Media Mentions

In a local story with national implications, Republicans and Democrats in the state Senate are waging legal war over a regional reguiatory agency’s decision to impose a de facto moratorium on natural gas drilling in the Delaware River basin.

A total of $98,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) that will help local religious schools and houses of worship make security improvements has been awarded through the commission’s Non-Profit Security Grant Program. The...

The first round in the ongoing lawsuit challenging the Delaware River Basin Commission's authority to ban fracking in its jurisdictional waters has gone to the State Democratic Caucus. A knockout blow could be landing as soon as April. "About two weeks ago in New...

HARRISBURG >> New legislation introduced by Senators Katie Muth (D–Montgomery/Chester/Berks), Steve Santarsiero (D–Bucks) and Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) will ensure Pennsylvanians are able to stay safely housed for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis and...

While there is growing discontent in the Philadelphia suburbs over vaccine distribution, Gov. Tom Wolf visited Bucks County Friday to announce vaccination efforts for school staff was going well. Earlier this month, Wolf’s administration and the COVID-19 Vaccine Task...

SOLEBURY TOWNSHIP, PA — Solesbury Township is getting money from the state to help buy body cameras for its police officers. The township will receive $16,155 through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, state Sen. Steve Santarsiero announced. He said...

Racism, land acquisition costs and health care are just a few of the grave issues facing farmers in Bucks County, with several county farmers airing their concerns during state Sen. Steve Santarsiero's recent virtual agriculture roundtable. The roundtable, co-hosted...

BUCKS COUNTY >> The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has announced $98,000 in local funding that will help local houses of worship make security improvements through its Non-Profit Security Grant Program. The following religious institutions in...

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick on Thursday renewed calls to permanently ban mining at a controversial quarry in East Rockhill where naturally occurring asbestos was discovered over two years ago. The Republican lawmaker from Middletown urged the newly confirmed head of...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10) highlighted the historic Pennsbury Manor in Falls Township, hosting a Community Conversation video discussion about the site, the many educational offerings and how it has stayed active through the COVID-19 pandemic. Ahead of...

Residents of the 10th Senatorial District in Bucks County who need help signing up for the coronavirus vaccine can call the offices of State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-10,  in Doylestown and Newtown townships from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Thursday to receive...

HARRISBURG — The future of a state park system that has seen record visits during the past year but faces a backlog of infrastructure work was a key topic Tuesday during a Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing. A proposed $427 million budget will help the...

Paul Witte, 94, of New Hope, a creative industrial and product design engineer, local philanthropist, and cofounder of the 30-year-old Hepatitis B Foundation, died Saturday, Feb. 13, of complications from dementia at Buckingham Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center...

State Sens. Steve Santarsiero, D-Bucks County, and Michele Brooks, R-Mercer County, will reintroduce legislation that will allow children to stay on their parents' health insurance until age 26. Under current Pennsylvania law, a child can stay on his or her parents'...

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — State Senators Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and Michele Brooks (R-Mercer) are reintroducing legislation that will allow children to stay on their parent's health insurance until age 26. Under current state law, a child can stay on their parent's...

NEWTOWN BOROUGH >> BC Discoveries Dance & Theater Arts Company celebrated the opening of its new 3,500 square foot home on Sunday with an open house and a little dancing in the rain. Company director Kristina Tuxhorn joined State Senator Steve Santarsiero, Newtown...

This week, ‘the walls came tumbling down’ as an exterior wall of the decades old YMCA building in Fairless Hill was demolished as part of a year-long renovation and revitalization project. On Friday, February 26, the community celebrated in virtual format with a Zoom...

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP >> An exterior wall at the decades old YMCA in Fairless Hill came crumblin' down last week as part of a year-long renovation and revitalization project. On Friday, February 26, the community celebrated a virtual groundbreaking with a Zoom call...

Hydraulic fracking has been permanently barred in the Delaware River basin. The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), which is overseen by the governors of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and a representative from the federal government, voted 4-0...

WEST TRENTON, N.J. >> The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on Feb. 25 approved a final rule prohibiting high volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in the Basin. In a separate action, the commissioners directed its executive director to propose amendments to update...

BUCKS COUNTY — Local farming experts and state officials will take in part of a virtual roundtable discussion on supporting sustainable agriculture in Bucks County. The event will be live streamed at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11. Click here to register. State Sen....

Thick snow covers the fields along the road to Piketown, Pennsylvania. A frosty atmosphere has gripped the countryside. Months after the federal election, large banners in support of former US President Donald Trump still hang from verandas or cling to the facades of...

Cameron Troilo Properties is the first business to obtain a liquor license in Lower Makefield after a referendum last year overturned the law governing the serving of alcohol in a historically dry town. The family-owned developer is renovating a historic farmhouse on...

A Pennsylvania Senate committee has approved for a second time a bill that puts the health, welfare and safety of a child above other factors in parental custody matters. Senate Bill 78 — better known as Kayden's Law — was reintroduced and unanimously voted out of the...

Legislation named after a Pennsbury School District student who was tragically murdered is moving forward in Harrisburg. Senate Bill 78, known as Kayden’s Law, came before the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Monday and was voted with bipartisan support out of...

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — A child-protection bill named in honor of a slain Lower Makefield girl was one of the first pieces of legislation approved by the state senate committee that was considering it. The bill, co-sponsored by Bucks County state Sen. Steve...

At least 1,000 Bucks County residents have died from the coronavirus as of last week, a grim milestone surpassed as cases slow and vaccinations continue. Initial state Department of Health data put Bucks County’s deaths to COVID-19 at about 1,013 people as of Monday...

State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) is hosting a telephone town hall on Thursday, January 28 at 7 p.m. During the town hall, he will provide important information and updates on the state-wide COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan, along with local updates on when,...

Democratic lawmakers heard from advocates, academics and business groups Monday on a renewed push to give minimum wage workers in Pennsylvania a raise to $15 an hour. Over 100 people attended the Zoom hearing on minimum wage hosted by the Pennsylvania Senate...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10th dist.) announced his appointment as minority-party chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In addition to his chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee, Santarsiero will serve on the Appropriations, Consumer Protection &...

NEWTOWN, PA — The Pennsylvania Senate representative for District 10 congratulated President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Inauguration Day. Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol. A Scranton native, he won...

While shocking, the events of Jan. 6, 2021 were hardly surprising. Leaving aside Donald Trump’s often abhorrent behavior over the last four years of his presidency, his actions in just the last few months were a strong signal of what was to come. At the first...

The head of the Pennsylvania Senate said Friday night the Republican caucus will wait for a court ruling before making a decision on filling a seat from western Pennsylvania. Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, R-Centre, said Friday night the Senate Republicans...

HARRISBURG — Trump flags outnumbered U.S. flags in the "America First" crowd yelling outside Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's office window. About 200 self-described patriots were pledging their allegiance to the outgoing president and pleaded for Pennsylvania state...

Pennsylvania lawmakers in Washington, Harrisburg and the Lehigh Valley are reacting to the breach of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump that forced a halt to the certification of the Electoral College vote Wednesday.