News
Knight Foundation Hosts Event to Help Journalists Inform Voters About Pennsylvania Election Laws
There are differences in how elections are run across the commonwealth’s 67 counties.
Aidan Tyksinski
October 9, 2024
Aidan Tyksinski
News
Analysis: In the First (and Only) Vice Presidential Debate, JD Vance Tries to Normalize Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement
Democrat Tim Walz did his best countering with facts and Trump’s actual extremist track record.
Aidan Tyksinski
October 2, 2024
Elections
Committee of Seventy Launches Nonpartisan Interactive Voter Guide for Upcoming November Election
“We wanted to provide a simple and straightforward way to help support voters in being well-informed and prepared for the upcoming election,” said Lauren Cristella, the organization’s president and CEO.
Aidan Tyksinski
September 30, 2024
News
Bucks County Opportunity Council Announces Grand Opening of Opportunity Center in Doylestown
The center will be used to help low-income families in Central Bucks who are seeking support for housing, food, weatherization of houses, Volunteer Income Tax Preparation, and The Economic Self-Sufficiency Program.
Aidan Tyksinski
September 19, 2024
News
Election Experts Explain Why We Need Pre-Canvassing of Mail Ballots in Pennsylvania
Republican state lawmakers just won’t let it happen.
Aidan Tyksinski
September 16, 2024
News
Governor Josh Shapiro Endorses Anand Patel in Bucks County’s District 18 State House Race
Patel’s opponent, Republican incumbent K.C. Tomlinson, recently voted against a bill that would have provided free lunches to K-12 students in public schools.
Aidan Tyksinski
September 11, 2024
News
Senator Bob Casey Meets with Bucks County Family to Discuss Legislation Helping Families with Children with Disabilities
Senator Casey met with Feasterville’s Chris and Maggie Dunham and their son Will to talk about how he can continue to be a leader in Congress who supports families like theirs.
Aidan Tyksinski
September 8, 2024
News
Senator Bob Casey Tells Bucks County Voters ‘This Race Is About Rights and Fights’
The senator held a rally in Croydon featuring Governor Josh Shapiro and Democratic Congressional Candidate Ashley Ehasz.
Aidan Tyksinski
August 28, 2024
News
President Biden’s Plan to Reform the Supreme Court Makes Sense. But Will It Get Done?
The Bucks County Beacon spoke with LaSalle University Professor Nicholas Staffieri, a Constitutional Law expert, who said while he agrees with Biden’s proposals, he doesn’t believe they will go anywhere.
Aidan Tyksinski
August 9, 2024
Despite Trump’s Federal Funding Cuts to NPR and PBS, WHYY Is on Solid Financial Footing – for Now
May 9, 2025
“But without federal funding, the road ahead becomes more challenging — not just in sustaining what we do now, but in continuing to grow and innovate,” said Bill Marrazzo, President & CEO for WHYY.
Exclusive: Agency Responsible for Report on Student Abuse Allegations at Jamison Elementary School at Risk from Trump Administration’s Proposed Federal Funding Cuts
May 8, 2025
Proposed funding cuts in the draft budget “would impact our ability to do similar investigations and ensure student safety in the future,” said Jennifer Garman, CEO of Philadelphia-based Disability Rights Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senator John Fetterman Raises Alarms with Outburst at Meeting with Union Officials
May 7, 2025
Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
Bucks County Commissioners Meeting Packed with Residents Fired Up Over Sheriff’s ICE Agreement
May 7, 2025
Critics of the potential local 287(g) partnership raised concerns over racial profiling, wrongful arrests, lack of due process, and community safety. However, supporters also turned out raising the issues of human trafficking, crime, and alleged treason.
Hearings in Harrisburg Show Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Unable to Find Consensus Around Much-needed Cyber Charter School Reform
May 7, 2025
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
