News
Helping young girls become confident, empowered adults is at the heart of Doylestown-based nonprofit’s mission.
Patti and George Lyons tend roughly 3,000 lavender plants on their Doylestown Township property – the brief blooming season starts now and runs into July.
“We can't let unchecked profiteering destroy our communities,” said Bucks County state Rep. Jim Prokopiak, HB 914's prime sponsor.
Communities across the state are demanding to know how proposed data centers would affect their electric and water bills, landscapes and quality of life.
Despite skyrocketing demand driven by data center development, the industry says it is not the cause of increasing costs for consumers.
Opinion
The Trump administration has made it difficult for fans and others to participate in this year's games.
A new report by the Trevor Project underscores the urgent need for “Press 3” option, which President Donald Trump ended last year.
Reaching out to your representatives can make a real difference, writes Tabitha Dell'Angelo.
Here’s how state and local governments can respond.
Recent military and economic pressure on Cuba, including Trump’s threats of a ‘friendly takeover’ of the island, follow a long pattern of US hostility toward its southern neighbor.
Education
“This will leave our most vulnerable students and families who have been shut out of our education system without the services they need and without protection when they face discrimination,” said Rachel Gittleman, president of the union that represents department employees.
Reaching out to your representatives can make a real difference, writes Tabitha Dell'Angelo.
“Teaching kids about recycling, protecting the environment and practicing responsibility go a long way in ensuring that the next generation is an eco-friendly one,” said state Representative Jim Prokopiak.
“It’s literally flipping the purpose of civil rights law on its head, not just harming Black students and students of color, but entire school communities,” said Michael Pillera, director of educational equity issues at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
At Center School, we celebrate not just what our students achieve, but how they get there.
Elections
Only about a quarter of independents without a college education have a positive view of Trump, while the president's standing among Black and Hispanic independents has also dropped considerably.
“This is about intimidating election officials. This is about creating a stream of disinformation designed to delegitimize an election the president may believe he’s going to lose," said David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research.
"Vote curing policies help balance the tension between promoting both access and integrity in mail balloting,” the study’s authors wrote.
Democrat Steve Cickay writes that the county Party can, and must, be more welcoming and inclusive.
“At a time when Republicans are polling at historic lows, Democrats need to capitalize and offer a better vision for the country,” said one critic. “This isn’t it.”
Recent Votes:
- H.Res. 1335: Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity June 11, 2026Vote: Passed 235/177 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 9238: To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes. June 11, 2026Vote: Failed 198/218 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 8464: Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act June 10, 2026Vote: Passed 218/200 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 8464: Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act June 10, 2026Vote: Failed 209/213 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay