Pittsburgh, Pa. − April 2, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) and Representative Emily Kinkead (D-20) announced a $509,600 21^st Century Community Learning Center (21^st CCLC) grant to the West View HUB.

The West View HUB has become a center of academic excellence since its opening in 2019, with hundreds of students and families participating in academic and social enrichment programs. A recent study of nearly 700 student participants and their caregivers indicated that 96.7% saw a marked academic improvement and 98% saw an emotional improvement after participating in programming at the HUB.

Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 26, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) and Representative Arvind Venkat (D-30) announced $310,557 in Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) grants to projects that will benefit McCandless Township.

“This grant will allow the Town to continue towards a more walkable, safer, and healthier community by filling a vital gap in sidewalk infrastructure,” said Jack Casey, Town of McCandless Ward 2 Councilmember and Council Vice-President.

Pittsburgh, Pa. − March 26, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) and Representative Mandy Steele (D-33) announced $1,253,974 in Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) grants to projects that will benefit the Borough of Sharpsburg, Harrison Township, O’Hara Township, and the surrounding communities.

“I’m proud to have advocated for these local projects that will allow new and existing businesses to be connected to the community,” said Senator Williams. “The project in Sharpsburg will allow the neighborhood to reconnect to the riverfront and the post-industrial developments in new and safe ways. In Harrison and O’Hara Townships, new sidewalks will help bring together residents, workers, and businesses, all while keeping pedestrians and motorists safe. I’m proud to bring state support to these important local projects.”

Harrisburg, Pa. − February 28, 2024 − Following the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Senate Appropriations Hearing today, during which PDE struggled to meaningfully answer questions about the Department’s recent approval of a deficient cyber charter school, Senator Lindsey M. Williams circulated a co-sponsorship memo that would institute a moratorium on the approval of new corporate-managed, publicly funded cyber charter schools.

“I was incensed last month when PDE approved a new cyber charter managed by a for-profit, corporate education giant,” said Senator Williams. “This is the first new cyber charter school to be approved by PDE in eight years and its application was deficient on its face.”