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.
Elections
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.
Democrats gain seats in the State House.
The Trump-backed Republican outspent Democratic challenger Ehasz by more than 3 to 1.
Fifty-five percent of Pennsylvania voters declared the Christian Nationalist, anti-choice Republican was too extreme for the Keystone State.
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.
The GOP’s opposition to affordable health insurance through the Affordable Care Act has long been documented.
Who are these people and why are they here?
Local leaders of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community pledge not to let this “race-baiting misinformation” campaign spearheaded by Stephen Miller diminish Asian voter turnout.
The NAACP and other plaintiffs’ request is simple: count every Vote-by-Mail ballot received on or before Election Day.
Undated mail ballots, Philadelphia counting process could underlie objections and court challenges in the weeks after Election Day.
Roevember is here?
The end result could be “a constitutional crisis.”
The group says her Republican opponent Frank Farry, whom it had supported in the past, can’t be trusted to protect reproductive rights.
Democrat Ehasz pledges to fight for women's abortion rights, make herself accessible to the public and press, defend public education, and champion other issues that set her clearly apart from Trump-backed Republican incumbent Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
The PA GOP celebrated the ruling, calling it a "massive win."
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.
