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Coinciding with this urgent appeal for increased precautions, some rabbis said their synagogues would proceed with large-scale celebrations, intended to demonstrate resilience.
Abortion providers throughout the state report frustration at these anti-abortion centers’ disinformation campaigns and the confusion and risk this causes vulnerable patients.
“While ICE is detaining more and more individuals, targeting has shifted sharply to individuals without any criminal convictions,” according to arrest data analysis by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
Friday night's showcase of stories performed in song, poem, and personal narrative will be held at ArtWRKD Exhibition Space above Triple Sun Spirits on State Street.
These sheriffs' ideological foundation in Christian white supremacist movements reveals a great deal about the anti-liberal vision of America into which Trump has breathed new life.
Opinion
Taking public resources from already underfunded public schools and diverting them to private education is harmful for nearly 90 percent of American students.
The Trump FBI’s enemies list could encompass over half the US public, and virtually no corporate media outlets covered this catastrophic decree, writes FAIR.org Editor Jim Naureckas.
The solution is to fix the ACA, not dismantle it, writes Bucks County Affordable Care Act recipient Lauren Lareau.
The relentless push for data centers in states like Pennsylvania has dire consequences for communities and the environment. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Democracy depends on communities that know what is happening around them.
Education
Taking public resources from already underfunded public schools and diverting them to private education is harmful for nearly 90 percent of American students.
Despite Republicans holding a majority, two Democrats were elected board president and vice president at this month’s board reorganization meeting.
If transparency mattered, the board would wait until after the holiday—when families can participate and when the newly elected directors, chosen by the voters, are sworn in.
“It took too long, but we moved one year closer to a system that will transform lives,” said Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, a senior attorney at the Public Interest Law Center.
There's a new school board majority in Centennial thanks in part to community outrage over the hiring of a controversial former Central Bucks superintendent, writes district parent Nancy Pontius.
Elections
The 2025 off-year elections were a windfall for Democrats. But the experiences of rural candidates show the challenges ahead in 2026.
She joins Bob Harvie, Tracy Hunt and Rob Strickler in the race to take on inumbent Republican Brian Fitzpatrick.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett takes direct aim at President Donald Trump, using his insults to energize her 2026 campaign. State Rep. James Talarico is emphasizing economic divides rather than political ones.
Matthew Laiss allegedly voted for Trump both in person in Florida and via mail ballot in Bucks County in that year’s November election.
One of those is first-term U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., whose victory for the Allentown-area seat last year was among the narrowest in the nation.
“I’m running to be the fighter the 143rd district deserves," said Hayes, who if elected in the May 19 Democratic primary will face off against Republican incumbent Shelby Labs.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 3632: Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 December 16, 2025Vote: Passed 222/202 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 3632: Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 December 16, 2025Vote: Failed 207/218 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
- H.R. 4371: To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance efforts to combat the trafficking of children December 16, 2025Vote: Passed 225/201 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 4371: To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 and … December 16, 2025Vote: Failed 208/218 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
