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Senate Santarsiero Welcomes Champion Wrestlers, Sement and Williams, to Harrisburg
BUCKS COUNTY – June 4, 2025 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) yesterday welcomed two state champion wrestlers from his district to the Capitol, Eren Sement of Newtown Township and Chase Williams of Buckingham Township. “These two incredible athletes have...
Senator Santarsiero Paul Miller’s Law Message
Santarsiero, Davis Announce State Funding for Armstrong Middle School Solar Project
HARRISBURG, May 21, 2025 – Sen. Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Tina Davis today announced a $400,000 state grant awarded to the Bristol Township School District for the Armstrong Middle School Solar Project. The funding, provided through the Solar for Schools Grant...
Senator Santarsiero Remarks Opposing SB 9
Senator Santarsiero and Representative Davis Applaud $2 Million DCED Investment in Bristol Township
BUCKS COUNTY − May 6, 2025 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Representative Tina Davis (D-141) applauded Governor Shapiro’s award of $2 million for the redevelopment of North Wilson Avenue in Bristol Township through the Pennsylvania Strategic Investments to...
Senator Santarsiero Statement Calling for Head Start Funding
BUCKS COUNTY− May 2, 2025 − The following statement is attributable to Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) in support of the Federal Government funding Head Start and Early Head Start Programs: “Hundreds of young children in Bucks County are at risk of losing critical...
Bucks Democratic Lawmakers Call for Full SEPTA Funding
BUCKS COUNTY – May 2, 2025 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) yesterday called on Republicans in the General Assembly today to fully fund SEPTA in this year’s state budget. Joined at the Levittown SEPTA station by Representatives Tina Davis (D-141),...
Support SEPTA Funding Press Conference
Newtown ‘Scam Jam’ Offers Tips To Protect Against Fraud
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — State Senator Steve Santarsiero is teaming up with State Rep. Perry Warren and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking & Securities to bring "Scam Jam" to Newtown Township on Friday, May 2. The event, taking place from 10 a.m. to noon at the...
College Prep Night 2025
Senator Santarsiero & Representative Brennan to Host College Prep Night on April 30th
BUCKS COUNTY – April 23, 2025 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Representative Tim Brennan (D-29) will host College Prep Night on Wednesday, April 30th to help area students and families prepare for college savings, planning and admissions. The free event...
REAL ID Webinar with PennDOT
Disability Fair in New Hope Helps Those in Need with Resources
For the second year, disabled residents in Bucks County will have the chance to explore and have questions answered about county and state resources meant to serve and assist them at the Bucks County Disability Resource Fair in New Hope. The event is hosted by State...
Upper Makefield’s state and federal reps weigh in on pipeline leak
As the arduous investigation into and cleanup of jet fuel that leaked from an underground pipeline in Upper Makefield Township continues, related developments unfold nearly every day — like the three sternly written letters by elected officials sent at the same time...
Santarsiero, Bartolotta Unveil Bill to Help Families of First Responders Who Die by Suicide
HARRISBURG – March 27, 2025 – Sens. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) and Steve Santarsiero (D-10) introduced legislation to provide emergency and law enforcement personnel with post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI)-related death benefits. The bill is named for Bryan F. Gray, a...
SB 110 Bryan’s Law Introduction Press Conference
Sunoco to stop attending public forums about Upper Makefield pipeline leak
Sunoco plans to revert back to one-on-one discussions with Upper Makefield Township homeowners affected by the leak of jet fuel from an underground neighborhood pipeline, it was concluded following another taskforce meeting packed with angry residents and elected...
How Is President Lincoln Being Remembered For Bristol Stop?
BRISTOL BOROUGH, PA — It was a message of unity. Then President-Elect Abraham Lincoln was headed on his train to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration when he made a historic stop in Bristol Borough on Feb. 21, 1861. This past week, state Sen. Steve Santarsiero and...
200 Tickets Issued As Lower Bucks Co. Truck Ban Underway
MORRISVILLE, PA —In the first two months of enforcement of the prohibition of trucks weighing more than 10 tons on South Pennsylvania Avenue, Morrisville Borough police have issued more than 200 tickets and are educating truck drivers about alternate routes. State and...
Grants presented to Lower Bucks communities from Multimodal Transportation Fund
Yardley, Morrisville, Upper and Lower Makefield among the towns receiving grants from Pennsylvania Community and Economic Development Department's Multimodal Transportation Fund.
Morrisville Borough Truck Ban Underway, 200+ Tickets Issued
BUCKS COUNTY — February 27, 2025 — State and local officials credit a new truck ban with finally decreasing commercial truck traffic in a residential area in Morrisville Borough. In the first two months of enforcement of the prohibition of trucks weighing more than 10...
Morrisville Truck Ban Enforcement Update
State Investment in Medical Device Manufactured in Bucks County Helps Save 2,000+ Lives
BUCKS COUNTY − February 25, 2025 − Two thousand lives and counting have been saved by the Bashir Endovascular Catheter, developed by Temple University cardiologist Dr. Riyaz Bashir and Bucks County medical device manufacturer Thrombolex. At a press conference...
Senator Santarsiero, State Reps Announce $1.65 Million for Transportation Improvements
BUCKS COUNTY − February 24, 2025 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced today $1,651,156 in state funding for projects to improve transportation accessibility in the 10th Senate District. These grants are awarded through the Commonwealth’s Multimodal...
Press Conference with Thrombolex
$575K Grant To Enhance Streetscape In Historic Washington Crossing
UPPER MAKEFIELD, PA —Upper Makefield has been awarded a $575,000 grant for streetscape improvements along Route 532 in the village of Washington Crossing. The funding, announced by State Senator Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Perry Warren, is awarded through the...
Officials call for shutdown of leaking Sunoco pipeline in Upper Makefield
As crews investigate and repair a leaky underground Sunoco pipeline in Upper Makefield Township, related developments continually unfold – like numerous calls by elected officials for a complete pipe shutdown, monitoring by a neighboring township, and a report stating...
Senator Santarsiero Announces $225,000 for Chalfont Borough Trail
BUCKS COUNTY — January 30, 2025 — Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Rep. Tim Brennan (D-29) announced today $225,000 in state funds for Chalfont Borough to complete a section of the Northern Neshaminy Greenway Trail. The funding is through the Pennsylvania...
Chalfont Borough Awarded $225K For Greenway Trail Project
CHALFONT BOROUGH, PA — Chalfont Borough has been awarded $225,000 to complete a section of the Northern Neshaminy Greenway Trail. The award, made through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program, was...
Senator Santarsiero Announces $105,594 for Doylestown Township Water Testing
BUCKS COUNTY − January 29, 2025 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Rep. Tim Brennan (D-29) announced today $105,594 in state funds for Doylestown Township to conduct baseline water testing in residential wells. The funding is through the Pennsylvania...
Bucks State Senator Named Democratic Chair Of Government Committee
BUCKS COUNTY, PA — State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) is serving as Democratic Chair of the State Government Committee for the 2025-26 legislative session. In addition, he has been appointed to serve on the new Institutional Sustainability and Innovation...
Senate Democrats Announce Legislation to Protect the Affordable Care Act in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA − January 28, 2025 − Senator Vincent Hughes was joined by Democratic colleagues from the Senate and House to announce four bills that would protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from attacks in Washington DC. The package of bills would keep healthcare...
$250K Grant To Give Boost To Morrisville Schools
MORRISVILLE, PA —The Morrisville School District is receiving a $250,000 grant secured by State Sen. Steve Santarsiero. The funding is from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Building Opportunity through Out-Of-School Time (BOOST) Grant...
Senator Santarsiero Announces $250,000 Benefitting Morrisville Students
Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced $250,000 in state funding for Morrisville School District students through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Building Opportunity through Out-Of-School Time (BOOST) Grant Program. “Student...
Senator Santarsiero Announces $250,000 Benefitting Morrisville Students
BUCKS COUNTY − January 17, 2025 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced today $250,000 in state funding for Morrisville School District students through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Building Opportunity through Out-Of-School Time...
Senator Santarsiero to Chair State Government Committee, Appointed to New Committee
BUCKS COUNTY − January 14, 2025 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced today he will serve as Democratic Chair of the State Government Committee for the 2025-26 legislative session and that he has been appointed to serve on the new Institutional...
Senator Santarsiero and Reps. Applaud State Investments in Bucks County Freight Rail
BUCKS COUNTY — December 20, 2024 — Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) along with Representatives Tim Brennan (D-29), Tina Davis (D-141) and Jim Prokopiak (D-140) announced today $5,390,000 in state grant funding to support three freight rail projects through the...
Bristol Fire Co. Consolidation Bolstered By $700K In State Funding
BRISTOL BOROUGH, PA —The borough has received more than $1 million in state funds with two checks presented at the recent Bristol Borough Council meeting. State Sen. Steve Santarsiero —along with State Rep. Tina Davis and Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie...
Oscar Hammerstein Museum Awarded $500,000 Pennsylvania State Capital Grant
The nonprofit Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center has been awarded a second $500,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP). The Museum will use the funding to restore and preserve Oscar Hammerstein II's former...
Holy Family Breaks Ground On Game-Changing Expansion Of Newtown Campus
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — Holy Family University ceremoniously broke ground on a "game-changing" expansion of its Newtown campus with the acceptance of $1.5 million in state funding for the project. The money will be used to convert an existing building on University...