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Senators Maria Collett and Lindsey M. Williams Announce Legislation to Protect Front-Line Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak
Harrisburg, Pa. − April 1, 2020 − Senators Maria Collett and Lindsey M. Williams announced today that they are introducing legislation to provide workers in healthcare facilities, public assistance workers, other direct support professionals, and first...
Senators Schwank, Williams to Introduce Childcare Assistance Legislation
HARRISBURG, March 28, 2020 – State Senator Judy Schwank (D-11th District) and State Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-38th District) will soon introduce legislation to support childcare centers, pre-K, and Head Start programs, as well as their hard-working employees...
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces Senate Passage of Four Bills Aimed to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 25, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced that the Pennsylvania Senate has passed four bills aimed at helping Pennsylvanians during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The bills were passed during the first ever “virtual Session,” during which...
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces Additional Funding for Small Business Loan Program
Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 18, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that the Small Business First (SBF) loan program administered through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) will soon be accepting applications to fund working capital...
General Assembly Agrees to Transfer $61 Million From CFA To Small Business Loan Program
Harrisburg, PA − March 18, 2020 − Leaders from each of the four caucuses of the General Assembly and the Governor agreed to move $40 million under the Commonwealth Financing Authority to a small business loan program to aid businesses impacted by the COVID...
Senator Lindsey Williams Calls on Governor Wolf to Close Pennsylvania Schools
Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 13, 2020 − “I'm calling on Governor Wolf to close all of Pennsylvania's schools in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19. I understand that this is going to be a struggle for many families and that we are going to need to do work as a State...
Senator Lindsey Williams and Representative Sara Innamorato Announce Offices Closed to Public Starting Friday, March 13; Constituent Assistance Available via Phone and Email
Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 12, 2020 − Following the guidance issued by Governor Wolf today, Senator Lindsey Williams and Representative Sara Innamorato have announced that their District Offices will be closed to non-staff members until further notice, beginning Friday,...
Senator Lindsey Williams Cancels March 12, 2020 Senior Fair
Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 11, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams has announced the cancellation of tomorrow’s Senior and Disability Resource Fair following today’s updated guidance from the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on minimizing the potential spread of...
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces $240,150 in Security Grant Funding for Local Nonprofit Groups
Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 11, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PACCD) has awarded $240,150 through the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund to five organizations throughout Senate District 38. The...
Senator Lindsey Williams Releases Expense Reimbursement Reports from December 2018 – March 2020
Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 5, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams has released a full reporting of expense reimbursement reports for herself and her staff today on her website, www.senatorlindseywilliams.com/expenses. These reports cover her entire time in office, from...
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces More than $2.6 Million in Grant Funding for School Safety and Community Violence Prevention
Pittsburgh, PA − February 26, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced that ten school districts within Senate District 38 have received grant funding through the School Safety and Security Grant Program totaling $1,826,315. Additionally, three community-based...
Senator Lindsey Williams 2020-21 Budget Address Remarks
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces More than $726,000 in Grant Funding to Local Volunteer Fire Companies and Emergency Medical Services Providers
Pittsburgh, Pa. − January 29, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced that the Office of the State Fire Commission (OSFC) has awarded grant funding to 59 volunteer fire companies and emergency medical services companies throughout District 38. These grants were...
PA Family & Medical Leave Insurance Act – S.B. 580
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces $98,316 in Grant Funding to Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy Through PA Dairy Investment Program
Pittsburgh, Pa. − January 23, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that the Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy in Indiana Township will receive a $98,316 grant from the Pennsylvania Dairy Investment Program for expansion. Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy plans to...
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces Computer Science Education Grant Funding for Three Local School Districts
Pittsburgh, Pa. − January 21, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that the Allegheny Valley School District, Highlands School District, and Pittsburgh Public School District have each received $35,000 in PAsmart grant funding to expand computer science...
Senator Lindsey Williams Remarks on the False Claims Act
Senator Lindsey Williams Joined by House Republican Leadership to Announce Legislation to Encourage Reporting of Taxpayer Fraud
Harrisburg, Pa. − January 13, 2020 − Today, Senator Lindsey M. Williams joined Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (D-York), House Republican Government Oversight Committee Chair Seth Grove (R-York), House Democratic Appropriations Chair...
Senator Lindsey Williams & Attorney General on False Claims Act
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Announces Upcoming Opening of Non-Profit Security Grant Fund Application Period
Pittsburgh, Pa. − January 9, 2020 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced that the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has posted advance information regarding applications for the new Non-Profit Security Grant Program. The official application...
Sen. Lindsey Williams’ PA Farmshow 2020 Walkabout
Democratic Senators Introduce Legislation to Reform Judicial Nomination Process for Vacant Court Seats
Harrisburg, Pa. − December 18, 2019 − Today, Senators Anthony H. Williams (D – Delaware, Philadelphia), Lindsey M. Williams (D – Allegheny), Maria Collett (D – Bucks, Montgomery), and Katie Muth (D – Chester, Montgomery, Berks) introduced Senate Bill 978, which...
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces More than $700,000 in Grant Funding for Local Traffic Safety Projects
Pittsburgh, Pa. − December 17, 2019 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that Hampton Township, Shaler Township, Tarentum Borough, and West View Borough will receive grant funding through the PennDOT Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) program. Hampton...
North Hills Middle School Teacher Joseph Welch Named 2020 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year
Pittsburgh, Pa − December 9, 2019 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that North Hills Middle School teacher Joseph Welch has been named the 2020 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Teacher of the Year nominations...
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces $371,500 in Grant Funding for Local Park Improvements
Pittsburgh, Pa. − November 14, 2019 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced that Blawnox Borough, Richland Township, and Ross Township have been awarded grant funding through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Community Parks, Small Community...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Announces More Than $3.4 Million in Grant Funding for District 38
Pittsburgh, Pa. − November 12, 2019 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that over $3.4 million in grant funding will go to projects within Senate District 38. Funding for these projects comes from the Allegheny County Gaming Economic Development Fund (GEDF)...
Higher Education Funding Commission
Senate Education Committee Hearing on Charter Schools
Sen. Lindsey Williams’ Hosts an Open House on Addiction
Public Hearing on Food in Education in the Commonwealth
Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing – Eliminating the Rape Culture Epidemic
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Announces More than $500,000 in Funding to Projects Across District 38
Pittsburgh, Pa. − September 17, 2019 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced more than $500,000 in state greenway and watershed grant funding across District 38, including projects in West View, Highland Park, Richland Township, and Harmar Township. Through the...
Senator Lindsey Williams Remarks from Veterans Suicide Roundtable Discussion
Senator Lindsey Williams Attends Fire Ops at the Allegheny County Fire Training Academy
Senator Lindsey Williams Joins State Fire Commissioner in Presenting $200,000 Check to Elfinwild Volunteer Fire Company
Pittsburgh, Pa. − August 27, 2019 − Senator Lindsey Williams joined State Fire Commissioner Bruce Trego, State Representative Lori Mizgorski, and other Shaler Township officials yesterday to present the Elfinwild Volunteer Fire Company and Chief Tim Phillips...
Sen. Lindsey Williams Comments on Funding to Elfinwild Volunteer Fire Company
Sen. Lindsey Williams Remarks on Funding to Elfinwild Volunteer Fire Company
Senator Williams Joins State Fire Commissioner in Presenting $200,000 Check to Elfinwild Volunteer Fire Company
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Announces Appointment to the Public Higher Education Funding Commission
Pittsburgh, Pa. – August 20, 2019 – Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced her appointment to the Public Higher Education Funding Commission on the recommendation of Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) earlier this month. This Commission was created as a...