Hundreds of events are scheduled throughout the Commonwealth to celebrate the 250th Birthday of the United States.
Events will include historical presentations and tours, panel discussions, fireworks, concerts, volunteer opportunities and so much more.
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This year marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
We're taking this opportunity to reflect on our past and honor the contributions of Pennsylvanians who helped build our country into the nation it is today.
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We want every Pennsylvanian to be informed about the #PAbudget process.
On our website, you can learn about the Governor's proposals, watch budget hearings, find up-to-date information and hear our Senators' comments on the plan.
Visit pasenate.com/Budget now!
On Wednesday, the Joint House and #SenDemPolicy Committee held a hearing on dynamic pricing on essential goods.
Two expert panels testified at the Harrisburg hearing.
You can watch the full hearing at pasenatormiller.com/policy/
Today, we complete our second week of #PAbudget hearings in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Today's hearings include:
🔵 9:30AM: Dept. of Education
🔵 1PM: Dept. of Education
Watch live 🔽
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We join the Joint PA House and #SenDemPolicy Committee for a hearing to examine comprehensive solutions and actions to ensure ending dynamic pricing on essential goods.
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The Joint PA House and #SenDemPolicy Committee will host a hearing at noon examining solutions & and actions to end dynamic pricing on essential goods.
You can follow along live at buff.ly/AGSFFzY
Use the hashtag #SenDemPolicy to offer comments during the hearing.
The Joint PA House and #SenDemPolicy Committee will host a hearing to examine comprehensive solutions and actions to ensure ending dynamic pricing on essential goods at noon today.
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Examining comprehensive solutions and actions to ensure ending dynamic pricing on essential goods will be the topic of today's Joint PA House and #SenDemPolicy Committee hearing at noon.
Watch the Harrisburg hearing live at buff.ly/AGSFFzY
At noon, the Joint PA House and #SenDemPolicy Committee will host a hearing to examine comprehensive solutions and actions to ensure ending dynamic pricing on essential goods.
Watch the Harrisburg hearing live at buff.ly/AGSFFzY
Today, we continue our second week of #PAbudget hearings in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Today's hearings include:
🔵 9:30AM: Labor & Industry, DCED
🔵 1PM: Budget and Revenue
Watch live 🔽
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Pittsburgh's Lucy Kennedy Miller founded the State Suffrage Organization in 1912, traveling to Harrisburg to lobby legislators.
When the Legislature met to ratify the 19th Amendment, she became the first woman to ever address the PA legislature in 1919.
#WomensHistoryMonth
Gertrude Bustill Mossell was a journalist, editor and activist in Philadelphia.
Her first article on suffrage was published in 1885.
She directed her writings to women and the Black community throughout her journalism career.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Daisy Lampkin served an important role in the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Born in Reading & living in Pittsburgh, Lampkin hosted meetings & gave street-corner speeches to advocate.
She worked hard to organize participation by Black women in Pennsylvania.
#WomensHistoryMonth
An important figure in the Woman Suffrage Movement was Philadelphia’s Caroline Burnham Kilgore.
Kilgore was arrested in 1871 for attempting to vote. After losing her PA Supreme Court case, she became the first female student admitted to Penn Law School and then a lawyer.
Kate C. Heffelfinger, of Shamokin, refused to soften her position or stop fighting women to have the vote.
She was jailed numerous times for public protests and demonstrations. In this photo, she is being escorted out of Occoquan Prison in 1917.
#WomensHistoryMonth
Philadelphia's Mary H. Ingham played an important role in women's suffrage.
As chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Branch of the National Woman’s Party, she was a state leader in the ratification campaign of the 19th Amendment.
#WomensHistoryMonth
The theme for this year's #WomensHistoryMonth is “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future.”
This theme expands our understanding of sustainability beyond just environmental concerns & encompasses financial sustainability, community resilience, leadership and more.
Due to inclement weather, the schedule for today's #PAbudget hearings in the Senate Appropriations Committee has changed.
Today's hearings are now:
🔵 3PM: Millersville, East Stroudsburg. West Chester and IUP
Watch live 🔽
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Due to inclement weather, we are operating on a 2-hour delay today.
Reading takes us on adventures without ever leaving home. 🏕️🚀🏰
Celebrate #ReadAcrossAmerica by picking up a book and sharing a story with someone today!
Did you know a number of popular books take place in Pennsylvania?
These books include:
📘 "The Catcher in the Rye"
📗 "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
📙 "Christine"
#ReadAcrossAmerica
Want to make a difference on #ReadAcrossAmerica Day?
Read to a child today! The stories we share today shape the thinkers of tomorrow.
Kids who read grow into adults who think.
Celebrate #ReadAcrossAmerica by gifting a book, visiting your local library or reading with a child today!
Today, we begin our second week of #PAbudget hearings in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Today's hearings include:
🔵 9:30AM: PennDOT
🔵 1PM: PennDOT
Watch live 🔽
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We want to wish Sen. Anthony Williams a very happy birthday!
We hope you have a day filled with happiness and a year filled with joy!
Black History Month is a reminder that Black history is American history.
From the fight to end slavery to the ongoing work for equity and justice, generations of leaders, thinkers, artists and organizers have shaped this nation in profound ways.
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Charles "Teenie" Harris, of Pittsburgh, chronicled life in the Black neighborhoods for the Pittsburgh Courier, one of America's oldest Black newspapers, from 1936 to 1975.
Harris took more than 80,000 images during his career.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Pittsburgh's Jackie Ormes was the first Black woman cartoonist to produce a nationally syndicated comic strip.
She was the creator of the Torchy Brown comic strip and the Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger panel.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Philadelphia's Alain LeRoy Locke was a writer, philosopher and educator.
Known as the "Dean of the Harlem Renaissance," Locke wrote numerous books, articles and reviews.
In 1907, he became the first the first Black American Rhodes Scholar.
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