
Senator Vincent Hughes
Hughes to Serve as Honorary Chair of New Community Behavioral Health Initiative
A coalition of groups will unveil the next phase of Senator Vincent Hughes’ ground-breaking Breaking the Silence initiative which focuses on developing strategies and resources that address behavioral (mental) health issues within the African-American Community.
Time:10:00AM Friday, December 11th
Location:Lynette Brown Center of Hope

Senator Vincent Hughes
Special guests, good food, good music, and good fun!
Please RSVP by December 16, to 215-877-7774 or hughesholiday2009@gmail.com
Free for all to attend! Hope to see you there!
Time:6:00PM Friday, December 18th
Location:Crowne Plaza Hotel

PHILADELPHIA, September 30, 2009 – State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila.), and his wife, actress/activist Sheryl Lee Ralph, were recently honored with the Charles Albert Tindley Award for Outstanding Community Leadership and Advocacy for their work on the issue of AIDS/HIV. ...

Final Steel Beam Hoisting Marks Pivotal Moment in Construction PHILADELPHIA, September 28, 2009 – State Sen. ...

Senator Vincent Hughes August 2009 — Senator Hughes along with representatives from US Senator Bob Casey's office, Whitemarsh township supervisors and the Whitemarsh police chief toured flood damage from recent storms.
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Senator Vincent Hughes August 12, 2009 — Floor Remarks to prompt Senate passage of legislation that would authorize Philadelphia to move forward with its economic recovery plan. - Part 3

Senator Vincent Hughes August 12, 2009 — Floor Remarks to prompt Senate passage of legislation that would authorize Philadelphia to move forward with its economic recovery plan.

Senator Vincent Hughes August 4, 2009 — Gov. Ed Rendell signs House Bill 1770 into law. The bipartisan legislation will use federal money to extend unemployment benefits by seven weeks for 23,000 of Pennsylvania’s jobless workers and almost 60,000 by the end of the year.

Harrisburg, July 28, 2009 — State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila.) announced that after weeks of stalling, House Bill 1770, which would restore unemployment benefits to thousands of jobless workers in Pennsylvania, was finally moved out of a Senate committee. ...

A week ago, 17,880 jobless workers in Pennsylvania exhausted their unemployment benefits, even though there is money available from the federal government to help them for seven more weeks...

Senator Vincent Hughes
July 20, 2009 — Hughes participates in 'Collaborating to Fight Cancer Workshop' at the 2009 NCSL.
Moderator:
Senator Judy Lee, North Dakota
Speakers:
Gerald Cook, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
Joanne Corte Grossi, Office of Women's Services, PA
Pat Halpin-Murphy, PA Breast Cancer Coalition
Senator Vincent J. Hughes, PA
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On Tuesday, the House of Representatives resoundingly rejected the Republican budget plan that we have warned would spell disaster for schools, hospitals and our economy...

Senator Vincent Hughes July 20, 2009 — Senator Hughes argument against a newly-amended House Bill 1416 during debate on the Senate floor.
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