Article Summary – In Pennsylvania, school board candidates who support extremist policies such as book bans and curriculum censorship have been both voted out and voted in in recent local elections. Former Central York school board member Veronica Gemma, now education director for the PA Economic Growth PAC, is actively
Article Summary – Pro-Palestinian protests continued at commencements across universities in the US, resulting in nearly 3,000 arrests. Students at Virginia Commonwealth University staged a silent walkout during Governor Glenn Youngkin’s commencement address, protesting his policies and role in previous arrests of student protesters. The University of Southern California cancelled
Article Summary – Pro-Palestinian protests have been taking place on U.S. college campuses, with encampments demanding that universities stop supporting Israel or businesses that aid its war efforts. Protesters describe Israel’s actions against Hamas in Gaza as genocide, a claim Israel denies. Police have made multiple arrests while dismantling encampments
Article Summary – A report from nonpartisan organization States United Action notes that nearly one-third of lawmakers in Pennsylvania’s state House and almost half of the Senate are ‘election deniers’, defined as people who falsely claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 election or engage in conspiracy theories surrounding that
Article Summary – Donald Trump and his Republican allies are proposing to extend the individual, business, and estate tax provisions of their 2017 tax law. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, this would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the first 10 years. However, Joe Biden and
Article Summary – Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and expected further rulings on abortion, advocates and lawmakers emphasize the importance of electing pro-abortion rights candidates. Pennsylvania has seen significant restrictions on abortion access, including a decrease in clinics from over 145 to just 20, and
Article Summary – Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the Biden administration would provide $5.5 billion for housing-related projects across the US, aimed at expanding affordable housing, combating homelessness, supporting people with HIV/AIDS needing housing, and housing for people recovering from substance abuse. The funding will be used to build
Article Summary – Bernard Junior Polite, a 26-year-old man, pulled a gun on a pastor during a sermon at a Pennsylvania church before his weapon jammed and he was tackled by a church deacon. Following Polite’s arrest, his cousin Derek Polite was found shot dead in the suspect’s home. Witnesses
Article Summary – The U.S. Air Force and National Guard have abandoned a plan to lower the flight training area of the Maryland Air National Guard above Pennsylvania communities to 100 feet above ground level. The plan, which was opposed by Democratic U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman and
Article Summary – Five health-related licensing boards in Pennsylvania have adopted policies opposing the use of conversion therapy for children, a scientifically discredited practice aimed at changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The boards’ condemnations of conversion therapy mean that practitioners can face disciplinary action or loss of
Article Summary – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Abandoned Wells Remediation, Research and Development Act, intended to mitigate the health and environmental risks of abandoned oil and gas wells. The bill, sponsored by Democratic U.S. Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, mandates the U.S. Energy Department to develop a
Article Summary – Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has rallied all 17 members of the state’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation to request federal funds for the replacement of the deteriorating I-83 South Bridge over the Susquehanna River, citing the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as a possible
