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Senator Steve Santarsiero to Introduce Manufactured Housing Ombudsman Legislation, Calls for Action on Protections for Residents with Representative Tim Brennan
BUCKS COUNTY – September 23, 2026 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will introduce legislation establishing an Office of Manufactured Housing Ombudsman to help Pennsylvania manufactured home residents understand their rights and resolve disputes with community...
State Awards $350K For Projects In Plumstead Township
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 Awards Bid For $1.1M Pedestrian Bridge Project
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,...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Jim Prokopiak Call for a Pause on Consideration of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger by the Surface Transportation Board until Environmental Review is Finished and Shared with the Public
BUCKS COUNTY – September 22, 2026 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and State Representative Jim Prokopiak (D-140) are calling on the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB), which has the authority to reject or approve railway mergers, to pause...
Levittown-Area Secures $5 Million In Funding Through State Program
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 Firefighters, Garden Of Reflection Awarded State Grants
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...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Bucks County State Representatives Announce $1,800,000 in Grants for Housing and Education Projects
BUCKS COUNTY – September 15, 2026 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representatives Jim Prokopiak (D-140), Tina Davis (D-141), Brian Munroe (D-144), and Perry Warren (D-29) announced today $ 1,800,000 in state funding: $1,000,000 for Habitat for...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Perry Warren Announce Almost $1,500,000 in Grants
BUCKS COUNTY – September 15, 2026 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Perry Warren (D-31) announced today $1,490,000 in state funding: $200,000 for Lower Makefield Township for the 9/11 Garden of Reflection Renewal Project $940,000 for Newtown...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Tim Brennan Announce Almost $3,000,000 in Grants for Doylestown, New Hope Area
BUCKS COUNTY – September 15, 2026 – Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Tim Brennan (D-29) announced today $2,887,209 in state funding: $900,000 for the Midway Volunteer Fire Company for a fire engine $433,092 for the PA Biotech Center to...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Jim Prokopiak Announce $850,000 in Grants
BUCKS COUNTY – September 15, 2026 – Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Jim Prokopiak (D-140) announced today $850,000 in state funding: $400,000 for Morrisville Borough for a street sweeper $450,000 for Tullytown Volunteer Fire Company for a replacement...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Tina Davis Announce over $1,000,000 in Grants
BUCKS COUNTY – September 15, 2026 – Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Tina Davis (D-141) announced today $1,115,461 in state funding: $900,000 for Bristol Borough for Green Lane Storm Pipe Replacement $71,161 for International Brotherhood of...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Shelby Labs Announce $350,000 in Grants to Support Local Recreation and Fire Safety
BUCKS COUNTY – September 15, 2026 – Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Shelby Labs (D-31) announced today $350,000 in state funding: $150,000 for the Central Bucks Athletic Association for new Basketball Courts $200,000 for the Plumstead...
Free Library Of New Hope, Bond House Project In Solebury Awarded State Grants
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...
Santarsiero: Focusing on education, climate, AI to safeguard the next generation
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,...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Jim Prokopiak Announce State Grant for Pennsbury Manor
BUCKS COUNTY – September 9, 2026 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Jim Prokopiak (D-140) announced today they secured $50,000 in state funding for Pennsbury Manor in Falls Township. The Pennsbury Society, a 501(c)(3) organization that...
Santarsiero & Brennan announce state investment into Doylestown pedestrian accessibility project
DOYLESTOWN, August 7, 2026 – State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and state Rep. Tim Brennan, both D-Bucks, announced today $123,176 in state funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Green Light-Go program for traffic-related improvements in...
Santarsiero & Brennan Celebrate PennDOT’s State Street Repaving Project
DOYLESTOWN, July 28, 2026 – State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and state Rep. Tim Brennan, both D-Bucks, announced that today, PennDOT began the repaving process for State Street, a highly traveled road in the Doylestown area of central Bucks County. “State Street is...
Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, Democratic State Government Chair Steve Santarsiero, Strongly Condemn Trump’s Attempts to Rig Elections
HARRISBURG, PA – July 17, 2026 − Yesterday, President Donald Trump took an extraordinary step in his years-long efforts to undermine faith in US elections by delivering a prime-time speech disparaging American elections workers, spewing baseless allegations about...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Tina Davis announce $2M in Grants
BUCKS COUNTY – July 16, 2026 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Tina Davis (D-141) announced today $2,000,000 in state funding. $1,00,000 for B Mazzocchi Development $1,00,000 for HP Bristol Pike LLC RACP funds will be used by...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Perry Warren announce a $1M Grant for Friends Village in Newtown
BUCKS COUNTY – July 16, 2026 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Perry Warren (D-31) announced today $1,000,000 in state funding for Friends Village in Newtown, PA. This grant will be used by Friends Village to address urgent...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Shelby Labs Announce $1,250,000 in Grants
BUCKS COUNTY – July 16, 2026 – Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Shelby Labs (R-143) announced today $1,250,000 in state funding. $500,000 for DiaVac Biotech Company in Plumstead Township $750,000 for Doylestown Waste Recycling in New...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Jim Prokopiak announce $1.5M in Grants
BUCKS COUNTY – July 16, 2026 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Jim Prokopiak (D-140) announced today $1,500,000 in state funding. $500,000 for Pennsbury School District $500,000 for River Crossing YMCA $500,000 for Falls Township Fire...
Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Tim Brennan announce a $1M Grant for the Oscar Hammerstein Museum
BUCKS COUNTY – July 16, 2026 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representative Tim Brennan (D-29) announced today that the Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center has received $1,000,000 in state funding. The project encompasses the...
Senator Santarsiero and Representative Ortitay Applaud the Inclusion of Eating Disorder Education in the PA Budget
BUCKS COUNTY – July 14, 2026 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Representative Jason Ortitay (R-46) applaud the inclusion of eating disorder education in the Pennsylvania FY 26/27 state budget that was signed on July 12th by Governor Josh Shapiro. Parents will now...
Morrisville Borough School District Receives $3.5M in Additional Funding in the PA State Budget
BUCKS COUNTY – July 13, 2026 – Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Representative Jim Prokopiak (D-140) are announcing $3.5 million in additional funds for the Morrisville Borough School District in the FY 26/27 Pennsylvania Budget that Governor Josh Shapiro signed...
Sen Santarsiero and Rep Warren to Host Free Hard to Read License Plate Replacement Clinic
BUCKS COUNTY – July 10, 2026 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will host a free Hard to Read License Plate Replacement Clinic with Representative Perry Warren (D-31) and the Upper Makefield Township Police in Upper Makefield, PA. Residents of the 10th Senate...
Upper Makefield pipeline leak: Residents say Sunoco cleanup too slow
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...
Defending mail-in ballots is defending democracy
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...
With No Final Budget, State Senate Republicans Leave Harrisburg for July 4 Holiday Weekend
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...
Defending mail-in ballots is defending democracy
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...
Sen. Santarsiero Wants To Put Governor’s Data Center Framework Into Law
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...
Senator Steve Santarsiero Announces 3 Million in Grants for Affordable Housing Projects in Bucks County
June 17, 2026 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced today that multiple organizations working on affordable and attainable housing projects in Bucks County have received three million dollars in state grants. “It has become unaffordable for many to live...
Legislation to Codify Governor Shapiro’s GRID Standards Introduced in Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Harrisburg, PA – June 16, 2026 − Today, Representative Joe Webster introduced HB 2650 in the House, which would codify Governor Josh Shapiro’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Standards in law and require data center developers seeking Commonwealth tax benefits to meet strict standards protecting consumers, communities, and the environment while increasing transparency and accountability for large-scale data center projects. The bill has been assigned to the House Finance Committee and Senators John Kane and Steve Santarsiero plan to introduce companion legislation in the coming days.
Almost $45,000 in Grants for Environmental Education Awarded in Bucks County – Bucks County Beacon
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...
Doylestown museum unveils new piece
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.
Pennsbury breaks ground on new $270M high school. Here’s what’s coming
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.
$6 Million In Delaware Canal Repairs Celebrated By Officials
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...
Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing on Equal Pay in Pennsylvania
NEWTON, PA − May 18, 2026 − Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chair Nick Miller (D-14) hosted a policy hearing on Equal Pay in Pennsylvania with Senators Steve Santarsiero and Maria Collett. The hearing focused on the pay gap in the Commonwealth, driven by factors...
Senator Santarsiero, Representatives Warren and Brennan to Host Scam Jams
BUCKS COUNTY – May 15, 2026 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will host two Scam Jams next week, one in Lower Makefield Township with Representative Perry Warren (D-31) and one in Doylestown with Representative Tim Brennan (D-29), to help residents learn to...
State Senator Steve Santarsiero Statement on Threats to PA Democrats
May 13, 2026 − The following is attributable to Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10): “Yesterday, I learned that a man was arrested in Lebanon, PA after posting a hit list of 20 Pennsylvania Democrats, including myself. He claimed he was planning a “Memorial Day...