News
Supporters of the ballot referendum say that preventing Pittsburgh Water from selling to a private company will protect water quality and keep costs low.
If ICE approves the 287(g) “task force model” application and the sheriff moves forward without the commissioners’ green light, legal action will be imminent and “Bucks County taxpayers will be on the hook.”
The topics covered at a recent candidate forum at Perry Traditional Academy included an array of issues important to the teens: policing, school funding and youth involvement in their administrations.
The Michigan state lawmaker with a rising national profile is running for U.S. Senate. She also has ties to Bucks County.
The Arizona senator also discussed how Democrats need to stop being “too effing safe all the time” and do a better job of reaching out to voters and expanding the party's base.
Supporters of the ballot referendum say that preventing Pittsburgh Water from selling to a private company will protect water quality and keep costs low.
Opinion
Democrats in Harrisburg recently introduced a landmark voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Protection Act, which is designed to encourage public participation in our elections by reducing barriers that keep people from casting their ballots.
Big corporations facing federal enforcement actions donated heavily to Trump’s inaugural fund. Just a few months later, federal cases against them are being dropped.
We the People must choose to work tirelessly to save American democracy, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Sixty percent of families in this country are living paycheck to paycheck.
Democrats in Harrisburg recently introduced a landmark voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Protection Act, which is designed to encourage public participation in our elections by reducing barriers that keep people from casting their ballots.
Education
Democrats denounced the hearing, calling it political theater that does little to fight discrimination.
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
Still, teachers, families and advocates remain concerned about the stability of Head Start. The Trump administration is closing several regional offices and laying off the staff who support the program, which has led to funding delays that threatened to close individual preschools.
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, a Democratic candidate for Congress in PA-01.
An independent abuse report found non-verbal Jamison Elementary School students were subjected to physical punishment and neglect. Whether people will be fired or criminally charged is up in the air.
Democrats denounced the hearing, calling it political theater that does little to fight discrimination.
Elections
Democrats in Harrisburg recently introduced a landmark voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Protection Act, which is designed to encourage public participation in our elections by reducing barriers that keep people from casting their ballots.
The topics covered at a recent candidate forum at Perry Traditional Academy included an array of issues important to the teens: policing, school funding and youth involvement in their administrations.
Gallego travels to Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District and will be joined by Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is running against Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, “to engage the constituents Fitzpatrick is ignoring as he backs his party’s reckless budget resolution.”
There’s new consensus on voter ID in Pennsylvania. That doesn’t mean an election deal is coming.
It is the latest example of the DOJ dropping or withdrawing from a voting rights case begun under former President Joe Biden.
This bill will disenfranchise millions of voters, especially rural voters, voters of color, and married women who have chosen to change their last names, as numerous nonpartisan organizations have pointed out. But for Fitzpatrick it just didn’t matter.
Democrats in Harrisburg recently introduced a landmark voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Protection Act, which is designed to encourage public participation in our elections by reducing barriers that keep people from casting their ballots.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 276: Gulf of America Act May 8, 2025Vote: Passed 211/206 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Aye
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 276: Gulf of America Act May 8, 2025Vote: Failed 203/213 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
- H.R. 881: DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act May 7, 2025Vote: Passed 266/153 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 1503: Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025 May 7, 2025Vote: Passed 406/1 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea