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The Bucks County Beacon’s Year in Review
Editor Cyril Mychalejko takes a look at 10 of the top stories published in the Beacon in 2022. What were the top stories you read this year?
Cyril Mychalejko
December 23, 2022
Cyril Mychalejko
News
Project Veritas Wants Parents to Send Their Kids to School Armed with Secret Cameras
Even though it would be illegal in Pennsylvania to record a teacher without their knowledge, given today’s political climate I could see right-wing parents in Bucks County doing it anyway.
Cyril Mychalejko
December 12, 2022
News
Q&A with Jennifer Cohn: A Christian Nationalism Post-Election Debriefing
Editor Cyril Mychalejko asked Cohn five questions to make sense of the election, assess this extremist threat moving forward, and to figure out what can be done to reinforce the crumbling wall separating church and state in the country.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 15, 2022
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Central Bucks Wants Republican Who Attacked a Middle School’s LGBTQ Student Club to Investigate ACLU’s Complaint of Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
Failed GOP gubernatorial candidate William McSwain called Fugett Middle School’s student club “leftist political indoctrination.” Of course this is who Central Bucks School District wants to hire.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 14, 2022
Opinion
Central Bucks School District Looks to Muzzle Teachers in the Classroom
The right-wing majority school board’s paranoia that teachers are “coercing” and “indoctrinating” students has manifested itself in a policy that will lead to censorship in classrooms.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 14, 2022
News
Voters Send PA01 Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Back to Washington for Another Term
The Trump-backed Republican outspent Democratic challenger Ehasz by more than 3 to 1.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 9, 2022
News
God Didn’t Want Doug Mastriano to Be Governor of Pennsylvania, and Neither Did Voters
Fifty-five percent of Pennsylvania voters declared the Christian Nationalist, anti-choice Republican was too extreme for the Keystone State.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 9, 2022
News
Big Oil Spent $5.4 Million to Boost Dr. Oz In Pennsylvania Senate Race
The oil and gas industry is betting on Trump-backed Oz to do their bidding – at the expense of the planet and a livable future.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 8, 2022
Opinion
Former US Senator Feingold Calls Rep. Fitzpatrick’s Resolution for a Constitutional Convention ‘Extremely Dangerous’
The end result could be “a constitutional crisis.”
Cyril Mychalejko
November 4, 2022
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Supreme Court Provides Cover for Bigotry Draped in the Fig Leaf of Religion With LGBTQ School Books Decision
July 1, 2025
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
June 30, 2025
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Regulatory Sandbox Proposed by Republican Pennsylvania Lawmaker Would Allow Businesses to Sidestep State Environmental Regulations
June 30, 2025
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
