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Democrats in Harrisburg and Congress this week delivered several efforts aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The measures face significant hurdles without bipartisan support, although Republicans were not completely opposed. Bucks Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick...

Former Gov. Ed Rendell and Judge Marjorie Rendell offer a challenge to fourth- and fifth-graders in five Philadelphia area counties. Buckingham Elementary School Linda Raitt’s fifth-grade class competed in a Citizenship Challenge offered by the Rendell Center for...

Back in 2004 when I was a member of the state House of Representatives, I worked with former Republican state Sen. Ted Erickson to enact the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS), which provide incentives to bring more clean electric power generation online in...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that Pennsylvania will join 23 other states in the U.S. Climate Alliance pledging to meet the goals spelled out in the United Nations’ 2016 Paris Agreement. The Alliance formed after President Donald Trump announced in 2017...

Governor Tom Wolf was joined today by Representative Steve McCarter, Senator Steve Santarsiero, Senator Jay Costa, Representative Frank Dermody, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources...

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP >> The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) has awarded the township a $40,000 matching grant to help with long-term financial and budgetary planning. At the April 24 meeting, the board of supervisors announced the...

The Station Taphouse in Dolyestown Borough was packed with environmentalists and area residents Thursday evening to talk with local lawmakers about upcoming green legislation. Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-10, of Lower Makefield, and Rep. Wendy Ullman, D-143, of...

The debate over Pennsylvania’s proposed $500 million nuclear rescue package pits the natural gas and nuclear industries in an epic struggle between the state’s two energy giants. But renewable power advocates believe they hold the swing vote in a tight battle, and...

Sen. Steve Santarsiero and about a dozen volunteers from his office and the public cleaned litter and cut away at invasive plant species in Tyler State Park on Monday afternoon. About a dozen people, including one state lawmaker from Lower Makefield, helped clear...

Multiple efforts underway at the Pennsylvania statehouse would authorize speed radar use by local police. In 2017, Senators voted in favor of nearly identical legislation. The bill failed to win support in the House. Pennsylvania is the only state in the country that...

HARRISBURG, PA — State Reps. Carolyn T. Comitta, D-Chester, and Steve McCarter, D-Montgomery, recently joined state Sens. Art Haywood, Thomas H. Killion and Steven J. Santarsiero to call attention to climate change, its grave impacts and the urgent need to modernize...

NEWTOWN, PA — Newtown is getting a decent grant thanks to State Sen. Steven Santarsiero and State Rep. Perry Warren. The two representatives announced the state Department of Community and Economic Development is awarding a $40,000 grant to Newtown.

In 1913, the American Association of University Women published its first study on equal pay in the workplace. More than 100 years later, members of the advocacy organization are still fighting the same battle. “Obviously, we are not easily deterred,” Barbara Price,...

HARRISBURG − Art Haywood (D-4) along with State Senators Steven J. Santarsiero (D-10), Thomas H. Killion (R-9), and state Representatives Steve McCarter (D-154) and Carolyn Comitta (D-156), were joined by renewable energy advocates in the Main Capitol Rotunda recently...

WEST CHESTER—At a Capitol news conference, state Reps. Carolyn T. Comitta, D-Chester, and Steve McCarter, D-Montgomery, joined state Sens. Art Haywood, Thomas H. Killion and Steven J. Santarsiero to call attention to climate change, its grave impacts and the urgent...

HARRISBURG, PA — Senator Tim Kearney and his four freshman Senate colleagues – Senators Lindsey Williams, Katie Muth, Steve Santarsiero, and Maria Collett – were joined by almost all members of the Senate Democrats in introducing legislation to abolish the statute of...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, announced New Britain Borough Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve Committee and Newtown Creek Coalition as the Bucks County winners of the 2019 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. The New Britain Borough Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve...

Bipartisan bills introduced in the General Assembly on Wednesday would require 30 percent of Pennsylvania’s energy to come from renewal sources, including 10 percent from solar power. Pennsylvania used to be a leader in bringing renewable energy to the state’s power...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s battle over giving now-adult victims of child sexual abuse another chance to sue their perpetrators or institutions that may have covered it up returned to the Senate on Wednesday, as competing bills landed in the chamber. The...

A series of bills currently proposed in the Pennsylvania state legislature would eliminate or modify the statute of limitations for the prosecution of sexual crimes. There are a pair of bills in the House, HB 962 and HB 963, which are together called the Pennsylvania...

A rally is set for Monday in Harrisburg in support of proposed legislation to update Pennsylvania’s Equal Pay Law, which remains unchanged since 1959. The changes will help fix a “broken” wage system that backers say has allowed a gender pay gap to affect the earning...

Volunteers with the Morrisville Fire Co. might soon get a new 500-gallon engine purchased with $200,000 awarded in a state grant last week, three General Assembly members announced. The company will buy a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT heavy duty rescue pumper with a 500-gallon...

Volunteers with the Morrisville Fire Co. might soon get a new 500-gallon engine purchased with $200,000 awarded in a state grant last week, three General Assembly members announced. The company will buy a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT heavy duty rescue pumper with a 500-gallon...

April 2 marks Equal Pay Day in the United States, an occasion that calls attention to the fact that women in America earn less on average than men. According to the National Committee on Pay Equity, the symbolic holiday indicates how long a woman has to work into 2019...

FALLS TOWNSHIP >> A Bucks County native who has been a volunteer firefighter for most of his life has been recognized as 2018’s Firefighter of the Year by the Yardley-Makefield Fire Company. At its annual banquet and installation dinner held at Westaby Hall in...

Senate Democrats on March 25 proposed legislation to reform the process and procedures of addressing sexual harassment claims, and foster a safe work environment in the General Assembly. The #MeToo PA General Assembly Act would establish procedures for keeping...

The bill introduced by Sen. Maria Collett, D-12, of Ambler, would allow towns to prohibit firearms on municipal properties. A proposed bill from a Montgomery County lawmaker would let towns ban firearms on public property without fear of a lawsuit from organizations...