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PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA — Two projects in Plumstead Township will benefit from the latest round of state funding grants coming out of Harrisburg. State Senator Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Sheby Labs on Tuesday announced that $350,000 would be coming to the...

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA— After years of planning and overcoming challenges, construction of a new pedestrian bridge between Newtown Borough and Newtown Township is a go. On Wednesday, the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted a bid from Road Con,...

Millions of dollars in state funding are headed to local municipalities and organizations after the state’s Local Share Account program announced its awards recently. Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County and the Bucks County Redevelopment Authority will receive $1...

NEWTOWN, PA — Two projects in Newtown and neighboring Lower Makefield will benefit from the latest round of state grants coming out of Harrisburg. State Senator Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Perry Warren on Tuesday announced nearly $1.1 million in state Local Share...

NEW HOPE, PA — Four projects in New Hope Borough and Solebury Township will benefit from the latest round of state grants coming out of Harrisburg. State Senator Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Tim Brennan on Tuesday announced the following Local Share Account grants...

This year, we mark the 25th anniversary of one of the darkest days in our history: September 11, 2001. It is a day that touched each of us who were alive at that time. In my case, after witnessing the events of that terrible morning from my office window in Newark,...

At a meeting Wednesday night, Sunoco LP and parent company Energy Transfer presented its cleanup plan for the estimated 6,500 gallons of jet fuel leak from its pipeline that contaminated well water in Bucks County’s Upper Makefield Township. The company submitted its...

This June, Pennsylvania Senator Cris Dush, R-25, introduced SB599 to the Pennsylvania Senate State Government committee, where he serves as majority chair and I serve as minority chair. Senate Bill 599 would prohibit the use of county satellite offices and drop boxes...

For the fifth consecutive year, Pennsylvania lawmakers have missed a constitutionally-imposed budget adoption deadline. After failing to reach a spending plan before the mandated June 30 deadline, Republicans allegedly left Harrisburg Tuesday to celebrate the nation’s...

This June, Pennsylvania Senator Cris Dush, R-25, introduced SB599 to the Pennsylvania Senate State Government committee, where he serves as majority chair and I serve as minority chair. Senate Bill 599 would prohibit the use of county satellite offices and drop boxes...

A local state senator is planning to introduce a bill that will put Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) framework for data center projects into state law. State Sens. Steve Santarsiero, of the 10th Senatorial District, and John Kane, who...

Pennsylvania State Senator Steve Santarsiero and Bucks County State Representatives Tina Davis and Jim Prokopiak announced that Bucks County has been awarded almost $45,000 in environmental education grants from the PA Department of Environmental...

The Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, unveiled a site-specific, permanent work from artist Roberto Lugo on Thursday night to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

To the sound of cheers, music and fanfare from the Pennsbury High School cheerleaders, band and chorus, work formally began on "the future of Pennsbury" with the groundbreaking for the new $270 million high school in Falls Township.

The repairs focused on sections of the Delaware Canal Towpath damaged by Tropical Storm Ida. Two important infrastructure projects at Delaware Canal State Park have been completed after more than $6 million in combined investments to improve long-term climate...

DOYLESTOWN, PA—Plans for Doylestown’s old Almshouse Building got another boost last week in the form of a $2 million grant to fund a pilot program for a mixed-use development that includes housing. The complex that contains the Almshouse Building, which is located...

Local state lawmakers gathered Thursday announce legislation that would require high-risk facilities to coordinate emergency preparedness plans with nearby emergency crews. State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Tina Davis, both Democrats, announced the...

In the hours after a December explosion rocked Bristol Health & Rehab Center, leaving three dead and another 20 injured, first responders could not be certain they had evacuated everyone. “There were probably extended searches that went on in that building that were...

The biggest challenge facing the dozens of firefighters searching for survivors in a partially collapsed, gas-filled Bristol Township nursing home last year was that they didn’t know how many people were still inside. With no record of unaccounted for people...

DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — The Doylestown Township Municipal Authority has been awarded a $4.4 million grant for the removal of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," from its water system. The grant award, made through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment...

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY – A group of state lawmakers has formally called on PECO to reconsider its recent regulatory filings seeking additional increases to electric and natural gas rates. In a letter sent April 2, the legislators expressed concerns that PECO’s proposals...

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Three Pennsylvania lawmakers, including Bucks County State Senator Steve Santarsiero, have introduced bipartisan legislation that would allow local law enforcement agencies to use radar speed detection, a tool used by local police in every other...

For the third time in four years, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed legislation to raise the minimum wage. For the third time, this bill now sits in the Senate awaiting action. The question is no longer whether we should raise the minimum wage. The...

At $7.25, Pennsylvania has the lowest minimum wage in the Mid-Atlantic region – a fact that isn’t set to change any time soon unless Pennsylvania’s senators vote to finally increase it. A vote on HB 2189 to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour cleared the...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and state Rep. Tina Davis, both Democrats announced the Third District Volunteer Fire Company has been awarded a $541,835 grant for facility improvements to the fire station. The funds are earmarked towards the first of several planned...

A perennial political question in Pennsylvania is back on the menu: should your local cops have radar? A bipartisan group of state Senators announced Friday that they have re-introduced legislation that would permit municipal police in the commonwealth to use radar...

In the United States, vaccines have long been one of the most successful public health tools available. They have saved millions of lives, prevented the spread of dangerous diseases, and allowed generations of children to grow up protected from once devastating...

On February 27, Sen. Steven Santarsiero (D-Bucks) introduced Senate Bill 1157 establishing the obligations of pipeline owners and anyone discharging hazardous substances to respond to and clean up spills and releases. The bill also gives the Department of...

The Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 1014 last week, a bill to create cellphone-free classrooms from bell-to-bell in K-12 schools across our Commonwealth. As Senator Devlin Robinson (R–37), Senator Vincent Hughes (D–7), and I were writing the bill, we worked with many...

SOLEBURY TOWNSHIP, PA — A $350,000 grant awarded to Solebury Township by the state will be used toward the transformation of the historic Bond House at Aquatong Spring Park from a residential to a public use. According to Solebury Township, the grant from the state...

BRYN MAWR, PA — Aqua Pennsylvania, a subsidiary of Essential Utilities (NYSE: WTRG), has completed a new PFAS treatment system at its Edgely Water Treatment Facility in Bristol Township, marking the tenth PFAS treatment facility the utility has placed into operation...

YARDLEY BOROUGH / LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — Local lawmakers have secured over $1 million in state grants for projects in the borough and the township, one which includes funding for the Patterson Farm buildings renovation project. State Sen. Steve Santarsiero...

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Doylestown Borough celebrated the last day of Hanukkah on Sunday afternoon with donuts, games, and dancing in the streets at the Giant Dreidel. Temple Judea, in partnership with Kehilat HaNahar (The Little Shul by the River), brought the afternoon of...

A bill aiming to impose a ban on cellphones in Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools is gaining momentum in Harrisburg as educators struggle to compete with mobile devices for their students’ attention. The state Senate Education Committee unanimously voted Dec. 9 to advance...