Opinion
OPINION: Corporate ‘Cancellations’ and Decision-making Are About Profits, and Only Profits
Greed is not a good way to regulate speech protections in a democratic society.
Pat LaMarche
September 23, 2025
Pat LaMarche
News
Bucks County State Rep. Jim Prokopiak Leads Roundtable Discussion on Housing Affordability Solutions
“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.
Pat LaMarche
September 11, 2025
News
In Less than a Year, Trump has Dismantled Healthcare Access for Hundreds of Thousands of Pennsylvanians
“Based on our records… costs could go up for Pennie enrollees by 82 percent.” That’s on average. For others, it could go up even more or – when new regulations under H.R. 1, A Big Beautiful Bill Act, go into effect – it will be eliminated entirely.
Pat LaMarche
August 19, 2025
News
Pennsylvania Homeless Advocates Condemn Trump’s Plans to Punish the Unhoused, Involuntarily Commit Them
“Homelessness is caused by poverty,” said Estelle Richman, HUD Chief Operating Officer during the Obama administration. “These are poor people … Many of them are working. They just don’t have enough money to pay the rent.”
Pat LaMarche
August 7, 2025
News
Trump’s Proposed Time Limit on HUD Subsidies Would ‘Devastate’ Low Income Families in Bucks County and Across Pennsylvania
If the two-year limit is enacted, evictions are expected to skyrocket, resulting in an increase in homelessness.
Pat LaMarche
July 24, 2025
News
7 State Senate Democrats Help Republicans Pass Bill That Critics Say Punishes Homeless Pennsylvanians
Senate Bill 780 will effectively ban people from sleeping outside, even if they have no other shelter available to them, and fines municipalities that don’t comply.
Pat LaMarche
June 26, 2025
News
Report Says Nearly 1 in 3 Kids in Bucks County Rely on Medicaid. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Has Voted to Take Health Care Away from Them
“Tax cuts for some of the wealthiest Americans should not be funded on the backs of needy children,” said Pennsylvania State Senator Steve Santarsiero.
Pat LaMarche
June 11, 2025
Opinion
Trump and the GOP’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make the ‘Old-fashioned Term’ Groceries Actually Obsolete for Millions of People Who Rely on SNAP
If the Senate passes the House GOP budget one can only hope that an angry and hungry America remembers to exact their vengeance at the ballot box.
Pat LaMarche
May 30, 2025
News
End of Emergency Housing Voucher Program Will Increase Homelessness in Pennsylvania
Funding is running out for a federal rental assistance program, putting families across the commonwealth at risk of eviction.
Pat LaMarche
May 23, 2025
Bucks County Beacon Hires Daralyse Lyons as Chief Revenue Officer
October 3, 2025
“Honestly, what excites me most about Dara’s talents is how excited she is to be part of the team and grow the organization,” said Bucks County Beacon Owner and Publisher Emily Smith.
Here’s How Bucks County State House Lawmakers Voted on Three Gun Safety Bills
October 3, 2025
Local Republicans voted against banning “ghost guns” and rejected a red flag law to keep firearms from individuals in crisis.
Voter Fraud Case for Northampton Township Republican Committee Person to Be Heard October 10
October 2, 2025
Democrats believe Bucks County’s Republican District Attorney Jennifer Schorn should recuse her office from the case.
The County Theater to Screen Documentary ‘The Librarians’ to Help Kick Off Banned Books Week in Bucks County
October 1, 2025
Banned Books Week will take place October 5 – 11, with the theme “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
Stakeholders Say Trump Administration’s Proposed VA Abortion Ban Would Harm Vulnerable Pennsylvania Veterans
September 30, 2025
The ban – which would even apply in states where abortion is legal – would prohibit women veterans from getting military-provided abortion health care, even if they were raped.
