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2010 Archive

Press Release 2012

Januray 30	Stack Supports Holy Family Proposal for Vacant Liddonfield Site
Januray 11	Stack, McGeehan to Residents: I-95 Project Delay ‘Temporary’
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Press Releases 2011

December 14	Stack, Penn State President Discuss Financial Implications of Sex Abuse Scandal
December 1	Stack Shares Concerns for Penn State’s Financial Future with University President
November 21	Stack Announces Significant State Grant for Holy Family University
November 16	Stack: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Bill Panders to Foreign Gas Drillers
October 26	Stack Issues Statement on Passage of School Vouchers Legislation
October 26	Report on terror-free investment shows progress in effort to end support for rogue regimes
October 13	Stack, Boyle Bills Toughen Regulations for Proposed Methadone Clinics
October 12	Monument to Fallen Jewish Chaplains Visits Pennsylvania Capitol on the Road to Arlington National Cemetery
September 27	Senators Call Electoral College Bill Detrimental to Urban Communities
September 27	Stack Welcomes Teva Pharmaceuticals at Company Groundbreaking
September 22	Stack, Treasury Department Host Webinar on 529 College Savings Plan
September 15	Sen. Stack Hosts Annual Senior Expo
September 15	Stack Criticizes Republican Attempt to Gerrymander the Voting Process
September 14	Stack Announces State Funds for Local Commercial Heat Treatment Facility
September 13	Stack Joins GE for Unveiling of Nation’s First Advanced Appliance Recycling Center
September 7	Stack Calls for Collective Bargaining Agreement between Verizon, Unions
August 30	Stack Measure Would Abolish School Reform Commission, Create Elected Board
August 18	Lawmakers Announce Bill to Help Emergency Natural Gas Responders
August 16	Enroll Now in 529 College Savings Plan to Lock in Tuition Credit Rates
August 2	Senate Democratic Policy Committee Panel Discussion Focuses on School Choice
July 27	Stack Joins Community to Oppose Methadone Clinic
July 13	Stack, Farnese Announce Funding for USO Program Benefiting Soldiers’ Families
July 1	Stack, McGeehan: Relief Sewer Project Along State Road Nears Completion
June 28	Stack: Budget Leaves Former AdultBasic Recipients, Children, Families in the Cold
June 27	Stack Amendment Would Require Online Public Access to State Workers’ Bonuses
June 26	Stack Calls Temple University Cuts An ‘Assault on the Middle Class’
June 20	Sen. Stack to Offer AdultBasic Amendments to Budget Bill
June 10	Mayor Nutter Announces Groundbreaking for Engine 38
June 8	Senators, Hospital Advocates Warn of Budget Plan’s Impact on Health Care
June 7	Sen. Stack to Offer AdultBasic Amendments to Legislative Surpluses Bill
June 1	Stack, McGeehan Announce Cottman Ave Lane Openings Near I-95
May 24	Bills to Protect Service Members’ Education, Allow Notarial Acts Get Approval
May 18	Stack: State is Moving Toward Divesting Public Funds from Iran, Sudan
May 11	Stack: Local Impact Fee Not the Answer; Pass Natural Gas Extraction Tax
May 4	Stack Praises Pharmaceutical Acquisition As Good News for Northeast Phila.
April 25	Stack Bill Would Require Payment of Court Fees to Renew Car Registration
April 20	Stack Celebrates Grand Opening of Expanded CCP Northeast Regional Center
April 15	Sen. Stack Presents State Grant to Cranaleith Center
April 13	Stack, Colleagues File Legal Brief in Support of AdultBasic Lawsuits
April 12	Sen. Stack Denounces Senate’s Passage of Sprinkler Mandate Repeal Bill
April 6	Sens. Stack, Farnese and AG Wagner Warn City of Fallout from AdultBasic’s Demise
March 28	Sen. Stack Marks One-Month Anniversary of AdultBasic’s Demise
March 8	Stack: Governor’s Silence on AdultBasic in Budget Address ‘Deafening’
March 1	Stack Bill to Sustain AdultBasic Sent to Committee
February 23	Stack Urges Investment in Businesses As Colleagues Unveil ‘PA Works’ Plan
February 21	Students Honored at Sen. Stack’s ‘Presidential Idol’ Contest Ceremony
February 9	Stack Announces Legislation to Save AdultBasic Health Insurance Program
February 8	Stack Joins Fire Safety Advocates in Support of Sprinkler Requirements in Homes
January 14	Sens. Kitchen, Stack Congratulate Local Pa. Farm Show Participants
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Audio 2012

January 24	Senator Stack speaks on Senate Floor to strongly denounced the Corbett administration’s plan to establish asset tests to determine eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.
January 24	Senate Democrats to Denounce Plan to Place Asset Tests on SNAP Recipients.
January	PA Moment - There's assistance for low-income Pennsylvanians who need help paying their heating bills, but there's not as much funding as in years past. Sen. Stack advises you to apply early.
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Audio 2011

December 13	It doesn't take much to lend a hand this holiday season. Senator Stack has a suggestion.
November 16	Stack: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Bill Panders to Foreign Gas Drillers
October 26	Senator Stack Honors Late Father and Aunt Maureen; Touts Innocence Commission Bill During Pennsylvania Senate Session
September 7	Participants in Special Care, Highmark’s low-income insurance program that was promoted by the Corbett Administration as a replacement for the expired adultBasic program, could see a rate hike starting next year. Senator Mike Stack says Special Care wasn't affordable before the proposed rate hike and adultBasic should be revived.
June 28	Senator Stack Decries the Lack of Fairness for the Pennsylvania Middle Class in the State Budget
June 20	PA Moment :: Make your summer driving easier. Senator Stack advises you to check with PA 511 before heading out.
June 17	Senator Stack says Senate Democrats aren’t the only ones calling for restoring education funding in next year’s state budget. Retired military leaders are also urging state lawmakers not to go along with the governor’s proposed cuts.
June 8	Senator Stack and Senate Democrats Warn of House Republican Budget Proposal's Impact on Health Care and Hospitals Across Pennsylvania
April 20	PA Moment :: Senator Stack tells what you can do if you suspect abuse of an elderly person
May 20	Full-Day Kindergarten on chopping block in many school districts if Gov. Corbett's proposed cuts to education funding are approved.
May 2	Senator Stack joined fellow lawmakers, Gov. Corbett and members of the law enforcement community to pay tribute to officers killed in the line of duty in a ceremony marking Police Memorial Day in Pennsylvania.
April 20	PA Moment :: If you're out of work and need help finding a job, Senator Stack has some advice.
April 18	Senate Democrats continue to unite behind reviving the adultBasic Care health insurance program for Pennsylvania's working poor
March 14	PA Moment :: Senator Stack says that, thanks to state law, Pennsylvania parents with autistic children can get help paying for their care.
March 14	Senator Stack has offered legislation to revive or replace the adultBasic healthcare program, which expired on March 1st due to a lack of funding.
February 28	Senator Stack Says State Should Not Allow adultBasic Care Health Insurance Program to Die
February 14	Senator Stack again urges state lawmakers to surrender their reserve funds to keep the state's adultBasic Insurance program running
February 14	Sen. Stack joined Sen. Larry Farnese at a press conference calling upon the members of the legislature to focus their attention to the immediate needs of Pennsylvanians.
February 14	PA Moment - CHIP makes sure Pennsylvania's kids are covered when it comes to health insurance. Senator Stack has the details.
February 9	Stack Announces Legislation to Save AdultBasic Health Insurance Program
January	PA Moment - Don't let your family go without heat this winter. Sen. Stack says you can get halp paying your heating bill.
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Video 2012


January 24, 2012 State Sen. Mike Stack joins fellow Senate Democratic Caucus members today strongly denounced the Corbett administration’s plan to establish asset tests to determine eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.	January 2012 Pennsylvania Report :: A Jobs & The World Economy

Video 2011


November 15, 2011 Stack: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Bill Panders to Foreign Gas Drillers	November 2011 Pennsylvania Report :: Methadone Clinic and Higher Education in PA


October 26, 2011- Sen. Stack, along with Rep. Babette Josephs and Rep. Josh Shapiro, discuss the Treasury Department's progress report on the state's new divestment law.	PHILADELPHIA, October 13, 2011 — Standing outside the site of a controversial proposed methadone treatment facility in the Holmesburg community of Northeast Philadelphia, state Sen. Mike Stack and state Rep. Kevin Boyle today announced their legislation that would tighten loose regulations currently in place for these facilities.


PHILADELPHIA, September 27, 2011— Senators Call Electoral College Bill Detrimental to Urban Communities	September 2011 Pennsylvania Report :: Job Creation & Job Training in Pennsylvania


PHILADELPHIA, August 30, 2011— State Sen. Mike Stack today introduced legislation that would eliminate the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC) and replace it with an unpaid elected school board.	PHILADELPHIA, August 19, 2011— News Conference announcing legislation to help emergency natural gas responders.


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2, 2011— As the state legislature continues to debate the controversial issue of school choice and tuition vouchers, proponents of and opponents of the issue addressed their concerns about improving education during a panel discussion today in Philadelphia hosted by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.	Philadelphia, July 13, 2011 — State Sens. Mike Stack and Larry Farnese today joined the Pennsylvania National Guard to announce that significant state dollars will be made available to provide meals and comfort to military personnel and their families who pass through the Liberty USO Center at the Philadelphia International Airport.


June 28, 2011 Senator Stack gives floor remarks on 2011-2012 State Budget	June 2011 Pennsylvania Report :: PA Works


June 8, 2011 Senate Dems Discuss Budget Impact on Hospitals and Health Care	April 2011 Pennsylvania Report :: 2011-2012 Budget


April 25, 2011 Sen. Stack Senate Bill 836, which would require individuals to pay all outstanding fees and fines owed to the Court of Common Pleas before they can have their car registration renewed.	March 8, 2011 Budget Reaction


February 17, 2011 PCN On the Issues :: adultBasic	February 9, 2011 Sen. Mike Stack today announced his legislation that would sustain adultBasic.


February 15, 2011 Pennsylvania Report :: The Jobs Picture	January 27, 2011 Pennsylvania Report :: People in Need
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Events

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Einstein Medical Center
Marion-Louise Saltzman Women’s Center
Presents
Mammograms, Massages and More!
A women’s health event everyThursday in October

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among American women.Yet many women still do not take advantage of the most effective tool for early diagnosis: mammograms.

If you are over 40 you need a mammogram. Join us any Thursday evening in October for mammograms, complimentary chair massages and Q&A sessions by Einstein Breast Physicians.

Invite your mother, sister, daughter, best friend or coworker and help save lives through breast health education and routine mammograms.

Einstein Medical Center— Marion-Louise Saltzman Women’s Center
5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, PA 19141

Thursday, October 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2011
4 to 6:30 p.m.

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In the News

June 9	Philadelphia Daily Record :: Danger to Health
March 29	EDITORIAL: A good use for a large amount of idle money




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Newsletters

June 2011	Standing Up for tthe 5th Senatorial District - Creating Jobs

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E-Newsletters 2012

1.6.2012	Local Microdistillery to be More Competitive, Thanks to New State Law

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E-Newsletters 2011

11.4.2011	Stack, Boyle Bills Toughen Regulations for Proposed Methadone Clinics
11.4.2011	Stack, Boyle Bills Toughen Regulations for Proposed Methadone Clinics
10.26.2011	Stack Votes to Oppose School Vouchers Legislation
10.1.2011	TEVA Brings Jobs to Northeast Philly
9.1.2011	Replace the SRC with Elected School Board
8.1.2011	Traffic Ticket Amnesty Bill Goes to Full Senate for Vote
7.1.2011	Divestment Bill Signed Into Law
6.10.2011	Fighting to Save Healthcare for Working Pennsylvanians
5.11.2011	Local Impact Fee Not the Answer; Pass Natural Gas Extraction Tax
5.1.2011	Remembering Our Heroes
4.1.2011	A Seussical Celebration of Education
3.1.2011	Helping Students through the EITC Program and Presidential Idol Contest
2.25.2011	Save adultBasic
1.5.2011	Monitoring the Future of Former Liddonfield Homes Site
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