Jim Prokopiak is a veteran public servant and attorney who has represented the 140th District since winning a high-stakes special election in early 2024. A resident of Levittown, Prokopiak’s career in local government includes serving as a Falls Township Supervisor (2002–2009) and a member of the Pennsbury School Board. He is currently an active member of several House committees, including Education, Human Services, and Local Government, where he focuses on the intersections of community development and public policy.
8610 New Falls Road | Levittown, PA 19054-1712
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PO Box 202140
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2140
“No one has seen the ordinance this bill would end up producing,” warned Food & Water Watch’s Ginny Marcille-Kerslake.
“What makes this moment especially dangerous isn’t just the funding risk — it’s the instability of the rules themselves. When systems are forced to react instead of plan, the result is always more expensive and less humane,” said Erin Lukoss, CEO of Bucks County Opportunity Council.
“If Pennsylvania passes this, it will be the best law on the books,” said Eric Tars, senior policy director at the National Homelessness Law Center.
“There are 64,000 food insecure people in Bucks County,” said Eric Clare, executive director of Bucks County Housing Group.
Local Republicans voted against banning “ghost guns” and rejected a red flag law to keep firearms from individuals in crisis.
“These communities in Bucks County were built for working-class people, and for decades it stayed that way. But since 2017, rent has gone up in our region by 50 percent,” said Prokopiak.
“On the one hand, I’m glad that the Senate Republicans have finally acknowledged that this is an issue and that they thought that they had to in fact move a bill, but unfortunately the bill that they moved is not a solution,” said State Sen. Steve Santarsiero.
The event was part of Khanna’s “Benefits Over Billionaires” tour making stops in Republican-held swing districts in lieu of their own representatives holding town halls, like Pennsylvania first Congressional district’s Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
POWER Interfaith Bucks and Children First PA are hosting the event Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Bristol Township School Administration Building.
Only one Republican and five Democrats agreed to participate. The remaining candidates vying to represent 10 House seats apparently couldn’t be bothered.
The ‘Don’t Trust Dave Tour’ made a stop in Langhorne to remind voters that the Republican Senate candidate’s record is “out-of-touch” and bad for Pennsylvania families.
The event featured local speakers and organizations who addressed the upcoming election, the stakes involved, and the implications of Project 2025.
An interactive tool provided by the Committee of Seventy in collaboration with the Bucks County Beacon.
An interactive tool provided by the Committee of Seventy in collaboration with the Bucks County Beacon.
