News
“The executive order is not law and cannot change existing law. The orders even say on them they do not have the force of law,” said Kristina Moon, a senior attorney at the Education Law Center.
The right-wing law firm Thomas More Society, along with their plaintiffs which include South Side Area School District and Knoch School District, and Republican State Representatives Barbara Gleim and Aaron Bernstine, want to make discrimination OK again in the commonwealth.
Pennsylvania produces 69% of all mushrooms sold in the U.S., and its industry is highly dependent on immigrant labor.
More than 1 million Pennsylvanians could lose their health insurance, including 350,000 children.
“When we roll back DEI efforts, we risk weakening the very foundation of progress, creativity and excellence that our communities and institutions thrive on,” said Bucks County NAACP President Adrienne King.
Opinion
A shadow cabinet would show us what it would mean to have a government of public servants who put the well being of American families ahead of the further enrichment of billionaires.
Trump's commitment to the destruction of the building blocks of democracy have brought us to the brink of internal combustion, warns Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan.
Trump’s crazy tariffs may trigger a recession. He wants you to blame federal workers instead.
The once-powerful group’s internal turmoil and diminishing size and status may be signs that the school privatization movement is now a fully right-wing enterprise.
Our values are forged in the ability to speak truth to power, stand up for the oppressed, and honor our alliances — all things Donald Trump is incapable of, writes Langhorne's Dana Rollins.
Education
“The executive order is not law and cannot change existing law. The orders even say on them they do not have the force of law,” said Kristina Moon, a senior attorney at the Education Law Center.
The right-wing law firm Thomas More Society, along with their plaintiffs which include South Side Area School District and Knoch School District, and Republican State Representatives Barbara Gleim and Aaron Bernstine, want to make discrimination OK again in the commonwealth.
The once-powerful group’s internal turmoil and diminishing size and status may be signs that the school privatization movement is now a fully right-wing enterprise.
It’s just one of the ways lawmakers are trying to insert Judeo-Christian doctrine into public education.
Pennsylvania is currently the nation’s leading state for cyber charters, with 13 charters serving nearly 60,000 students.
Elections
“Without poll workers, we cannot have elections. They are the foundation of our election system,” Jeff Greenburg, a senior adviser on election administration for the Committee of Seventy, told Votebeat.
The state’s top election official calls on the Legislature to update rules, and to give local administrators a voice.
Pennsylvania's Republican Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said states need federal help to safeguard elections from foreign and domestic bad actors.
The Democratic-majority court has played a big role in defusing election challenges. Now Republicans are mobilizing for a takeover.
Election officials have long complained about the interface. They’ll have to wait a couple more years for a change.
“In a strong and healthy democracy, voters choose our representatives, but today we see too many power hungry politicians draw gerrymandered maps to silence voters,” said Common Cause Pennsylvania's Philip Hensley-Robin.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 2121: To establish the Commission to study the potential creation of a National Museum of Irish American History, and for other purposes. March 14, 2025Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1] This bill was referred to the House Committee on House Administration and House Committee on Natural Resources which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
- H.R. 2118: To provide temporary Ukrainian guest status for eligible aliens, and for other purposes. March 14, 2025Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1] This bill was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
- H.R. 2120: To amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a Radiation Oncology Case Rate Value Based Payment Program exempt from budget neutrality adjustment requirements, and to amend section 1128A of title XI of the Social Security Act to cr March 14, 2025Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1] This bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Ways and Means which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1] is a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 2119: To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish St. Patrick’s Day as a Federal holiday. March 14, 2025Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1] This bill was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
