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A series of bills currently proposed in the Pennsylvania state legislature would eliminate or modify the statute of limitations for the prosecution of sexual crimes. There are a pair of bills in the House, HB 962 and HB 963, which are together called the Pennsylvania...

A rally is set for Monday in Harrisburg in support of proposed legislation to update Pennsylvania’s Equal Pay Law, which remains unchanged since 1959. The changes will help fix a “broken” wage system that backers say has allowed a gender pay gap to affect the earning...

Volunteers with the Morrisville Fire Co. might soon get a new 500-gallon engine purchased with $200,000 awarded in a state grant last week, three General Assembly members announced. The company will buy a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT heavy duty rescue pumper with a 500-gallon...

Volunteers with the Morrisville Fire Co. might soon get a new 500-gallon engine purchased with $200,000 awarded in a state grant last week, three General Assembly members announced. The company will buy a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT heavy duty rescue pumper with a 500-gallon...

April 2 marks Equal Pay Day in the United States, an occasion that calls attention to the fact that women in America earn less on average than men. According to the National Committee on Pay Equity, the symbolic holiday indicates how long a woman has to work into 2019...

FALLS TOWNSHIP >> A Bucks County native who has been a volunteer firefighter for most of his life has been recognized as 2018’s Firefighter of the Year by the Yardley-Makefield Fire Company. At its annual banquet and installation dinner held at Westaby Hall in...

Senate Democrats on March 25 proposed legislation to reform the process and procedures of addressing sexual harassment claims, and foster a safe work environment in the General Assembly. The #MeToo PA General Assembly Act would establish procedures for keeping...

The bill introduced by Sen. Maria Collett, D-12, of Ambler, would allow towns to prohibit firearms on municipal properties. A proposed bill from a Montgomery County lawmaker would let towns ban firearms on public property without fear of a lawsuit from organizations...

WEST CHESTER—Sen. Tom Killon (R-9) Thursday introduced new legislation, SB 30, to create a Pennsylvania state housing tax credit. “This new tax credit will incentivize private investment in new and existing affordable housing in the Commonwealth,” said Sen. Tom...

The Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve Committee and Newtown Creek Coalition are winners of the 2019 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. One group restored a hidden gem of a nature preserve in New Britain Borough. The other stabilized the banks of the Newtown...

BUCKS COUNTY >> The New Britain Borough Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve Committee and the Newtown Creek Coalition have been named the Bucks County winners of the 2019 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence.

State Sens. Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia), Thomas H. Killion (R- Chester and Delaware counties) and Steven J. Santarsiero (D-Bucks) plan to introduce legislation that would expand the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (AEPS).

The latest bill to allow municipal police in Pennsylvania to use radar was introduced Wednesday in Harrisburg, a day after Lancaster City Council passed a resolution calling for such legislation. Sponsored by state Sen. Steven Santarsiero, a Democrat from Bucks...

Pennsylvania is the only state in the country which doesn’t allow its municipal police officers to use radar guns. A newly proposed state senate bill wants to end the era of Keystone State exceptionalism on the matter.

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and Rockhill Quarry attorney Robert Gundlach Jr. exchanged contentious letters with the DEP over the controversial Rockhill Quarry. Gundlach accused Santarsiero of disregarding facts while making demands to the DEP, while Santarsiero said...

An assortment of local and state officials made several stops in Bucks and Northampton counties Friday afternoon, including in the Washington Crossing Historic and Delaware Canal state parks, where they said flooding, wear and tear had strained infrastructure. Some...

We asked. You voted. These are the top 10 freshmen to watch in the Pennsylvania House and Senate. We’ll stress up front that this list is ordered alphabetically by last name and doesn’t reflect a preference, implicit or explicit, for any particular lawmaker. We’ll...

In light of the one year anniversary of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that occurred February 14 in Parkland, Florida, Democratic State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, Democratic State Rep. Perry Warren, and former State Rep. Helen Tai joined students and gun...

The grant for the regional chapter of Operation Homefront, administered through the state’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, will provide financial aid for area veterans in need. A $10,000 grant administered by the state’s Department of Military and...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, minority chair of the Senate Communications and Technology Committee, announced the award of computer science grant funding for Council Rock, Central Bucks, and Pennridge school districts.

State and local officials have high hopes a mobile lab will bolster interests in technical fields for area students. The Bucks County Intermediate Unit No. 22 hosted a meeting Monday at its offices in Doylestown Township where state and area officials discussed how a...

Current and former state lawmakers and Council Rock North students said it is imperative for elected officials in Harrisburg to pass measures relating to the safe storage of firearms to help prevent gun massacres like the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in...

Even though every state in the Mid-Atlantic region passed gun safety laws in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, massacre last year, Pennsylvania’s legislature, controlled by Republicans who tremble at the thought of annoying the gun lobby, only passed a single bill...

Even though every state in the Mid-Atlantic region passed gun safety laws in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., massacre last year, Pennsylvania’s legislature, controlled by Republicans who tremble at the thought of annoying the gun lobby, only passed a single bill...

The grant awards were part of a $44.5 million award announcement for 50 projects across the state. Two eastern Montgomery County towns and Plumstead are getting more than $2.1 million in state grants for pedestrian and road safety projects, state officials announced...

HARRISBURG, PA — This past week, 17 members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus announced that they are seeking cosponsors for a bill that would abolish the statute of limitations for sexual abuse, assault, and misconduct.

The state’s Department of Education announced Friday 765 Pennsylvania schools will receive $8.7 million to bolster computer science and STEM education. Nine Bucks and eastern Montgomery county school districts were awarded $315,000 for computer and technology...

PERKASIE TWP., Pa. - Bucks County residents turned out in force to talk about the Rockhill Quarry in Perkasie Township. Pennsylvania Representatives Steve Santarsiero, Craig Staats and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick hosted the town hall at Bucks Community College after...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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.