Liberal high school student Evianne Casey reflects on her experience with her conservative best friend in the making of Bucks County, USA – a documentary that put Central Bucks School District’s political divisions under the microscope.
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This Memorial Day we dishonor all those buried in our military cemeteries as we await the first military parade for someone who dodged military service, a man dedicated to the proposition of “Me the People.”
Living here now means walking a line between gratitude and caution, writes Olcay Ayata.
One of Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s constituents urges him to put public health above politics and vote against any budget that cuts Medicaid.
In PA, only 46 percent of eligible 3- and 4-year-olds participate in high-quality, publicly funded pre-K, leading to more than half of children not receiving opportunities they deserve.
The elevation of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to the papacy on May 8 may signal the dawning of the era of “the labor pope.”
In a crabby rant with a local right-wing podcast, Harran also accused Democratic Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie of hating him.
Judicial candidates Linda Bobrin, Dawn DiDonato Burke, Amy Fitzpatrick, and Tiffany Thomas-Smith bring decades of combined experience across family law, land use, housing, public service, criminal prosecution, and courtroom advocacy.
“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.
Look for ruby red strawberries and tomatoes, rich leafy greens, carefully crafted coffee, artisan breads, cupcakes, cookies, granola, field-grown flowers, local honey, and more at Bucks County’s farmers market offerings.
At town halls across Pennsylvania, rank-and-file Democrats and allied progressive groups are inviting Conor Lamb, a former U.S Congressman who voters rejected in May 2022 when he ran against Fetterman in the Senate primary. Now he is serving as a stand-in for the embattled Senator.
Senate Bill 780 will effectively ban people from sleeping outside, even if they have no other shelter available to them, and fines municipalities that don’t comply.
