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
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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
Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran’s Lawyer Calls ACLU and Fellow Plaintiffs in ICE Lawsuit Part of ‘Violent and Radical Left’
October 11, 2025
What’s next? Labelling them Antifa. Local voters must deport this MAGA sheriff from his office on Nov. 4 to end his ICE 287(g) agreement once and for all, writes Editor Cyril Mychalejko.
‘Ban This! How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won’ Authors Set to Speak in Newtown and Doylestown
October 11, 2025
“We are all looking for some kind of hope; for someone who has been successful in taking on the far right,” said Barbara Simmons, executive director of The Peace Center in Langhorne.
Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition Launches Solidarity Fund for Immigrant Communities Across Pennsylvania
October 9, 2025
PA FIRE’s goal is to create “a groundbreaking, statewide initiative to protect immigrant rights, expand vital services and drive long-term systems change across the commonwealth.”
With SNAP Cuts, Rising Hunger and Funding Reductions, Bucks County Food Banks Feeling Squeezed
October 9, 2025
“Families are feeling the pressure, and so are the systems meant to support them,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, Food Program Manager with Bucks County Opportunity Council.
Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
October 8, 2025
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