Governor Walz knows that empowering workers also means building a stronger economy. That’s why Minnesota consistently ranks among the top states both for living and doing business.
I hope that one day soon my nation will regain its footing enough to prevent traitors, looking for self-serving photo ops, from desecrating this hallowed ground, writes military veteran Steve Nolan.
We want our public officials to be able to listen to, understand, and manage the concerns brought to them by their constituents. Teachers do that every day.
The evidence is stark. CEOs of leading U.S. corporations are focused on short-term windfalls for themselves and wealthy shareholders rather than on long-term prosperity for their workers—or their companies.
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
No matter who wins the election, Christian nationalism is growing within the United States, and this has global repercussions. We ignore it at our peril.
Bucks County State Senator Jarrett Coleman earned a paltry 10%, supporting several bills that would harm our environment or weaken environmental protections, including a bill to prolong the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam.
Instead of standing with courage and defending American principles, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick relies on silence and evasiveness.
Any school board action other than demanding his immediate resignation would be “misguided and inappropriate,” writes district parent Meredith Torres.
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
