October 7, 2019
NEWTOWN >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10), state Representatives Tina Davis (D-141) and Perry Warren (D-31), and family members of the late Kayden Mancuso, held a press call on Oct. 4 to announce the introduction of SB 868, and a companion House Bill, also known as “Kayden’s Law.”
Kayden Mancuso, a seven-year-old of Lower Makefield Township, was killed in August of 2018 by her biological father during a court-ordered, unsupervised visit granted following a year-long custody dispute. The bill is named in Kayden’s honor, as the Bucks County legislators have been working closely with members of her family in creating the legislation to prevent other families from experiencing the same horrific loss.
October 6, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing a legislation to reform the child custody hearing process after the murder of Kayden Mancuso.
Kayden, 7, was murdered by her father last summer during an unsupervised visit. Jeffrey Mancuso, her biological father, then killed himself.
October 5, 2019
Pennsylvania child custody laws let judges deciding child custody matters treat past violent and criminal behavior of a parent as equal to things like the distance between parents’ homes and the availability of extended family. A newly introduced piece of legislation wants to make sure factors impacting a child’s health and safety get first priority in those decisions.
If Pennsylvania had a child custody court law in place like the one three Bucks County lawmakers propose, the family of Kayden Mancuso believe the Lower Makefield girl would likely be celebrating her 9th birthday this month.
October 3, 2019
It was a rainy day five years ago when officials gathered to announce the Levittown Train Station was going to be rebuilt. On Thursday with rain falling again, many of those same officials announced the construction on the SEPTA station along the Trenton Line had completed.
The station is a complete overhaul and rejuvenation from the decades-old building that was falling apart and included a skeezy tunnel that went under the tracks in Tullytown Borough.
October 2, 2019
Federal, state and county officials joined together Thursday to celebrate the official completion of the station’s renovation off Route 13 in Tullytown.
As state Rep. John Galloway puts it, for years SEPTA’s dilapidated Levittown Station in Tullytown was a “symbol of the decline of Levittown.”
September 28, 2019
LANGHORNE, Pa. (CBS) — Thousands of United Automobile Workers remain off the job. Saturday marked Day 13 of the nationwide strike against General Motors. Officials were back at the bargaining table on Saturday after talks ended Friday night with no deal.
For nearly two weeks, United Automobile Workers have been on the picket line.
“It’s time we’ve been given a fair shake here,” Raina Shoemaker said.
September 28, 2019
For two straight weeks, the picket line continues outside of The General Motors Plant in Langhorne, Pennsylvania as members of United Auto Workers 2177 continue to strike.
On Saturday, several unions came out to a rally to throw their support behind the GM employees.
The sticking points of the still unresolved contract include; fair wages, affordable health care, job security and a push for temporary workers to become full-time.
September 19, 2019
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced during a road tour with state and local representatives that two local bridge replacement projects and several repaving projects will be the focus of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) investment.
Santarsiero directed a road tour with representatives from PennDOT, state Rep. Wendy Ullman (D-143) and local officials to highlight roads and bridges throughout the 10th Senate District in need of repair.
September 17, 2019
BUCKS COUNTY >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced during a road tour with state and local representatives that two local bridge replacement projects and several repaving projects will be the focus of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) investment.
Sen. Santarsiero directed a road tour with representatives from PennDOT, state Representative Wendy Ullman (D-143) and local officials to highlight roads and bridges throughout the 10th Senate District in need of repair.
September 15, 2019
Sirens blared through 2.1-square-mile Tullytown Borough late Saturday morning as its volunteer fire company marked 100 years of service.
The parade started at the Walt Disney Elementary School and head onto Levittown Parkway to Route 13, onto Fallsington Avenue and over the bridge, down Main Street, and to the fire station on Bordentown Road with residents lining the route.
September 13, 2019
LOWER MAKEFIELD >> In the quiet embrace of the Garden of Reflection, hundreds gathered on Wednesday to remember and reflect on the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
During morning and evening ceremonies, family members joined friends and members of the clergy as they shared poetry and offered thoughts and words as they remembered the 2,977 lives taken 18 years ago in an act of terrorism that shook the nation.
September 12, 2019
DOYLESTOWN, PA — A much-needed local bridge project was a main focus Wednesday as lawmakerS and PennDOT officials toured roadways in need of repair in Bucks County, including the Limekiln Road bridge in Doylestown.
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and other local officials urged PennDOT to speed up and streamline two projects — the Limekiln Road bridge project, as well as repairs to the Edgewood Road bridge in Lower Makefield.
September 12, 2019
Two much-needed local bridge projects were a main focus Wednesday as a local state lawmaker and PennDOT officials toured roadways in need of repair in Bucks County.
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and other local officials urged PennDOT to speed up and streamline the two projects — repairs on the Limekiln Road bridge in Doylestown and repairs to the Edgewood Road bridge in Lower Makefield.
September 12, 2019
On 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, speakers reminded those in attendance that the memory of that fateful day must be kept alive for generations to come.
For most students now in elementary or high school, Wednesday was a day to commemorate a historic event, the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
September 11, 2019
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and officials from PennDOT took to the roads of the 10th Senate District to look at state-owned roads and bridges this week.
The Tuesday tour started in the upper end of Santarsiero’s district in Doylestown Township and made its way to Lower Bucks County.
September 11, 2019
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and PennDOT officials toured several state-owned roads and bridges in the 10th District Tuesday and discussed funding, planning and other challenges in fixing problems areas in multiple communities.
As time and traffic wear down roads and bridges throughout Bucks County, state Sen. Steve Santarsiero and Department of Transportation officials are optimistic work to several problem areas will happen as soon as possible.
September 5, 2019
Pennsylvania state lawmakers rallied Wednesday behind a clean-energy bill that would slash carbon emissions from the electric power sector at least 90% by 2040.
The bill, known as the Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Transition Act, would encourage the implementation of a “cap-and-invest” program, which would set a cap on the amount of carbon a power generator could emit and a price the company would pay if it went over the limit.
September 4, 2019
At a press conference in Abington, Democratic state lawmakers connected climate change to Hurricane Dorian and other global events as they promoted bills to increase the state’s use of solar energy while placing a cap on carbon emissions.
State Democratic lawmakers from around the region gathered in Abington’s Crestmont Park on Wednesday to promote energy legislation they say is crucial to halting global climate change and protecting local communities.
September 4, 2019
Bucks County Reps. John Galloway, Perry Warren and other area legislators support bills that would address the problem of misusing the independent contractor designation.
Misuse of the independent contractor designation for workers, primarily in the construction industry, is costing the state and federal governments a combined total of about $300 million in lost revenue, two local state lawmakers said during a news conference Wednesday.
August 27, 2019
The DEP earlier this year issued a draft decision to “downgrade” the status of the Tohickon Creek. The department now says it will study whether the Nockamixon Dam could help the waterway.
Each year, the release of water from the Nockamixon Dam into the lower Tohickon Creek attracts whitewater kayakers, and those who like to watch them, from near and far.
August 19, 2019
As prosecutions continue in a kickback and insurance fraud scheme carried out at a now-defunct Bucks County drug abuse treatment company, Pennsylvania lawmakers have taken notice and believe there are more messes to be cleaned up in the treatment industry.
State Rep. Tina Davis said she believes so many people are struggling with substance abuse that authorities have been soft on the industry that is supposed to help them.
August 16, 2019
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf directed state police and other agencies under his control Friday to focus greater efforts on addressing gun violence, two days after a gunman shot six Philadelphia police officers.
Wolf said the state would set up a new Special Council on Gun Violence and gave it six months to recommend how to reduce mass shootings, domestic violence, suicides and accidental shootings.
August 16, 2019
Following two consecutive mass shootings in Philadelphia — and nearly two weeks after mass shootings in Ohio and Texas — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order Friday laying out a plan to reduce gun violence.
The signing, originally set for Thursday, was postponed after six Philadelphia police officers were wounded by an armed man who Wolf said “had enough weapons and ammunition to hold dozens of Philadelphia police officers at bay for eight hours.”
August 15, 2019
Concerns have been raised about staffing levels at St. Mary Medical Center.
The worries about staffing and patient safety have been raised by sources who have spoken to LevittownNow.com. Similar concerns and ones relating “interference” in staff members’ attempts to unionize have also been brought to a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
August 8, 2019
YMCA of Bucks County has received a $2 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of the Budget.
The RACP grant is used for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational and historical improvement projects. YMCA of Bucks County applied for the grant in early spring and received immediate bi-partisan support from state Sens. Robert Tomlinson and Steve Santarsiero.
