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.
Pennsylvania school districts rely on both state and federal funding. Both remain uncertain.
This challenges the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 rule barring tax-exempt groups, including churches, from political endorsements.
Proposals to give independent and unaffiliated voters a greater voice are popular, but they face tough odds in the legislature.
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.”
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
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.
The bill is likely to reverse years of escalating health insurance rates in the country.
“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.
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.
The uncertainty around the Trump administration’s tariff strategy “is creating havoc” for Warminster-based Gamry Instruments.
“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.
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.
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
“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.