Opinion
OPINION: Exposing the Republican Party’s Shell Game
Bensalem Township’s Barbara Stakes wants Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick to be more transparent and accessible to his constituents.
Barbara Stakes
September 21, 2025
Budget
Opinion
The Big Picture: Recognizing the Economic Forces in Pennsylvania That Should Frame the SEPTA Funding Debate
The accurate truth is that this funding is an investment in the economic engine that drives our state forward, writes state Rep. Melissa Shusterman.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
September 2, 2025
Opinion
As the Trump-GOP Budget Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Loom, States Must Act Now
Millions of Americans will lose health care and food assistance—and many state budgets will go deep in the red—unless statehouses get to work.
Amber Wallin
August 28, 2025
Education
Could Pennsylvania’s Budget Impasse End Up in Court?
“I would like to know if the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, the other school districts in Pennsylvania and in Bucks County, might be interested in starting a class action lawsuit against the state for the calculable amount of money that we are losing as a school district ‘cause it’s going to blow up everybody’s budget,” Centennial School District Board Member Michael Hartline.
Melinda Rizzo
August 28, 2025
News
In Less than a Year, Trump has Dismantled Healthcare Access for Hundreds of Thousands of Pennsylvanians
“Based on our records… costs could go up for Pennie enrollees by 82 percent.” That’s on average. For others, it could go up even more or – when new regulations under H.R. 1, A Big Beautiful Bill Act, go into effect – it will be eliminated entirely.
Pat LaMarche
August 19, 2025
Education
Pennsylvania’s Budget Impasse Causes Funding Headaches for Public School Administrators
While Quakertown only has a small portion of its overall budget that comes from the Federal government (less than $2 million, I believe) if we lose that funding source we are still required to provide the services [for which] we use that money,” Brian Reimers, Richland Township.
Melinda Rizzo
August 18, 2025
News
Bucks County Democratic Lawmakers Speak Out on SEPTA Funding Crisis, Criticize State Senate Republicans for Failing to Reach Sustainable Solution
“On the one hand, I’m glad that the Senate Republicans have finally acknowledged that this is an issue and that they thought that they had to in fact move a bill, but unfortunately the bill that they moved is not a solution,” said State Sen. Steve Santarsiero.
Caroline Craig
August 15, 2025
News
Thanks to Trump and the GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Thousands of Veterans Could Lose Their Food Stamp Benefits
“This has been a strategic agenda to dismantle SNAP and to blame states for doing so,” said Gina Plata-Nino, SNAP deputy director at the Food Research & Action Center.
Shalina Chatlani, Stateline
August 12, 2025
News
Schools and Counties Begin to See Payment Delays as Pennsylvania’s Budget Stalemate Hits a Month
Governor Josh Shapiro’s administration said in letters sent Tuesday that state-supported universities, libraries, early-childhood education programs and county health departments also will see delays.
AP
July 30, 2025
Voter Fraud Case for Northampton Township Republican Committee Person to Be Heard October 10
October 2, 2025
Democrats believe Bucks County’s Republican District Attorney Jennifer Schorn should recuse her office from the case.
Appeal Could Make It Easier for Companies to Spread Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways
October 1, 2025
In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and radioactive material. The industry is pushing back.
The County Theater to Screen Documentary ‘The Librarians’ to Help Kick Off Banned Books Week in Bucks County
October 1, 2025
Banned Books Week will take place October 5 – 11, with the theme “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
Trump Tells Military Brass ‘We’re Under Invasion From Within’ and US Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds for Our Military’
September 30, 2025
“We’re under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy but more difficult in many ways because they don’t wear uniforms,” said Trump.
Stakeholders Say Trump Administration’s Proposed VA Abortion Ban Would Harm Vulnerable Pennsylvania Veterans
September 30, 2025
The ban – which would even apply in states where abortion is legal – would prohibit women veterans from getting military-provided abortion health care, even if they were raped.
