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Concerned about surging energy demand fueled by data centers, environmental groups urge state regulators to increase minimum protective buffer distances around gas wells.
“I don’t believe we can stop ICE detentions, but we can document what is happening and we can help in the long run,” said Stephanie Vincent, Montco Community Watch lead organizer.
The nation eliminated the domestic spread of measles in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, but those rates have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.
"Dominion has to do with authority and subduing and it relates to society,” NAR thought leader and top apostle C. Peter Wagner said. “Dominion means ruling as kings — it says in Revelation 1:6 that ‘He has made us kings and priests.’ But read the rest of that verse — it says for Dominion. So we are Kings for Dominion.”
Lower courts have rejected the policy more than 20,000 times, and a Stateline review found even many Republican appointees were releasing prisoners held under the new policy, finding it unconstitutional.
Opinion
Pennsylvania state senate candidate Mark Pinsley wants to go to Harrisburg to make the math actually work for you.
This election and political moment is making Mark Lopatin reconsider his support for Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick.
Growing surveillance of women’s intimate health data puts them at risk.
Central Bucks School Board Member Karen Smith recounts her time on the front lines of the "school board wars" defending her district against book banners.
When schools restrict conversations about consent, boundaries, and healthy relationships, they leave young people unprepared to navigate real-world dynamics, protect themselves, or advocate for one another, writes Tabitha Dell'Angelo.
Education
The findings from the 2023-24 school year are based on the latest civil rights data released from the U.S. Department of Education.
Expulsion is currently banned within Head Start, which serves nearly 700,000 predominantly low-income kids. Temporary suspensions can only be used in extreme circumstances and as a last resort.
“Book bans impede the freedom to read, cutting students’ access to a diversity of views, voices, perspectives, and literature they deserve to encounter,” the report “Banned in the USA” states.
Central Bucks School Board Member Karen Smith recounts her time on the front lines of the "school board wars" defending her district against book banners.
Prospective students and families can get acquainted with the college at four events this fall, with the first one Wednesday at the Upper Bucks campus.
Elections
The pledge is aimed at combating “constitutional sheriffs” who believe they have supreme authority within their counties.
“This trove of ICE documents provides chilling new insights into the breadth and depth of the Trump-Vance administration’s efforts to pursue baseless claims of widespread election fraud and assert greater federal control over elections ahead of the 2026 midterms,” said Democracy Forward Senior Oversight Counsel Hart Wood.
This election and political moment is making Mark Lopatin reconsider his support for Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick.
The former Republican is running to give voters a more effective choice than entrenched GOP incumbent Craig Staats.
Federal law already prohibits armed agents at polling places, but state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta’s bill would go further.
“Whether you’re relatively healthy or have some sort of illness, at some point or another, you’ll have to use the health care system in this country … and it’s broken,” said Harvie at a virtual press conference Tuesday.
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Recent Votes:
- H.R. 6856: Peace Through Strength Against Russia Act of 2025 September 18, 2026Enacted — Signed by the President: Some of this bill was incorporated into H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which was enacted (🖊️ by president) on September 18, 2026.
- S. 2403: Retire through Ownership Act September 16, 2026Vote: Passed 401/14 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026 September 16, 2026Vote: Passed 415/9 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
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