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HARRISBURG — Just past the clear bowl of tampons and pads she now makes available at the front desk of her Pennsylvania Senate office, from a seat at the shiny wood table where Maria Collett and I were talking the other day in the Capitol, I leaned toward the...

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, D-155th Dist., accompanied by Reps. Sara Innamorato, D-Allegheny, and Isabella Fitzgerald, D-Phila., and state Sen. Maria Collett, D-Bucks/Montgomery, on Tuesday hosted a press conference on their bills that seek to end...

A bill from Sen. Maria Collett, D-12, would make tampons and similar products as readily accessible as paper towels or toilet paper in public spaces. Tampons, pads and other menstruation hygiene products aren’t luxury items, but a Lower Gwynedd state lawmaker says...

After President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf was working on a book about periods and constantly worrying that her exploration of menstruation would flop in the face of everything else happening politically. Then, the #MeToo movement broke open...

Staff at area senior centers can see firsthand how getting a Real ID driver’s license or identification card could be particularly difficult for older Pennsylvanians. For instance, one woman who comes to the Coatesville Area Senior Center daily and is in her 90s...

Republican Rep. Wendi Thomas and Democratic Sen. Maria Collett, are meeting with constituents to discuss bills establishing funding for workers taking extended medical leave. Taking weeks off work for medical care isn’t an option for many in Pennsylvania living...

HARRISBURG — Nicole Hatem thought she was in a good spot when she graduated from Philadelphia’s Jefferson College of Nursing in May. She had landed a job offer to be a staff nurse at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and was slated to start in July. All she needed...

WGAL News 8 On Your Side continues an investigation into toxic chemicals found in drinking water in Pennsylvania. We've been looking into concerns about PFAS for months. A state lawmaker said she's making the issue her mission. "When I started to really look into what...

Sen. Maria Collett, D-12, of Lower Gwynedd, is proposing a tax break up to $20,000 for businesses hit hardest by construction projects. Communities can grow out of their infrastructure and roads break down over time, but even a slight detour can end up costing...

By Katie Muth, Maria Collett and Lindsey Williams

This week marks the end of General Assistance (GA) as we know it. The life-saving program that has helped thousands of Pennsylvanians get back on their feet and bridge the gap to self-sustainability ended on Aug. 1.

After a difficult battle through the legislative process and an underhanded maneuver to tie the elimination of GA to millions of dollars of hospitals, we accept that the program will cease to exist. However, that does not mean that the need has vanished.

HATFIELD — A new 12,000 square-foot building housing orthopaedic services is slated to open on Route 309 next to the Colmar train station in May of next year, Grand View Health CEO and President Jean Keeler said during a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site Wednesday...

The Cellini Studio Gallery in Ambler is putting on an art display in order to show residents of Bucks County the human consequences that have come from the Navy not being careful with their waste. A statement about human consequences will be put on display this week...