Elections
Incumbent PA01 GOP Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Challenged to Debate by Contender Ashley Ehasz
“I stand ready to debate, because I am ready to lead. Are you, Brian?” Ehasz asked.
Jenny Stephens
September 20, 2024
Top 5
News
Former Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy and Democratic VP Nominee Tim Walz Worked Together 13 Years Ago to Help Overturn ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
September 20 marks the anniversary of the elimination of this discriminatory military practice.
Pat LaMarche
September 20, 2024
Opinion
Pittsburgh and Springfield: What Do They Have in Common?
I pray that this week concludes more peacefully than it did at the Tree of Life Synagogue the last week of October 2018, writes Squirrel Hill neighborhood resident Sue Berman Kress.
Sue Berman Kress
September 20, 2024
Opinion
Hold GOP Officials Accountable for Illegal Voter Intimidation
Republican officials continue to falsely accuse, harass, intimidate, and even prosecute voters of color. This is quintessential voter intimidation.
Sonali Kolhatkar
September 19, 2024
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These Evangelicals Are Voting Their Values — By Backing Kamala Harris
“I am tired of watching meanness, bigotry and recreational cruelty be the worldly witness of our faith,” said Rev. Lee Scott, Presbyterian pastor from Butler, PA.
AP
September 19, 2024
News
Pennsylvania Court Agrees to Revive Ballot Dating Lawsuit; RNC Wants State Supreme Court to Shut it Down
Voting rights advocates say it’s clear that the timeliness of mail-in ballots is determined by when they are received in county elections offices and not the date on the envelope.
Peter Hall, Author at Penn-Capital Star
September 19, 2024
News
Election Officials Across the Country Prepare for Threats with Panic Buttons, Bulletproof Glass
Election offices and those who run them have been targets of harassment and even death threats since the 2020 presidential election, primarily by people acting on former President Donald Trump’s lies that the election was stolen from him through widespread fraud or rigged voting machines.
AP
September 18, 2024
News
Pennsylvania Latino Caucus Disappointed Federal Court Halts Biden’s ‘Keeping Families Together’ Program
The program allows families to apply for lawful temporary legal status without having the remove the applicant from the U.S. while waiting for permanent resident status. DHS estimates the program would benefit 550,000 noncitizen spouses and stepchildren.
Caroline Craig
September 17, 2024
News
Election Experts Explain Why We Need Pre-Canvassing of Mail Ballots in Pennsylvania
Republican state lawmakers just won’t let it happen.
Aidan Tyksinski
September 16, 2024
Democratic Congressional Candidate Bob Harvie Visits Bucks County Manufacturing Business Suffering Under Trump’s Tariff Wars
July 7, 2025
The uncertainty around the Trump administration’s tariff strategy “is creating havoc” for Warminster-based Gamry Instruments.
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“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.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
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.
Supreme Court Provides Cover for Bigotry Draped in the Fig Leaf of Religion With LGBTQ School Books Decision
July 1, 2025
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
June 30, 2025
“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.
