An immigration attorney said while lawmaker visits to the border do help bring attention to the problem, they, so far, haven't come close to solving it.
BUCKS COUNTY >> On Saturday, April 24 State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will host a contactless shredding event and food drive at Central Bucks High School East. The event will also serve as a collection site for National Drug Take Back Day.
The new rates will have E-ZPass customers paying $1.25 and cash customers paying $3.00.
State officials say Dan DiBenedetti resigned after Thursday's joint hearing about the facility in Hunterdon County.
The Democratic governor was to receive his vaccination at a megasite in Atlantic City, where a push is also under way to vaccinate casino workers.
Nearly half of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. are in just five states - New York, Michigan, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The joint hearing with the Assembly Judiciary Committee and Assembly Women and Children Committee comes a year after a Department of Justice report said prisoners' constitutional rights have been violated.
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, Hunterdon County, is part of a pilot program that was announced last May.
BUCKS COUNTY >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced today that he will be introducing legislation to make voting easier for Pennsylvanians. The legislation, called the Safe Drop Act, requires counties provide a minimum of one drop box for every 20,000 residents. Moreover, the drop boxes would have to be available to voters 24 hours a day, seven days a week from the beginning of mail in balloting until the polls close at 8:00 pm on Election Day.
New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Tuesday in a statement that the new site, which his office says is a beta, or test, version, is part of an ongoing effort to increase police accountability and openness.
The announcement came the same day that those 55 and older as well as people in other jobs categories became eligible for the vaccine.
Troopers responded to a Dunkin Donuts shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday on Hope Blairstown Road in Hope Township for the report of a stabbing.
"This is a very sad time for our community," Mayor Todd Tersigni said.
Royal Farms plans to hire thousands of new employees company wide by end of 2021.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of firefighting gear is headed to Alabama.
Effective now, outdoor gathering limits have increased from 50 to 200 people.
In a roundtable discussion hosted by Congressman Josh Gottheimer, the topic took center stage.
The SBA said it has extended the application deadline to April 19 for businesses, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters.
HARRISBURG >> The PA Department of Health and legislative vaccine task force announced on March 31 that they will distribute the Johnson & Johnson vaccine directly to the Bucks County Department of Health.
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the legislation Tuesday alongside Georgia’s Stacey Abrams.
