Media Mentions
Editorial: Rockhill Quarry’s reporting puts DEP in a hard place
uarry operations must remove a minimum of 500 tons of stone per year to keep active their mining permits, which are issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Since the 1980s, Allentown-based Hanson Aggregates has done just that at Rockhill...
Senate Dems Release Committee Assignments
Yesterday, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Jay Costa Jr. announced the new committee assignments for the 2019-2020 session. All five of the newly elected Senators are going to chair a committee this session coupled with serving on multiple additional committees.
Documents raise questions on East Rockhill quarry’s past
On Aug. 18, 2016, it only took about a half a day’s work for the Rockhill Quarry in East Rockhill to haul out 500 tons of stone, the bare minimum to maintain its active mining permit with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Twenty-four trucks were...
New state senators focus on health care, environment going into office
State Senators-elect Maria Collett, D-12, and Steven Santarsiero, D-10, said their first 100 days in office will also focus on education, transparency and other state issues. Democrats Maria Collett and former state House Rep. Steve Santarsiero are poised to tackle...
Levittown-Area Lawmakers Sworn In
Levittown-area state legislators were sworn in for their next term on New Year’s Day in Harrisburg. State representatives Tina Davis a Democrat from Bristol Township; Frank Farry, a Republican from Langhorne; and John Galloway, a Democrat from Falls Township, took the...
Steve Santarsiero sworn in to represent Bucks County’s 10th Senatorial District
HARRISBURG >> State Senator Steven J. Santarsiero (D-10, Bucks) was sworn in for his first term in the State Senate during a ceremony on Jan. 1 in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol in Harrisburg. Sen. Santarsiero was joined by over 100 friends and family for his...
More Democrats, more women — but the GOP still rules in Pa. legislature
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s legislature kicked off its two-year session Tuesday with celebratory receptions and swearing-in ceremonies, all devoid of the tension that could quickly settle over its dealings with the Wolf administration.






