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Fontana Issues Statement on Potential Prison Closures
Harrisburg – January 6, 2017 − Following the governor’s announcement today that he is considering closing the state Correctional Institute in Pittsburgh by June, state Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) released the following statement. “Decisions of this...
Fontana Announces $3.7 Million in State Funding for Eight Local Transportation Projects
BROOKLINE, December 6, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) today announced $3.724 million in state grant funds for eight Allegheny County transportation projects. “This funding will help local planners make our transportation system more modern, efficient...
Sen. Fontana Announces State Funds for Three Local Projects
HARRISBURG, November 23, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today announced a total of $4.5 million in state grant funds for three Allegheny County projects. “These funds will be used for land development, revitalization and as economic generators in our region,”...
Fontana Re-elected to Serve as Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman
Harrisburg, November 16, 2016 – State Senate Democrats today unanimously re-elected state Senator Wayne D. Fontana (D-Brookline) to serve as Democratic Caucus chairman for the coming two-year legislative session. The caucus chairman sets the daily caucus agenda and...
Senate Hearing in Pittsburgh Focuses on Fontana’s Early Voting Proposal
Pittsburgh – November 2, 2016 – At the request of state Senator Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny), the Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing in Pittsburgh today on Fontana’s legislation that would allow early voting. “My legislation (Senate Bill 255) would...
Fontana Announces State Funds for Lawrenceville Tech Center
HARRISBURG, October 28, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today announced a $1 million state grant for site development at the Regional Industrial Development Corporation’s 14-acre Lawrenceville Technology Center. “These Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program...
Fontana Announces State Funds for Three Local Projects
HARRISBURG, October 24, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today announced a total of $1.4 million in state grant and loan funds for three Allegheny County projects. “This state support will help supplement local efforts to improve, redevelop and move the ball forward...
Los perforadores de gas deben trabajar con nuestras comunidades, no contra ellas
Artículo de opinión del senador Wayne Fontana Me ha decepcionado oír que la Marcellus Shale Coalition ya está corriendo a los tribunales en un intento de anular partes de la nueva normativa sobre perforación de gas de Pensilvania. La industria tiene que entender que nuestro pueblo tiene derecho...
Fontana elogia el progreso de las obras de infraestructura del distrito de la Colina Baja
Pittsburgh, October 7, 2016 -- State Senator Wayne D. Fontana (D-Brookline) today served as master of ribbon cutting ceremonies as officials and community leaders marked the opening of the new connector streets in the city’s lower Hill District. “Reconstructing these...
Fontana Announces $5 Million in State Grant Funds for Two Local Projects
Brookline – Sept. 30, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today announced state grant funding for two projects in Pittsburgh. “I am pleased that state dollars will supplement these local economic development and community resource efforts,” Fontana said. “I will...
Fontana Details Steady Progress of Beechview Rail Project
Beechview, September 9, 2016 –State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today said he is pleased with the progress of the Red Line rail project in Beechview and confident it will reopen for riders on Sept. 25 as scheduled. “I have worked and remained in touch with county and local...
Una audiencia legislativa conjunta en Pittsburgh se centra en la erradicación del deterioro urbano
Wilkinsburg, 4 de agosto de 2016 - A petición del líder demócrata del Senado estatal, Jay Costa, hoy se celebró una audiencia conjunta del Comité de Política Demócrata del Senado y la Cámara de Representantes del estado sobre los esfuerzos y recursos para luchar contra el deterioro dentro de nuestras comunidades, incluidos los éxitos y...
Fontana Measure to Mandate Online Posting of School Policies Becomes Law
Harrisburg, July 15, 2016 - Public school districts will soon be required to post additional policies and information on their websites under legislation sponsored by Sen. Wayne D. Fontana's (D-Allegheny) that was amended into the state's school code (House Bill...
Fontana Business Development Legislation Enacted
Harrisburg, July 14, 2016 –Sen. Wayne D. Fontana’s (D-Allegheny) legislation that funds the state’s “Business in our Sites” program has passed the legislature and was signed into law (Act 85 of 2106) by the governor. The Business in our Sites program invests state...
Fontana Wins Expansion of State’s Film Tax Credit Program
Harrisburg, July 13, 2016 – The state Senate today approved legislation backed by Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) that will bolster Pennsylvania’s film and television industry by expanding the state’s film tax credit program. “The state’s film tax credit program...
Fontana ayuda a conseguir dinero estatal para la revitalización de Beechview
HARRISBURG, July 1, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) today announced $600,000 in state grant funding to redesign and revitalize part of Broadway Avenue in Beechview. “This project will make that business corridor safer, more attractive and more...
El Senado aprueba el proyecto de ley Fontana para ayudar a las comunidades a subsanar los problemas de colectores de alcantarillado
HARRISBURG, 30 de junio de 2016 - El Senado estatal aprobó hoy por unanimidad la legislación patrocinada por el senador Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) que daría a los gobiernos municipales la opción de establecer políticas y ayudar a los residentes a reparar los laterales de alcantarillado dañados. "Este...
Sen. Fontana Lauds Education Funding Boost in Budget Bill
HARRISBURG, June 30, 2016 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana provided the following comment yesterday afternoon after the state Senate voted 47-3 in favor of a bipartisan 2016-17 fiscal budget (Senate Bill 1073). The bill now returns to the House for consideration. “Like...
Senate Unanimously Approves Reforming Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority
Harrisburg – June 28, 2016 – Legislation establishing accountability and transparency at the Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (ICA) received unanimous support in the Senate today, said Senators Jay Costa (D-Allegheny), Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny) and...