Opinion
This GOP Budget Bill Gun Law Change Threatens Lives
We need to be strengthening our gun safety laws, not weakening them.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
June 16, 2025
gun violence
News
Gun Violence Intervention Programs in Pennsylvania Are Working and Should Receive More State Funding, Local Advocates Say
CeaseFirePA estimates that a $100 million investment toward violence prevention will save the commonwealth up to $500 million a year by decreasing health care, criminal justice system, and economic costs.
Naomi Weiss
May 30, 2025
News
Gun Safety Advocates Worry Trump Administration Will Rollback Progress Made in Pennsylvania
Nevertheless, CeaseFire PA and Bucks County state lawmakers Perry Warren and Brian Munroe are determined to secure more funding, advance more legislation, and strengthen public safety.
Pat LaMarche
January 28, 2025
News
Judges Topple Gun Restrictions as Courts Chart an Uncertain Path Forward
Challenges to gun safety laws find success across the country after the US Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen ruling expanded gun rights.
Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline
December 15, 2024
News
Gun Safety Bills Fail in Pennsylvania House by Razor Thin Margin
Both bills failed 101-100 on Tuesday afternoon just hours after CeaseFirePA held a rally urging a yes vote.
John Cole, Penn-Capital Star
May 8, 2024
News
Pennsylvania House Passes Legislation To Prohibit the Sale of Ghost Guns
Three Bucks County Republicans – Shelby Labs, Craig Staats, and Kristen Marcell – voted against the bill banning the sale of ghost guns guns and gun parts without serial numbers, despite the measure strengthening public safety and aiding police.
Jenny Stephens
March 29, 2024
Opinion
The Hypocrisy of Republicans’ Anti-Crime Rhetoric
The Republican playbook rolls back existing firearm regulations and blocks new gun control laws. This will only worsen gun violence.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 24, 2024
News
Pennsylvania State Rep. Tim Brennan Wants to Ban Guns from Polling Places to Keep Voters and Election Workers Safe
The Bucks County lawmaker’s bill follows in the the footsteps of many other states, including Texas and Mississippi, that have already enacted similar laws.
Jenny Stephens
March 20, 2024
News
Bucks County Youth Raised on Active Shooter Drills Want Sensible Gun Laws
Local students, along with more than a dozen organizations, will host a vigil marking the sixth anniversary of the Parkland shooting on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow Room in Doylestown.
Pat LaMarche
February 13, 2024
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.
Regulatory Sandbox Proposed by Republican Pennsylvania Lawmaker Would Allow Businesses to Sidestep State Environmental Regulations
June 30, 2025
“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.
It’s Farmers Market Season In and Around Bucks County
June 27, 2025
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.
Democrats Are Trying to Figure Out What to Do About John Fetterman
June 27, 2025
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.
7 State Senate Democrats Help Republicans Pass Bill That Critics Say Punishes Homeless Pennsylvanians
June 26, 2025
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.
