Wolf requesting a disaster declaration for gun violence in the Commonwealth. “We believe it is necessary to raise the public’s awareness...
June 24, 2019
Harrisburg, June 24, 2019 — The State Senate Appropriations Committee today approved Senator Lisa Boscola’s Senate Bill 421, which would do away with straight party voting. The bill now moves to the full Senate. “Informed and committed voters make our...
