The Bucks County Beacon’s 2024 Year In Review
December 31, 2024
Editor Cyril Mychalejko takes a look back at 10 of the top stories published in the Beacon this year. What were your favorite articles?
Elections
Under Walz's leadership, Minnesota expanded abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights, now provides free lunch and breakfast to Minnesota’s K-12 students, and made public colleges tuition-free for families earning less than $80,000 a year.
The ACLU and Department of State argued in Commonwealth Court that election officials don’t use the handwritten dates on ballot envelopes for anything. GOP lawyers say it’s a tool against fraud.
"Every incident of violence or intimidation at the polls must be addressed," said Philip Hensley-Robin, Executive Director of Common Cause Pennsylvania.
The Republican VP nominee’s politics of blame were never meant to help the working class, writes Elizabeth Catte, author of "What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia."
"They’re not trolling her just to troll her. There’s a broader effort at play that is connected to undermining women’s participation in democracy and women holding office.”
The environmental group pledges to turn out its scores of volunteers to help elect the candidate who will actually protect “families’ health, air and water” and “build a clean energy economy that works for the people of our Commonwealth."
Sellersville's Cindy Benedict says her top concerns going into November are “equality for women, for families that aren't traditional families, voting rights,” while also singling out the dangers of Project 2025.
The Justice Department has policies to prevent investigations from being politicized, especially during an election year. The inspector general’s report highlights how breaches of these policies can snowball into false and exaggerated claims of election fraud.
National Poll Worker Recruitment Day seeks to chip away at a shortage around the country.
Rumble, a social media platform popular on the right, has been criticized for hosting antisemitism, amplifying conspiracy theories, and allowing videos with extremist rhetoric to remain available on the site.
They also called for worker unity and a coordinated effort among various unions to push Vice President Kamala Harris over the finish line in November.
Casey is running for reelection against anti-abortion Republican Dave McCormick, who was endorsed by Donald Trump and who has praised the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Harris “unquestionably has the skills and the experience to save our nation from the threat that a second Donald Trump presidency presents,” said DJOP Chair Jill Zipin.
In addition, only 21 percent of Americans think Trump is honest, 34 percent think he has the right vision for the country, and just 38 percent think he is capable of handling a crisis. How is this not a bigger media story?
This will mark the first time in over 50 years that a major party nominee was selected outside of the democratic process of primaries and caucuses.
The Criminal Justice System Forced an Innocent Incarcerated Philadelphia Man to Lie in Exchange for His Release
December 30, 2024
After spending essentially his entire adult life in prison, Tyree Wallace is finally free. “I needed to be home.”
MAGA’s Political Food Fight on X Over Immigrant Workers and Foreign Visas Shows Rising Tensions in Trump’s Political Coalition
December 27, 2024
The rift lays bare the hostility between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — and MAGA’s hardline anti-immigration base.
Bob Casey’s Senate Career Was Defined by a Deep Compassion for Pennsylvania’s Most Vulnerable
December 24, 2024
Pennsylvania is losing a devoted fighter with deep experience in Congress.
Pennsylvanians Won Important Victories for Clean Energy and the Environment in 2024
December 23, 2024
But this momentum needs to power us into a 2025 that will likely be filled with many challenges.
