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With the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus becoming prevalent in the United States, you may wonder how effective your COVID-19 vaccine is in fighting it. A firm at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center says its new test can answer questions about the...

Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) visited New Hope Arts Center today to present the organization with a check for $116,000 in state funds. The grant is for the installation of an elevator so that the exhibition space, located on the second floor, is accessible to all...

NEWTOWN BOROUGH >> Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and State Representative Perry Warren (D-31) announced on July 7 the award of $271,520 in state funds to Newtown Borough as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Green Light-Go grant...

Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are pushing unnecessary election changes based on a lie. The GOP-dominated state Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment to require identification for voters each time they cast a ballot. Currently, only first-time...

The state Department of Environmental Protection has granted the owner of the Rockhill Quarry more time to conduct environmental testing of the property, where asbestos was found in 2018. Last week, the DEP partially accepted Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania's request...

BUCKS COUNTY >> The State Senate on June 24 passed landmark legislation that supports say will save children’s lives. Senate Bill 78, also known as Kayden’s Law, is legislation that will provide urgently needed reform to Pennsylvania’s child custody statute. Kayden...

A bill aimed at making a child's welfare and safety a primary concern in custody disputes passed the state Senate on Thursday. Senate Bill 78, known as Kayden's Law, would require judges to consider criminal convictions in custody disputes and recommends courts across...

In order to extend protection from discrimination to LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians, lawmakers in the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus unveiled the PA Fairness Act. H.B. 300 is sponsored by Reps. Dan Frankel and Jessica Benham, both D-Allegheny, along with Reps. Malcolm Kenyatta and...

A federal judge on Friday tossed a lawsuit over natural gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin as a political issue — not a legal one. U.S. Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Paul S. Diamond dismissed a lawsuit filed at the beginning of the year challenging a de...

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP >> Two new replacement police cars will be hitting the streets of the township before the end of the summer thanks to a grant secured by State Senator Steve Santarsiero. The Bucks County senator delivered the good news on June 4 to Police Chief John...

A project expanding the Trenton-Mercer Airport terminal has support from elected officials, but dozens of the New Jersey airport's neighbors on both sides of the Delaware River say the project needs more review. Over 100 participants logged onto the three-hour...

BUCKS COUNTY >> An $8.7 million capital improvement project is officially underway at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Upper Makefield and Solebury townships. And when it’s complete, more than a dozen buildings and structures in and around the village will be...

Bucks and Montgomery counties have joined Sen. Steve Santarsiero and his colleagues in their effort to preserve the authority of the Delaware River Basin Commission to ban fracking in the Delaware River Basin. Santarsiero (D-10) held a virtual press conference April...