News
With No Final State Budget, Bucks County Public School Districts Must Take Funding Leap of Faith
Pennsylvania school districts rely on both state and federal funding. Both remain uncertain.
Melinda Rizzo
July 8, 2025
PA GOP
News
Pastors Who Endorse Political Candidates Shouldn’t Lose Tax-exempt Status, IRS and Evangelical Media Group Say in Joint Court Filing
This challenges the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 rule barring tax-exempt groups, including churches, from political endorsements.
AP
July 8, 2025
News
What You Need to Know About the Push for Open Primaries in Pennsylvania
Proposals to give independent and unaffiliated voters a greater voice are popular, but they face tough odds in the legislature.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
July 7, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: A Declaration of Independence from a President of Hate
Trump declared in Iowa on July 3 that he hates Democrats. “I really do, I hate them. I cannot stand them, because I really believe they hate our country, if you want to know the truth.”
Steve Nolan
July 6, 2025
Opinion
Letters: I Love the Idea of America; What Is Civility When Defending Democracy?
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
July 5, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: When Spiritual Warfare Becomes Christian Terrorism
Vance Luther Boelter was on a mission from God – or at least that’s the picture we have been able to glean from media reports, biographical information, and Boelter’s own statements, writes Logan Davis.
Logan Davis, Colorado Times Recorder
July 4, 2025
News
Here’s How Millions of People Could Lose Health Insurance if Trump’s Tax Bill Becomes Law
The bill is likely to reverse years of escalating health insurance rates in the country.
AP
July 3, 2025
News
Trump Administration Withholds Over $6 Billion for After-school, Summer Programs and More
“They’re trying to send a message. They don’t believe that taxpayer funding should be used for these children,” said Amaya Garcia, who oversees education research at New America.
AP
July 2, 2025
Opinion
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
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.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero
July 2, 2025
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.
