News
Emails retrieved from RTK requests reveal the extent and scope of board members’ attempts to push more right-wing indoctrination into classrooms.
AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg says voucher programs are “harmful,” “anti-public education,” and they "leave kids behind."
The public is invited to attend the meet and greet event and engage with elected local and state officials, including the Council Rock alumni and California Rep. Khanna.
Library books, a lawsuit, and Right-To-Know requests were blamed for the ever escalating legal bills, but the exact price tag remains a tightly guarded mystery.
Republican state lawmakers are “hurting their own constituents” who attend University of Pittsburgh, Penn State, and Temple University, says Democratic Rep. Nick Pisciottano.
Opinion
History can teach us lessons to better understand today's rising antisemitism and white supremacist ideology in the United States.
The co-founder of the PA BetterPath Coalition discusses the climate crisis, Gov. Shapiro’s response (or lack thereof), and plans going forward.
Voters have an opportunity to steer the community away from the ugly divisiveness introduced by Moms for Liberty, Paul Martino, and outside groups.
Just because a woman is on the ballot for Pennsylvania Supreme Court doesn’t mean she will protect women’s rights.
The Bucks County Republican and most of his GOP colleagues are directly responsible for the mess we are in.
Education
Emails retrieved from RTK requests reveal the extent and scope of board members’ attempts to push more right-wing indoctrination into classrooms.
AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg says voucher programs are “harmful,” “anti-public education,” and they "leave kids behind."
Library books, a lawsuit, and Right-To-Know requests were blamed for the ever escalating legal bills, but the exact price tag remains a tightly guarded mystery.
Once again the Moms for Liberty school board majority continues to push its politically motivated agenda with its proposed athletics policy.
“The system’s failures are particularly placed upon the shoulders of low income children and children of color,” said Public Interest Law Center Senior Attorney Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg.
Elections
PA's General Election is November 7th, 2023
Voters have an opportunity to steer the community away from the ugly divisiveness introduced by Moms for Liberty, Paul Martino, and outside groups.
Just because a woman is on the ballot for Pennsylvania Supreme Court doesn’t mean she will protect women’s rights.
The CBSD Fair Votes map incorporates voter roll data, in addition to population, and provides voters with the ability to vote for a school board director every other year.
New Pennsylvania Project CEO Kadida Kenner said the new measure “will undoubtedly help to close the voter registration gap, especially in communities of color where the gap is the most pronounced.”
Pennsylvania high schools play an important role in registering first-time voters, but could be doing more by actively supporting in-school voter registration drives.
Amid ongoing attacks on democracy and the state’s electoral process, organizations like Common Cause and the League of Women Voters are focused on ensuring that voters are well-informed, engaged, and actually voting in local elections.
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You’ve got just one Congressman, Bucks County. Here’s what he’s up to.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 4502: Modernizing the Acquisition of Cybersecurity Experts Act October 2, 2023Vote: Passed 394/1 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 2379: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 616 East Main Street in St. Charles, Illinois, as the “Veterans of the Vietnam War Memorial Post Office”. October 2, 2023Vote: Passed 390/0 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 5860: Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. September 30, 2023Vote: Passed 335/91 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- On Motion to Adjourn September 30, 2023Vote: Failed 0/427 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
