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“It’s a deep emotional ride, but I mean, the majority of us, people of color, we’re used to things like that happening,” said Conner about losing friends to gun violence.
Democrats may have won the battle and flipped the Pennridge school board in 2023, but the culture war rages on.
Ehasz’s unwavering support for teachers and public education was highlighted in contrast to Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick’s support for extremist Moms for Liberty-backed school board candidates.
Advocates for the unhoused in Bucks County weigh in on what this decision could mean for our most vulnerable community members.
Here are results from some closely watched races locally, and across the state.
Opinion
Democracy is on the ballot in November and Bucks County Democrats are wasting no time making sure voters are aware what's at stake.
If the Supreme Court rules against the right of people to sleep outdoors, it would only make homelessness harder to prevent.
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
While the Bucks County Republican disingenuously tries to distance himself from Trump and the authoritarian MAGA agenda, his record in its entirety proves otherwise.
Project 2025’s Mandate is iconoclastic and dystopian, offering a dark vision of a highly militaristic and unapologetically aggressive America ascendant in “a world on fire”.
Education
Democrats may have won the battle and flipped the Pennridge school board in 2023, but the culture war rages on.
Ehasz’s unwavering support for teachers and public education was highlighted in contrast to Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick’s support for extremist Moms for Liberty-backed school board candidates.
Republican Pennridge school board director Ricki Chaikin was one of the guests.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania School Directors Coalition founder Christina Brussalis is tight-lipped about who’s funding the organization, who’s on the board, and whether they are working with the Independence Law Center.
Students want to learn and express themselves about what’s happening in the Middle East. We need to embrace that, not run away from it.
Elections
Democracy is on the ballot in November and Bucks County Democrats are wasting no time making sure voters are aware what's at stake.
While the Bucks County Republican disingenuously tries to distance himself from Trump and the authoritarian MAGA agenda, his record in its entirety proves otherwise.
Ehasz’s unwavering support for teachers and public education was highlighted in contrast to Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick’s support for extremist Moms for Liberty-backed school board candidates.
Here are results from some closely watched races locally, and across the state.
Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are fear-mongering over noncitizen voting, which is among the oldest tactics in American electoral politics.
The differences between the economic plans of the presidential nominees are as different as night and day. As President Biden crisscrosses the state, former president Trump sits in a courtroom facing felony charges.
You’ve got just one Congressman, Bucks County. Here’s what he’s up to.
Recent Votes:
- H.Res. 1173: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 615) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of th April 30, 2024Vote: Passed 209/205 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Aye
- On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 1173: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 615) to prohibit the Secretary of … April 30, 2024Vote: Passed 209/205 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 1767: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that educational assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program or course of education that was suspended or termina April 30, 2024Vote: Passed 406/6 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 4016: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act April 30, 2024Vote: Passed 413/0 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea For those veterans who become unable to manage their VA benefits, the VA has a program in which another person can serve as a fiduciary to help the veteran. However, as with anything, there's the potential for fraud. This bill would provide for reimbursement to veterans defrauded by […]