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Fighting Opioid Abuse: Mandatory Treatment, Opioid Limits, Stiff Sentences for Dealers
By: Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) Limiting opioid prescriptions, mandatory treatment, plus stiff penalties for drug pushers who possess illegal guns – these are the three key weapons in the fight against opioid and heroin abuse. Those...
Energy Extraction Tax Would Help Fill Budget Gaps
By: Sen. Jim Brewster The governor, legislative leaders and lawmakers have spent a good portion of the last six months looking in every nook and cranny in search of revenue to balance the state’s $31.9 billion budget. What they have been unable to do, however,...
Brewster’s Police Officers’ Training Commission Legislation Clears Senate
Harrisburg – July 9, 2017 – State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) said today that the legislation he offered to change the composition of the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission is long overdue and is a common-sense change that...
Brewster Announces District Outreach Office Locations, Dates and Times
Harrisburg – July 7, 2017 – State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) said today that he will again have outreach office hours at various locations throughout the region. “We have had great success with our outreach offices in various parts of the district in...
Senator Brewster Interview on Passage of the State Budget Spending Plan
Mon-Fayette Expressway Boosted by SPC Vote
Harrisburg – June 26, 2017 – The effort to build the final 14-mile phase of the Mon-Fayette Expressway received a significant boost today when the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) voted to move the project forward, an action that helps pave the way for the construction of the $2.2 billion roadway, Sen Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) said today.
Going for the Goal Sprint Triathlon
Brewster: 2nd Annual “Going for the Goal Sprint Triathlon” Set for June 25
Harrisburg – June 21, 2017 – The 2nd Annual “Going for the Goal Sprint Triathlon” will get underway on Sunday, June 25 at 8:00 a.m. at McKeesport High School in McKeesport, Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) said today. “This event attracts...
Sen. Brewster Remarks on the Medical Marijuana Grower/Processor Permit in McKeesport
Brewster Issues Statement on Approval of McKeesport Site for Medical Marijuana Grower Permit
Harrisburg – June 20, 2017 – State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) issued the following statement after the Pennsylvania Department of Health today awarded a medical marijuana grower and processor permit in the City of McKeesport to PurePenn LLC. ...
Television Program Features Discussion of Opioid Crisis, Brewster’s Legislation
Harrisburg – June 19, 2017 – The “Pennsylvania Report” featuring state Sen. Jim Brewster is focused on the state’s opioid and heroin crisis and Brewster’s legislation to effectively deal with the epidemic. “We need to find new ways to address the opioid crisis”...
Pennsylvania Report June 2017 :: Opioid Crisis in PA
Brewster, Hughes React to New State Report on Charter Schools
Harrisburg – May 24, 2017 – State Sens. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) and Vincent J. Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) reacted to today’s release of the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee report, which examined the financial impact of charter schools...
Eleven Schools, 180 Students, Leaders Attend Brewster’s Student Government Day Seminar
Harrisburg – May 5, 2017 – State Sen. Jim Brewster’s seventh annual Student Government Day Seminar, held yesterday at Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport, included 11 local schools, 180 students, political leaders from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties and an...
Drug Prevention Recovery Enforcement Act Aimed at Defeating Heroin Epidemic, Brewster says
Harrisburg – April 19, 2017 – A package of legislation requiring mandatory treatment for drug addicted offenders charged with minor offenses, strict opioid prescription limits, and new stiff penalties for those possessing large quantities of drugs and illegal guns will soon be introduced by state Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland).
Brewster: Too Much, Too Soon; House Republican Plan to Further Expand Liquor Sales Goes Too Far
Op-ed by Senator Jim Brewster Just last year, a significant effort to modernize liquor sales in Pennsylvania was signed into law as Act 39. The new law expands locations where wine can be sold to include grocery stores, restaurants and hotels, allows the direct...
Honor Transportation Commitment to Mon Valley and Eastern Suburban Communities
Costa, Brewster insist that Turnpike dollars are obligated to improve regional access Harrisburg – March 31, 2017 – State Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) said today that the legislative commitment...
More than $675,000 in Grant Funding Approved for Seven Local Sewer Projects, Brewster says
Harrisburg – March 29, 2017 – More than $675,000 in grant funding has been approved for seven sewer rehabilitation projects in the Allegheny Valley, Mon Valley, South Hills and east suburbs, according to state Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland). The...
Brewster: Charter School Reform Will Create Partnerships, Reward Students and Protect Taxpayers
Harrisburg – February 27, 2017 – The relationship between school districts, charter schools, students and taxpayers would be fundamentally realigned and restructured if comprehensive charter school reform legislation soon to be introduced by state Sen. Jim Brewster...
Brewster: Proposed State Budget is a Blueprint for Change
Harrisburg – February 7, 2017 – State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) released the following statement concerning Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18:
“The proposed $32.3 billion General Fund budget cuts more than $2 billion in expenses, calls for spending slightly more than 1 percent over last year and deals with a looming $3 billion deficit without a broad-based income tax hike.
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