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Pa. Senate Republicans refuse to seat Democrat Brewster in contentious swearing-in ceremony
A Western Pennsylvania lawmaker who won re-election in November was not sworn-in to the state Senate on Tuesday with the rest of the victors, as Republicans voted to deny his seating and ponder a challenge by his electoral opponent. Sen. Jim Brewster, a McKeesport...
$8.7M project at Washington Crossing Historic Park almost ready to start
A long-awaited $8.7 million project to rehabilitate 11 historic homes and other structures throughout Washington Crossing Historic Park in Upper Makefield should start next month, state Senator Steve Santarsiero, D-10, Lower Makefield announced. The work, which has...
Groundbreaking Held For $8.7M Washington Crossing Park Project
WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA — The groundbreaking for the $8.7 million rehabilitation project at Washington Crossing Historic Park will be held in February, local elected officials announced Monday. The project, which will involve fixing 11 historic homes and other...
Bucks hospitals, museums awarded $3.5 million in grants
A total of $3.5 million in state grant funds have been awarded to improve local infrastructure, health and safety, and arts and culture in Bucks County, state Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10) said. The awards will go to New Hope Borough, Doylestown Hospital, Bucks County...
State Awards Funding To Neshaminy Creek Water Improvement Project
NEWTOWN, PA — The Bucks County Conservation District will receive $262,558 in grant funding for a water quality improvement project at an equine facility in Newtown Township, state elected leaders announced Wednesday. The improvements that will be made through the...
Local lawmakers to hold virtual town hall on COVID vaccine
WEST CHESTER — State Sen.-Elect Carolyn Comitta, state Sen. Tim Kearney, and state Sen. Steve Santarsiero will hold a virtual town hall meeting with Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine to answer residents’ questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and...
New Hope awarded grant for construction of a new parking garage
NEW HOPE >> New Hope Borough has been awarded a $1.75 million dollar grant towards the construction of a new parking garage, funded by Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. “Council and I extend our deepest gratitude to State Senator Steve...
Hammerstein Museum Awarded $500,000 Matching Grant
The nonprofit Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center (OHMTEC) has been awarded $500,000 in Pennsylvania state funding through the Redevelopment Assistance Capitol Program (RACP). RACP is a commonwealth grant program administered by the Office of the...
State awards $3.5M in redevelopment assistance funding to four Bucks County projects
BUCKS COUNTY >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) has announced that $3.5 million in state grant funds to improve local infrastructure, health and safety, and arts and culture in Bucks County, which will help grow and strengthen businesses, while providing a...
Bucks lawmakers announce $1.5M in redevelopment funding for Morrisville Borough
MORRISVILLE BOROUGH >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and State Representative Perry Warren (D-31) have announced $1.5 million in state grant funding for improvements in Morrisville Borough. The Redevelopment Authority of the County of Bucks will receive $1...
Bucks County towns get $7.5 million in state redevelopment project grants
A new, five-level parking garage in New Hope is one of several projects included in some $7.5-million in state grants awarded Tuesday to wide-ranging economic redevelopment projects throughout Bucks County. The 350-car garage will receive about $1.75 million in grant...
Wolf: State poised to uphold ACA if courts repeal federal law
For Middletown Supervisor Anna Payne and others living with cystic fibrosis, a potential decision from the U.S. Supreme Court could be a matter of life and death, she said Tuesday. Payne joined Gov. Tom Wolf and state lawmakers in Doylestown Borough on Tuesday morning...
Lower Makefield rededicates six Civil War tombstones during ceremony at Slate Hill
LOWER MAKEFIELD >> In the quiet solitude of the Slate Hill Cemetery, residents and community leaders gathered on Sept. 25 to rededicate six Civil War tombstones, two that had faded with time and four that were stolen, destroyed or never placed. Veterans of Foreign...
Kayden’s Law has a real chance
In these fractious times, we often use this space to critique our state legislature for the things it isn't doing, often because partisan politics gets in the way. So it's only fair that today we praise the 14 members of the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee for...
East Rockhill wants changes to quarrying permit from state lawmakers, DEP
East Rockhill officials were suspicious of a nearby quarry's records to keep an active mining permit, where 500 tons of stone had to be removed annually to keep a state permit. On Tuesday, supervisors unanimously approved a resolution asking the state legislature and...
Doylestown biotech center begins expansion
The nonprofit Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC) in Doylestown recently began a $19 million expansion project. A total of 41 companies work at the location, but there are more than 70 member companies. Expansion is expected to create more than 100 jobs and...
Kayden’s Law, In Honor Of Slain Bucks Co. Girl, Moves Forward
LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — A child-protection bill named for a slain 7-year-old from Lower Makefield is now making its way through the Pennsylvania legislature. S.B. 868, known as Kayden's Law, was unanimously voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday...
3 Doylestown Veterans’ Groups Get $37K In State Funding
DOYLESTOWN, PA — Three Doylestown-based veterans' groups will receive $37,312 in awards through the Veteran Trust Fund Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. American Legion Post 210 will receive $12,500, Operation Homefront will...
Santarsiero co-hosts Senate hearing on COVID-19 impacts on historic, arts and cultural industry
DOYLESTOWN >> Two Bucks County cultural institutions were featured in a Senate committee hearing that highlighted the value of historic, arts and cultural organizations to our local and state economies, and the support they need to survive the challenges of the...
Lawmaker announces more than $210K in funding for Bucks County cultural organizations, museums
BUCKS COUNTY >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced $211,408 in funding through the COVID-19 Cultural and Museum Preservation Grant Program, administered through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). The funds were part...
Oversight board’s approval starts next phase of Pennsylvania’s contested attempt to join regional cap-and-trade program
Pennsylvania is one step closer to joining a regional program meant to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Quality Board on Tuesday approved a draft regulation to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The vote was 13-6. The board’s vote...
Pennsylvania plan for carbon cap on power plants advances
A state environmental board took a key step on Tuesday to advance Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to curb carbon dioxide emissions by making Pennsylvania’s fossil fuel power plants begin paying to release pollution that contributes to climate change. The Environmental Quality...
Lawmaker announces more than $8.5M in funding to assist crime victims
BUCKS COUNTY >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) has announced that $8,512,517 in funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) will be helping Bucks County organizations and localities serve victims of crimes and assist with offender...
Bill to keep Pa. out of regional cap-and-trade program passes, but faces governor’s veto
After a contentious move on the floor of the state Senate, a measure to stop Pennsylvania from entering a regional program to curb greenhouse gas emissions is heading to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk. House Bill 2025 would require legislative approval for Pennsylvania to...
PECO Outages For First Day Of School Being Rescheduled
Tuesday is the first day back to school virtually for students in the Pennsbury School District. PECO, as part of an ongoing maintenance project, had planned to shut off service at times between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday in parts of Falls Township.
Gov. Wolf awards $1.1 million to biotech center in Buckingham for COVID-19 work
Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County is once again in the spotlight, this time as the recipient of more than $1 million in state grants to help with research in pursuing a treatment and vaccine for COVID-19. Of 23 state awards, the biotechnology center,...
PA Biotech Center of Bucks County lands $800K grant to advance COVID-19 research
DOYLESTOWN >> The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County will receive $803,306 in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Office of Technology and Innovation.
Fearing Delays and Chaos, Swing States Weigh Early Counting of Mail-In Ballots
The cumbersome and sometimes slow counting of an expected record number of mail-in ballots — especially in some crucial swing states — could delay results and open the door to challenges in this year’s elections. In 13 states and the District of Columbia, including...
Bucks County school districts awarded nearly $390,000 in special needs education grants
BUCKS COUNTY >> Seven school districts in Bucks County have been awarded nearly $390,000 in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) for compensatory services for students with special needs. The funding awards by school district are as...
Fixing the turnpike mess
Talk about unintended consequences. As a way to avoid increasing gas taxes back in 2007, the Pennsylvania Legislature decided to raise $450 million yearly — $400 million for public transit and $50 million to encourage multimodal projects — by tolling Interstate 80 and...
Seven Bucks County municipalities to receive more than $1.7M in small water and sewer grants
BUCKS COUNTY – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10), along with State Representatives Perry Warren (D-31), John Galloway (D-140), and Wendy Ullman (D-143) announced $1,763,403 in Small Water & Sewer Program grant funds through the Pennsylvania Department of...
Hundreds rally against racism during peaceful protest at Williamson Park in Morrisville
MORRISVILLE BOROUGH >> Hundreds of protesters rallied at Williamson Park Saturday afternoon for an end to racism. The family-friendly, Black Lives Matter demonstration was organized by Morrisville Against Hate and the NAACP of Bucks County in response to the...
Legislators Say PA Needs a “Just Recovery”
HARRISBURG, Penn. -- As Pennsylvania reopens in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, some state lawmakers are calling for action to ensure the economic recovery doesn't leave anyone behind. The pandemic has caused an unprecedented disruption to the economy and...
LBGTQ+ flag raised over Bucks County administrative headquarters in recognition of Pride Month
DOYLESTOWN >> For the first time, the rainbow Pride Flag is being flown outside the Bucks County Administration Building in recognition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month. The flag was raised late Tuesday afternoon, June 23 by youth...
For First Time, County Raises LGBTQ+ Pride Flag
For the first time, Bucks County government hoisted a LGBTQ+ pride flag. The flag was displayed below the American flag outside the Bucks County Administration Building in Doylestown Borough on Tuesday. Teens from Planned Parenthood’s Rainbow Room, a program for...
Santarsiero: ’We must undertake the hard work of healing the wounds of our past and present.″
It has been nearly two weeks since George Floyd was murdered while in police custody in Minneapolis. The horror of that tragedy was caught on video, which quickly went viral across Minnesota, the United States and the world. In an instant, all of us became witnesses...
Interview with PHL17 on Curbside Pick-Up
On Politics: In Focus airing Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 6:30 a.m. and Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 1 p.m. we hear from a local legislator who is urging Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to pass legislation allowing curbside pickup for retail businesses in the Commonwealth....
To protect children from abuse, lawmakers urge passage of ‘Kayden’s Law’
When 7-year-old Kayden Mancuso’s father killed her in his Philadelphia home last year, her mother vowed to take action. Kathryn Sherlock and her husband, Brian, met with Gov. Tom Wolf to seek support for “Kayden’s Law,” a measure that would better protect children...
Senator Santarsiero to Host KidsFest in Morrisville
NEWTOWN – October 10, 2019 – On Saturday, October 19th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, state Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will host a KidsFest at Morrisville High School in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. There will be more than 30 vendors with fun and valuable...
KAYDEN’S LAW: Bucks County lawmakers introduce bills to ensure children in custody disputes are protected
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...