News
The latest wave of swatting calls began last week at Pennsylvania's Villanova University and at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
The cuts that took effect on the first day of the school year in the nation's sixth-most populous city could herald a wave of similar moves by major transit agencies around the U.S. as they struggle with rising costs and lagging ridership.
Trump was the Republican Party outsider in 2016. Now the party belongs to him.
“This was a terrible investment of taxpayer money,” one analyst said.
PA state Sen. Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) introduced a bill on August 12 to enforce and encourage solar panel installation on warehouses.
The latest wave of swatting calls began last week at Pennsylvania's Villanova University and at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Opinion
Millions of Americans will lose health care and food assistance—and many state budgets will go deep in the red—unless statehouses get to work.
“This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections,” said Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
The city is resisting an occupied force in creative, raucous, and even joyful ways. The rest of the nation should take note.
Partisan gerrymandering is an anathema to our democracy.
This is not only a step toward large-scale militarization and racist suppression, but we could also see it lay the groundwork for privatization and corporate profiteering.
Millions of Americans will lose health care and food assistance—and many state budgets will go deep in the red—unless statehouses get to work.
Education
“I would like to know if the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, the other school districts in Pennsylvania and in Bucks County, might be interested in starting a class action lawsuit against the state for the calculable amount of money that we are losing as a school district ‘cause it’s going to blow up everybody’s budget,” Centennial School District Board Member Michael Hartline.
“Our kids are not bargaining chips,” PSEA President Aaron Chapin said. “Our kids are not pawns in some grand strategy to enact a tuition voucher scheme that will shift taxpayer dollars away from our public schools and send them to private and religious schools.”
"We're running for school board to solve problems that affect students and families every day."
Experts say the Trump administration’s “hostile” approach could plummet foreign enrollment.
While Quakertown only has a small portion of its overall budget that comes from the Federal government (less than $2 million, I believe) if we lose that funding source we are still required to provide the services [for which] we use that money,” Brian Reimers, Richland Township.
“I would like to know if the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, the other school districts in Pennsylvania and in Bucks County, might be interested in starting a class action lawsuit against the state for the calculable amount of money that we are losing as a school district ‘cause it’s going to blow up everybody’s budget,” Centennial School District Board Member Michael Hartline.
Elections
Her appointment comes as state and local officials have repeatedly voiced concerns about cuts and changes to DHS programs to secure elections.
“This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections,” said Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
“Discarding thousands of ballots every election is not a reasonable trade-off in view of the date requirement’s extremely limited and unlikely capacity to detect and deter fraud,” the appeals court panel wrote.
After a conservative activist’s social media post suggested that they were up to something, the Pennsylvania nuns went public and ‘contested the falsehood immediately.’
Partisan gerrymandering is an anathema to our democracy.
"We're running for school board to solve problems that affect students and families every day."
Her appointment comes as state and local officials have repeatedly voiced concerns about cuts and changes to DHS programs to secure elections.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 4993: Joe Fiandra Access to Home Infusion Act of 2025 August 19, 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. 4993: Joe Fiandra Access to Home Infusion Act of 2025 August 19, 2025Bill Text: This bill's text is now available. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1] is the sponsor of this bill.
- H.R. 4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 July 23, 2025Vote: Passed 399/12 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 3357: Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act July 23, 2025Vote: Passed 381/31 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea