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State awards $2.1M in grants in Plumstead, Upper and Lower Moreland
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...
Senators Muth and Kearney Among Those Sponsoring Bill to Abolish Statute of Limitations for Sexual Offenses
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.
Bucks and Montgomery county schools awarded PAsmart grants
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...
Residents pack meeting about Rockhill Quarry
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...
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.