The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its 2024 homelessness numbers, less than a week before the year ended.The numbers went way up – a full 18% increase over 2023. In ...

After bombing Iran, President Donald Trump sent out one of his trademark all-capital-letters missives: “NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!” he wrote. Dream on. Trump has become the latest American president ...

A new report underscores the vulnerability of children’s health in Bucks County and across the state as looming, draconian cuts to Medicaid and SNAP have gained the support of Republican lawmakers, ...

As the Senate works on revision’s to Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” opponents of the GOP’s budget which will cut Medicaid and SNAP by about $1 trillion to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy are ...

Amy Sturges, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Municipal League, opposed the bill.She told the Bucks County Beacon, “We did provide comments before it was voted out of committee asking them to ...

From JD Vance to Project 2025, how Peter Thiel and a guy who wants the U.S. to be a monarchy (really!) are driving Trump’s MAGA agenda. This week Melissa Ryan focus on the men ultimately responsible ...

They have worked to push critical race theory bans, praised Florida’s dismantling of public education, and repeatedly argued for education funding to be voucherized. They even once tried to argue that ...

They are not just MAGA culture warriors banning books and fomenting anti-LGBTQ hysteria and hate. They are part of a national network of right-wing activists on a crusade to dismantle public education ...

The Shiny Happy People documentary got my attention, too.. There is a reason it’s trending right now and you’re seeing it in your feeds and hearing about in conversations. Not only did it provide the ...

In an early December interview with Business Matters, Governor Josh Shapiro once again voiced his support for school vouchers.Voucher advocates who had been stung by his veto of their previous attempt ...

The lawmakers are preparing introduce House Bill 31 and Senate Bill 31 (named for the next redistricting year in 2031), which would update the state’s constitution to establish an independent citizens ...

We realize some want to direct education dollars toward programs that propose to “help students escape”’ from under-resourced schools. Whether we are discussing EITC or vouchers, let’s be clear: these ...