
Central Bucks Teachers Need to Be Equipped and Supported to Facilitate Discussions about Israel and Palestine
Students want to learn and express themselves about what’s happening in the Middle East. We need to embrace that, not run away from it.
Students want to learn and express themselves about what’s happening in the Middle East. We need to embrace that, not run away from it.
The PGN endorsement is the most recent in a long list of LGBTQ leaders across Pennsylvania who are supporting Khan in the Democratic primary.
Khan recently served as Bucks County Solicitor, was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of PA before that, and began his career in the Philadelphia DA’s office.
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Local advocates who helped elect the Democratic board majority hope the community will attend and provide in-person support for removing anti-LGBTQ+ bias from the district.
Cole, unlike her Republican opponent, supports women’s reproductive freedom, wants to bolster public education, and protect the environment. She also explains what else she plans to do to benefit district constituents.
Donald Trump endorsed Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick twice. Trump lost Bucks County in 2020. Democrats want to see them both lose this critical swing county in 2024.
Meanwhile, parents who voted for change in November are becoming increasingly frustrated and impatient with the new school board majority’s lack of action.
“Bucks County is the first Pennsylvania government to file a climate accountability lawsuit against Big Oil companies, but it likely won’t be the last,” said Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity.
There are 480 higher education leaders from across the country who have signed a letter opposing “undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work” on their campuses.
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, a Democratic candidate for Congress in PA-01.
The Bucks County Sheriff’s office has an application pending to participate in ICE’s 287(g) “task force model”, which essentially makes local law enforcement officers de facto ICE agents.
There were hundreds of rallies and protests against the Trump Administration across the country Saturday.
The goal of the proposed legislation is to protect women who receive abortions and the doctors and nurses who provide this reproductive health care.
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