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Pennsylvania state lawmakers rallied Wednesday behind a clean-energy bill that would slash carbon emissions from the electric power sector at least 90% by 2040. The bill, known as the Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Transition Act, would encourage the...

At a press conference in Abington, Democratic state lawmakers connected climate change to Hurricane Dorian and other global events as they promoted bills to increase the state’s use of solar energy while placing a cap on carbon emissions. State Democratic lawmakers...

Bucks County Reps. John Galloway, Perry Warren and other area legislators support bills that would address the problem of misusing the independent contractor designation. Misuse of the independent contractor designation for workers, primarily in the construction...

The DEP earlier this year issued a draft decision to “downgrade” the status of the Tohickon Creek. The department now says it will study whether the Nockamixon Dam could help the waterway. Each year, the release of water from the Nockamixon Dam into the lower Tohickon...

As prosecutions continue in a kickback and insurance fraud scheme carried out at a now-defunct Bucks County drug abuse treatment company, Pennsylvania lawmakers have taken notice and believe there are more messes to be cleaned up in the treatment industry. State Rep....

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf directed state police and other agencies under his control Friday to focus greater efforts on addressing gun violence, two days after a gunman shot six Philadelphia police officers. Wolf said the state would set up a new Special Council on...

Following two consecutive mass shootings in Philadelphia — and nearly two weeks after mass shootings in Ohio and Texas — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order Friday laying out a plan to reduce gun violence. The signing, originally set for Thursday, was...

Concerns have been raised about staffing levels at St. Mary Medical Center. The worries about staffing and patient safety have been raised by sources who have spoken to LevittownNow.com. Similar concerns and ones relating “interference” in staff members’ attempts to...

YMCA of Bucks County has received a $2 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of the Budget. The RACP grant is used for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic,...

To the surprise of no one and the disgust of everyone, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission recently announced that it will raise tolls by 6 percent, effective Jan. 5, 2020. After raising tolls only five times during the first 64 years of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s...

State Sen. Lisa Baker, the chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said she is planning public hearings following the mass shootings this weekend in Texas and Ohio. Baker, a Luzerne County Republican, did not specify any dates for the hearings. But she said in a...

Nurses in favor of unionizing under the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals said cuts by St. Mary Medical Center’s parent organization, Trinity Health, have resulted in higher patient-to-nurse ratios, a lack of supplies and a loss of...

As the one-year anniversary of the Lower Makefield child’s murder at the hands of her father approaches, the family of Kayden Mancuso is preparing for the next big challenge in their lives: seeing Kayden’s Law passed in the Pennsylvania Legislature.

FAIRLESS HILLS, PA — The YMCA of Bucks County will be receiving a $2 million state grant to help pay for new facilities, including the one planned in Fairless Hills. The Fairless Hills YMCA branch construction project is a 48,000 square foot complete renovation that...

Several news releases from General Assembly members representing districts in and around Bucks County announced multiple Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding to help fund infrastructure projects in multiple towns. More than $6.7 million in state...

DOYLESTOWN >> YMCA of Bucks County has received a $2 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of the budget. The RACP grant is a Pennsylvania Commonwealth grant program administered by the Office of...

State and federal lawmakers have offered reaction to this news organization’s investigative report, which highlighted potential chemical hazards near Bucks and Montgomery County military bases. State and federal lawmakers offered a range of reactions to a recent...

Steven Santarsiero (D-10) just opened a new branch office for constituent services in Tullytown. Just after 10:00 AM, the senator was joined by Mayor David Cutchineal and various council members as he cut the ribbon to open the satellite office. "The state budget...

From the Montgomery County border to the Delaware River and from Upper Bucks County to Lower Bucks County, State Sen. Steve Santarsiero’s 10th Senatorial District covers a large swath of the county, and on Tuesday he opened an office with the aim of serving the lower...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero officially opened a new satellite constituent services office in Tullytown on Tuesday. The office will be open from 9 a.m to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays. Looking for help with property tax/rent rebates? Need a Real ID? How about a Septa ID...

LOWER MAKEFIELD >> Since 1949 when voters approved a referendum banning the sale of alcohol in the township, restaurants and eateries here have not been allowed to sell alcoholic beverages. That could change under a new law - Act 48 of 2019 (HB 423) - signed by...

Two bills, one in the state House and one in the Senate, would alleviate the burden placed on drivers and businesses whose tolls are used to build roads and bridges statewide.  The bills would provide Pennsylvania-based businesses and motorists a commuter tax credit...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10), and state Rep. Perry Warren (D-31) held a press conference near the Scudder Falls Bridge interchange in Lower Makefield to announce SB 451 and HB 329, legislation that would alleviate some of the burden placed on Pennsylvania-based...

The East Rockhill supervisors voted this week to continue legal action against the controversial quarry north of the Pennridge Airport. East Rockhill is continuing its opposition to the controversial Rockhill Quarry, after the township Board of Supervisors voted...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – With tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike continuing to increase, some state lawmakers are introducing bills aimed at relieving the burden on drivers. State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and Rep. Perry Warren (D-Bucks) have introduced bills...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and state Rep. Perry Warren (D-Bucks) recently announced legislation that would provide a tax credit to cover 50 percent of a taxpayer’s toll-related expenses for the taxable year up to $500. “Commuters, families, and businesses...

YARDLEY, PA — Lawmakers in Bucks County are pushing for a new law that would give commuters, including those who drive back and forth into New Jersey, a break on tolls. On Friday, state Sen. Steve Santarsiero and state Rep. Perry Warren held a press conference near...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-10, and Rep. Perry Warren, D-31, introduced bills that could refund drivers half what they pay in Pennsylvania tolls through a tax rebate. Local lawmakers are proposing two bills that they say could refund up to $500 to drivers using...

LOWER MAKEFIELD >> Commuters who use the Delaware River toll bridges and the Pennsylvania Turnpike would receive a tax credit under legislation being proposed in the Pennsylvania Senate and House of Representatives. With tolling set to begin at the new Scudder Falls...

Tolls start Sunday on the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge that connects I-295 in Pennsylvania to New Jersey over the Delaware River. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s electronic tolling gantry heading from Mercer County,...