News
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.
“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.
QNB Bank offers a chance for local high school student artwork to shine in its long-running calendar contest.
Pennsylvania produces 69% of all mushrooms sold in the U.S., and its industry is highly dependent on immigrant labor.
Opinion
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.
Stop looking to the Potomac and Senator Schumer and look, instead, to the Susquehanna and Governor Shapiro, or the Delaware River and Bucks County Democrats.
The Trump administration has abandoned the U.S. government's long-standing commitment to protect and serve its veterans — a promise that dates back to the country’s founding.
Trump’s crazy tariffs may trigger a recession. He wants you to blame federal workers instead.
Education
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.
Both sides are declaring victory.
Now that ICE agents have the green light to conduct operations at or near schools, school playgrounds, and bus stops, it is critical for districts to understand the law and have procedures in place to protect their students.
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.
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.
“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.
Recent Votes:
- H.J.Res. 25: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to “Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digit March 11, 2025Vote: Passed 292/132 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 1968: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 March 11, 2025Vote: Passed 217/213 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 1968: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 March 11, 2025Vote: Failed 213/216 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
- H.R. 1156: Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act March 11, 2025Vote: Passed 295/127 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea