GOP Lawmakers Push to Charge Women with Homicide for Seeking Abortions
March 9, 2025
‘Fetal personhood’ bills would grant fetuses, embryos the same rights as newborns.
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"Whether it’s his long record of enriching himself at the expense of working Pennsylvanians, supporting an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, or lying about living in Pennsylvania, David McCormick has lied his way through his campaign,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson TaNisha Cameron.
"Everyone has the power to create change."
What Jack Posobiec’s comments tell us about the MAGA movement and our opportunity to use their rhetoric against them.
Political candidates have spread false claims about Pennsylvania’s voting machines to undermine trust. In reality, these machines undergo several layers of testing to ensure they produce accurate results.
Turnover has cost the state nearly 300 years of combined experience since 2019, in what the state’s top election official calls “one of the biggest dangers” to our elections.
Prokopiak managed to outperform every major recent statewide Democratic nominee in Tuesday’s contest. Considering the stakes of the race, with control of the State House in the balance, that’s a particularly impressive feat.
The League of Women Voters of Bucks County held a forum that argued more open primaries could help ease the stranglehold the two-party system has on American politics and lead to more voter participation.
Politicians pay next to no attention to the concerns of 85 million low-income Americans. Advocates want to change that — and maybe the next election, too.
Heather Honey’s work has been cited by former president Donald Trump and conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell. A Votebeat and Spotlight PA investigation shows her most influential report is based on distortions and incomplete data.
His opponent, Candace Cabanas, isn’t advertising to voters that she is a Republican and won’t share her personal views on abortion (which the PA GOP attempted to ban through the state constitution via an amendment).
The event organizer, The Voter Project, is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring all Pennsylvania voters can cast a ballot in a safe, secure, and convenient way.
The campaign hopes to immunize voters against misinformation and disinformation.
“It means so much to have the support of these amazing public servants. They are heroes to Central Bucks parents like me," said Khan.
Democrat Jim Prokopiak's race against Republican Candace Cabanas will determine the balance of power in Harrisburg.
“Summer Lee has proven she is willing to stand up to big polluters and fight for a cleaner, safer world for us all,” said Center for Biological Diversity Action's Stephanie Kurose.
OPINION: International Women’s Day Must Be a Welcome Space for Trans Women
March 8, 2025
Bucks County Beacon reporter Pat LaMarche shares her thoughts on what solidarity and inclusiveness ought to look like on this important day – and year-round.
Bucks County Republican Jim Greenwood Joins Former Members of Congress Calling on Lawmakers to Rein in Trump and Musk’s Abuse of Power
March 7, 2025
The open letter organized by Issue One warns that “America is suddenly at a perilous crossroad” and urges Congress to start acting like a check and balance to the executive branch as the Constitution mandates.
Nearly 1 in 3 Families with Children in Bucks County Are Struggling Economically, Says New Report
March 7, 2025
This is why State Rep. Jim Prokopiak keeps his focus in Harrisburg squarely on “increased education funding, and [the need to] make sure that we have access to affordable healthcare and good paying jobs.”
Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are the Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History
March 6, 2025
Pennsylvania has one of the highest percentages of residents over 65 in the country. Now the entire social security system and the benefits and services they depend on are at risk.
