News
Protesters gathered across the country to decry an ICE agent's fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis and a Border Patrol agent's shooting of two protesters in Portland, Oregon.
First the Trump administration kidnapped a foreign president to kick off 2026. Then ICE killed U.S. citizen Renee Good in Minneapolis. People are outraged.
They also want ICE kicked out of the city.
Trump administration officials tried to paint 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good as a domestic terrorist. She wasn't.
Based on the iconic “Declaration of Independence” painting by John Trumbull completed in 1818, the set features Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock and the set is available for presale orders now.
Opinion
Newtown's Gary Goldman explains why this nightmare scenario is not beyond the realm of possibility.
Once a state teaches its agents that force is the solution, force becomes their habit. That’s how police states are formed out of democracies.
When contraception is harder to get, families pay the price.
Harrisburg must implement protections designed to rein in skyrocketing electricity costs and mitigate the impact of these behemoth structures on the environment and local communities, writes Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Executive Director Molly Parzen.
Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan reflects on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 Insurrection.
Education
“Who wrote it?” asked Commonwealth Court Judge Matthew Wolf. “And does it contain AI, artificial intelligence hallucinations?”
Parents in the state are challenging Independence Law Center policies while trying to avoid a legal case that could go to the conservative Supreme Court.
It could have been worse, writes our education reporter Peter Greene.
Public Source reached out to faculty members at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University to understand how this year’s funding challenges affected their ability to research — a core tenet of academic freedom.
Students have been prosecuted in Florida and Pennsylvania and expelled in places like California.
Elections
Harvie continues making the case to voters about why he is best suited to beat Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick in November’s midterm election.
Rob Strickler, Lucia Simonelli, and Tracy Hunt will speak with voters in Horsham Tuesday evening.
His reelection effort will be watched as another test of whether he's White House material.
Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick has refused to hold public, in-person town halls with his constituents for years.
“Today we begin a whole new chapter in Bucks County history,” said Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia.
Three years after the county ran out of ballot paper in numerous precincts, election administration issues persist.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 5184: To authorize the Secretary of Energy to transmit to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development recommendations for changes to preemptive energy conservation standards applicable to manufactured homes January 9, 2026Vote: Passed 263/147 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 1834: [Reinstates enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years] January 8, 2026Vote: Passed 230/196 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.Res. 780: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) [reinstate enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years] January 8, 2026Vote: Passed 224/202 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 131: Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act January 8, 2026Vote: Failed 248/177 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
