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Boscola Announces Almost $2 Million in State Investment for Neighborhood Assistance Projects
BETHLEHEM (December 15, 2025) - State Senator Lisa Boscola today announced that eleven community revitalization projects in the 18th Senatorial District have been approved for $1,995,750 in tax credit funding through the Commonwealth’s Neighborhood Assistance Program...
Boscola Announces Northampton County Farm located in Lower Mount Bethel to be Preserved as Part of Commonwealth’s Farmland Preservation Program
BETHLEHEM (December 11, 2025) - - Senator Lisa Boscola announced today that a 31-acre crop farm owned by Kevin Brent and Denise M. and Brayden W. McEwen located in Lower Mount Bethel Township will be preserved as part of Pennsylvania’s nation leading Farmland...
Senators Nick Miller, Lisa Boscola Announce $1,662,307 to Assist Safety Programs and Initiatives in the Lehigh Valley
December 10, 2025 –Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced today that 9 grants have been awarded to aid crime victims, promote crime prevention and aid in the administration of criminal justice administration in...
Boscola Announces Gift Card Fraud Prevention Bills as Holiday Shopping Season Peaks
HARRISBURG, PA – December 2, 2025 - As Pennsylvanians head into the busiest gift card purchasing period of the year, Senator Lisa M. Boscola (D-Northampton/Lehigh) announced she will introduce a two-bill, bipartisan package aimed at preventing the rising wave of “card...
Boscola Backs Bipartisan Budget Investing in Our Economy, Education, and Energy
HARRISBURG, PA – November 12, 2025 - During today’s return to session, Senator Lisa M. Boscola (D-Northampton/Lehigh) voted in favor of the bipartisan 2025-26 state budget, which passed with broad support in both chambers. Boscola said, “Today I proudly voted for a...
Senate Committee Advances Boscola Proposal to Phase Out Toxic Additives in IV Bags and Other Medical Devices
HARRISBURG, PA – October 28, 2025 – The Senate Institutional Sustainability and Innovation Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation authored by Senator Lisa Boscola (D-Northampton) that would phase out, and ultimately ban, a toxic chemical additive found in...
Sen. Boscola Floor Remarks on RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative)
Sen. Boscola Floor Remarks on Senate Bill 6 (Transparency in Permitting) Remarks
Boscola Announces $16,000,000 in Tax Credit Funding for Affordable Housing Project in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM (October 10, 2025) – State Senator Lisa M. Boscola announced that the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) has awarded $16,000,000 in federal low-income tax credits to the City of Bethlehem for the Gateway on Fourth affordable housing project. “This...
Boscola: Taxpayers Should Not Pay the Price for Harrisburg’s Dysfunction
HARRISBURG (October 8, 2025) – State Senator Lisa M. Boscola (D-Northampton/Lehigh) today voted in favor of Senate Bill 1040, legislation to waive interest payments on loans offered by the Pennsylvania Treasury to counties and nonprofit organizations under a new...
Boscola: Taxpayers Should Not Pay the Price for Harrisburg’s Dysfunction
Boscola Announces over $5 Million in Funding to Provide Greater Access to Broadband in the 18th Senatorial District
BETHLEHEM (August 22, 2025) - - Senator Lisa Boscola announced today that $5,257,109 in grant funding has been approved by the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (PBDA) to provide greater access to broadband throughout the 18th Senatorial District through...
Boscola Announces Five Northampton County Farms to be Preserved as Part of Commonwealth’s Farmland Preservation Program
BETHLEHEM (August 21, 2025) - - Senator Lisa Boscola announced today that five additional farms in Northampton County have been preserved as part of Pennsylvania’s nation leading Farmland Preservation Program. The total investment of funds to preserve the 193...
PA Senate Passes Counseling Compact Bill to Address Mental Health Care Gap
HARRISBURG, PA – July 17, 2025 — The Pennsylvania Senate today approved legislation sponsored by Senators Lisa M. Boscola (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Judy Schwank (D-Berks) to authorize Pennsylvania’s participation in the National Counseling Compact, with broad...
Sen. Boscola Floor Remarks on Counseling Compact Bill to Address Mental Health Care Gap
Boscola Announces Nearly $200,000 in Funding for Northampton County Community Colleges for Program to Increase Manufacturing Job Training
BETHLEHEM – June 26, 2025 – State Senator Lisa M. Boscola announced today that Northampton Community College (NCC) has been awarded $194,025 grant through the Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career (MTTC) program to recruit and train students in Precision Machining and...
Senator Boscola Calls on Pennsylvania to Lead the Way on Energy
Senator Lisa Boscola Celebrates the Full Implementation of Several Multistate Health Care Compacts in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG – June 23, 2025 – State Senator Lisa Boscola (D-Northampton) today applauded the Shapiro Administration’s announcement that Pennsylvania will fully implement the multistate licensure compacts for nurses, physicians, and physical therapists beginning...
Boscola Announces More Than $330,000 in PCCD Grant Funding for Wilson Area LINCS Family Center and to the County of Lehigh
BETHLEHEM (June 12, 2025) – State Senator Lisa M. Boscola announced that the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has approved three grants totaling $338,100 to the Wilson Area LINCS Family Center and to the County of Lehigh. “These grant awards will have a...
Senate Committee Advances Senator Boscola’s Genetic Testing Access Bills
HARRISBURG, PA – June 11, 2025 – The Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee today unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Senator Lisa M. Boscola (D-Northampton), Senate Bills 535 and 536, which would allow licensed genetic counselors...
Senator Boscola Joins Governor Shapiro in Northampton County – Highlighting Critical Role of Mass Transit
Sen. Boscola Guest Introductions
Boscola Announces More Than $2.9M in State Grants for Northampton County Projects
Bethlehem, May 20, 2025 - - State Senator Lisa Boscola today announced state funding totaling $2,932,325 for projects in Northampton County through the Local Share Account – Northampton and Lehigh Counties and the Local Share Account-Monroe...
Senator Boscola Addresses First Responders at the 49th Biennial Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association Convention at Wind Creek in Bethlehem
Bright Horizons at Lehigh Earns Keystone Stars 4-Star Accreditation
Senate Communications & Technology Committee Holds Hearing in Bethlehem
Senator Boscola’s Floor Remarks on Senate Bill 9
Boscola Announces $1,860,161 in Funding for Dual Credit Programs at Lehigh Valley Community Colleges
BETHLEHEM (April 28, 2025) – State Senator Lisa M. Boscola announced today that Northampton Community College and Lehigh Carbon Community College were awarded a total of $1,860,161 in grant funding for their dual credit programs, which allow high school students to...
Senators Boscola and Pennycuick Introduce Senate Bill 422 to Boost Math Proficiency with Supplemental Program for Pennsylvania Students
HARRISBURG, PA – Senator Lisa Boscola (D-Northampton/Lehigh, District 18) and Senator Tracy Pennycuick (R-Berks/Montgomery, District 24) today announced the introduction of Senate Bill 422, a bipartisan initiative to address lagging math proficiency among...