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Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislators Applaud Advancement of Methane Rules in Face of Federal Rollbacks
HARRISBURG, PA − September 17, 2019 – A bipartisan group of state legislators announced today that the Wolf administration is moving forward with a state Department of Environmental Protection rule to cut methane pollution in Pennsylvania, particularly from the oil...
Senator Santarsiero Hosts Open House on Addiction Tour
Tullytown’s Volunteer Firefighters Celebrate 100 Years With Parade
Sirens blared through 2.1-square-mile Tullytown Borough late Saturday morning as its volunteer fire company marked 100 years of service. The parade started at the Walt Disney Elementary School and head onto Levittown Parkway to Route 13, onto Fallsington Avenue and...
NEVER FORGET: Bucks County comes together at the Garden of Reflection to mark 18th anniversary of 9/11
LOWER MAKEFIELD >> In the quiet embrace of the Garden of Reflection, hundreds gathered on Wednesday to remember and reflect on the events of Sept. 11, 2001. During morning and evening ceremonies, family members joined friends and members of the clergy as they shared...
Senator Santarsiero Announces over $2.5 Million in Grants for Bucks County Victim Support Organizations
BUCKS COUNTY – September 12, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of over two and half million dollars in state grants from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) for A Woman's Place and Network of Victim...
Speed Up Repairs To Limekiln Road Bridge, State Lawmakers Urge
DOYLESTOWN, PA — A much-needed local bridge project was a main focus Wednesday as lawmakerS and PennDOT officials toured roadways in need of repair in Bucks County, including the Limekiln Road bridge in Doylestown. State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and other local...
State Senator, PennDOT Tour Bucks Roads That Need Work
Two much-needed local bridge projects were a main focus Wednesday as a local state lawmaker and PennDOT officials toured roadways in need of repair in Bucks County. State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and other local officials urged PennDOT to speed up and streamline the two...
Poignant lessons preserved at Garden of Reflection
On 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, speakers reminded those in attendance that the memory of that fateful day must be kept alive for generations to come. For most students now in elementary or high school, Wednesday was a day to commemorate a historic event, the...
Senator Santarsiero Tours PennDOT Roads and Bridges
BUCKS COUNTY – September 12, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced during a road tour with state and local representatives that two local bridge replacement projects and several repaving projects will be the focus of Pennsylvania Department of...
State Senator, PennDOT Officials Take Tour Of Roadways That Need Work
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and officials from PennDOT took to the roads of the 10th Senate District to look at state-owned roads and bridges this week. The Tuesday tour started in the upper end of Santarsiero’s district in Doylestown Township and made its way to...
Santarsiero, PennDOT tour Bucks roads and bridges
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and PennDOT officials toured several state-owned roads and bridges in the 10th District Tuesday and discussed funding, planning and other challenges in fixing problems areas in multiple communities. As time and traffic wear down roads and...
10th District PennDOT Tour
PennDOT Tour of Edgewood Road Bridge, Lower Makefield Township
PennDOT Tour of Limekiln Road Bridge, Doylestown Township
College Financial Planning Seminar at Pennsbury High School East
Santarsiero Financial Aid Seminars
Cap-and-trade system in Pa.? Maybe, if these lawmakers get their way
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...
Bucks, Montgomery County Democrats stump for solar, carbon cap
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...
Lawmakers: Misclassifying workers costing millions in revenue
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...
Senator Santarsiero, Representative Ullman: Public engagement saves Tohickon Creek from DEP downgrade
BUCKS COUNTY − August 27, 2019 − In response to requests from legislators, civic and environmental groups and the public at large, the state departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources agreed to perform further studies on how any...
After receiving 900 public comments, DEP will reevaluate decision on Tohickon Creek
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...
Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to kick ’unseemly characters’ out of drug abuse treatment business
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....
Senator Santarsiero Calls for Legislative Action After Governor Wolf Signs Executive Order to Address Gun Violence Epidemic
HARRISBURG − August 16, 2019 −After Governor Wolf signed an executive order aimed at curbing gun violence in Pennsylvania, state Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10), co-chair of the PA Safe Caucus, called on legislative leaders in the state...
Gov. Tom Wolf unveils gun violence effort after Philadelphia shooting
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...
Gov. Wolf Signs Executive Order On Gun Violence
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 Raised About St. Mary Medical Center Staffing, Unionization Efforts
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 receives $2 million grant
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,...
DEP finds PFAS chemicals in soil near contaminated Rockhill water wells
The Pennsylvania DEP is pushing ahead with an investigation after finding PFAS chemicals in the soil of a Bergey’s Tire property near the East and West Rockhill border. The chemicals have been found in 13 nearby drinking water wells, but DEP has not yet connected the...
The high cost of the Pa. Turnpike is taking a toll on all of us. Lawmakers should approve this plan for relief | Opinion
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...
Pa. Republican lawmaker plans hearings following mass shootings
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...
St. Mary nurses rally for organizing effort
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...
Senator Santarsiero Rallies with St. Mary Nurses
Kayden Mancuso’s family: ‘I don’t want anyone to forget her’
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.
Bucks YMCA Gets $2 Million From State For New Facilities
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...
Bucks area officials announce over $6.7 million in state grants
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...
Senator Santarsiero, Representative Staats Announce RACP Grant for Pennridge Development Enterprises, Inc.
PERKASIE − August 1, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and state Representative Craig Staats (R-145) announced the award of a $2,000,000 state grant for Pennridge Development Enterprises, Inc., to benefit the Pennridge Airport Business Park in East...
Senators Santarsiero and Tomlinson, Representatives Ullman and Galloway Announce RACP Grant for YMCA of Bucks County
DOYLESTOWN − August 1, 2019 − State Senators Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Robert Tomlinson (R-6), with state Representatives Wendy Ullman (D-143) and John Galloway (D-140), announced the award of a $2,000,000 state grant for the YMCA of Bucks County through the...
Senator Santarsiero, Representative Ullman Announce RACP Grant for Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center
DOYLESTOWN − August 1, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and state Representative Wendy Ullman (D143) announced the award of a $500,000 state grant to the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County (PABC) through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital...
State lawmakers announce $2M grant for YMCA construction projects in Doylestown, Fairless Hills
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...
‘Deeply troubling’: Lawmakers react to PFAS investigation
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...


















