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Bucks and Montgomery county schools awarded PAsmart grants
The state’s Department of Education announced Friday 765 Pennsylvania schools will receive $8.7 million to bolster computer science and STEM education. Nine Bucks and eastern Montgomery county school districts were awarded $315,000 for computer and technology...
Residents pack meeting about Rockhill Quarry
PERKASIE TWP., Pa. - Bucks County residents turned out in force to talk about the Rockhill Quarry in Perkasie Township. Pennsylvania Representatives Steve Santarsiero, Craig Staats and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick hosted the town hall at Bucks Community College after...
Editorial: Rockhill Quarry’s reporting puts DEP in a hard place
uarry operations must remove a minimum of 500 tons of stone per year to keep active their mining permits, which are issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Since the 1980s, Allentown-based Hanson Aggregates has done just that at Rockhill...
Senator Santarsiero Announces First-Ever Dedicated Computer Science Grant Funding
BUCKS COUNTY – January 18, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero, minority chair of the senate Communications and Technology committee, announced the award of computer science grant funding for Council Rock, Central Bucks, and Pennridge school districts. Each...
Senate Dems Release Committee Assignments
Yesterday, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Jay Costa Jr. announced the new committee assignments for the 2019-2020 session. All five of the newly elected Senators are going to chair a committee this session coupled with serving on multiple additional committees.
Senator Santarsiero Announces Committee Appointments
HARRISBURG – January 15, 2019 – For the 2019-2020 Legislative Session, State Senator Steve Santarsiero was appointed to serve as Democratic Chair of the Senate Communications and Technology Committee and as a member on the Appropriations, Consumer Protection &...
Documents raise questions on East Rockhill quarry’s past
On Aug. 18, 2016, it only took about a half a day’s work for the Rockhill Quarry in East Rockhill to haul out 500 tons of stone, the bare minimum to maintain its active mining permit with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Twenty-four trucks were...
Senator Santarsiero Announces Business Education Partnership Grants
BUCKS COUNTY – January 10, 2019 – Today, State Senator Steve Santarsiero announced the award of grant funding from the Department of Labor and Industry for Business Education Partnerships across the county. Bucks County groups received $109,830.60 to fund Bucks...
Sen. Santarsiero on the 2019 Farm Show with Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding
Sen. Santarsiero Announces Safe Storage Firearm Legislation
HARRISBURG – January 8, 2019 – Sen. Steve Santarsiero has invited his colleagues in the Pennsylvania Senate to co-sponsor two bills he plans to introduce requiring the safe storage of firearms. “Millions of children live in homes with easily accessible...
Sen. Santarsiero Calls on Prohibiting School Districts from Arming Teachers
HARRISBURG – January 7, 2019 – In a memorandum addressed to his colleagues in the state Senate, Sen. Steve Santarsiero said he plans to introduce legislation which will prohibit Pennsylvania school districts from arming teachers. “Asking teachers to carry guns in...
New state senators focus on health care, environment going into office
State Senators-elect Maria Collett, D-12, and Steven Santarsiero, D-10, said their first 100 days in office will also focus on education, transparency and other state issues. Democrats Maria Collett and former state House Rep. Steve Santarsiero are poised to tackle...
Levittown-Area Lawmakers Sworn In
Levittown-area state legislators were sworn in for their next term on New Year’s Day in Harrisburg. State representatives Tina Davis a Democrat from Bristol Township; Frank Farry, a Republican from Langhorne; and John Galloway, a Democrat from Falls Township, took the...
Steve Santarsiero sworn in to represent Bucks County’s 10th Senatorial District
HARRISBURG >> State Senator Steven J. Santarsiero (D-10, Bucks) was sworn in for his first term in the State Senate during a ceremony on Jan. 1 in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol in Harrisburg. Sen. Santarsiero was joined by over 100 friends and family for his...
Swearing In Ceremony
Sen. Santarsiero Remarks on the New Senate Session
More Democrats, more women — but the GOP still rules in Pa. legislature
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s legislature kicked off its two-year session Tuesday with celebratory receptions and swearing-in ceremonies, all devoid of the tension that could quickly settle over its dealings with the Wolf administration.
Steven Santarsiero Sworn in as State Senator for the 10th District
HARRISBURG – January 1, 2019 – State Senator Steven J. Santarsiero (D-10, Bucks) was sworn in for his first term in the State Senate during a ceremony today in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol in Harrisburg. Sen. Santarsiero was joined by over 100...
Senator-Elect Collett and Santarsiero Vow to Protect and Strengthen Healthcare Rights for Residents
BUCKS COUNTY – December 20, 2018 – Senators-elect Steve Santarsiero (D-10, Bucks) and Maria Collett (D-12, Bucks and Montgomery) issued a joint press release to local residents in response to the Texas court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To...