State Senator Steve Santarsiero believes managing cell phone use is needed to help mitigate the impacts on Pennsylvania students. He hosted a panel Thursday night at Bucks County Community College to ...

Flemming Godiksen is a Republican and Upper Southampton Township resident. Why do you think you are qualified to effectively represent your community on the school board? I worked 39 years in ...

Barack Obama, who spoke in Erie last week, thinks “We [America] are certainly at an inflection point.” But for many area voters, the tipping point came before 2016. Former President Barack Obama talks ...

Over the past few years we have seen attempts by some school boards across Bucks County, as well as Pennsylvania and the country, to either unilaterally ban books or make it easier for community ...

“If these three justices are defeated, there will be bedlam in Pennsylvania,” warns Shanin Specter, an attorney and founding partner of Philadelphia law firm Kline & Specter and son of the late U.S.

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This is the fourth in a weekly Thursday series of informational briefs to explain the roles and responsibilities of Bucks County Row Officers up for election in November. Democrat Robin Robinson, who ...

With Vice President JD Vance calling Kirk “a martyr for Christianity” and Cardinal Timothy Dolan suggesting he's “a modern-day St. Paul,” many on the religious right hope this moment will galvanize ...

Protestors gathered in opposition ahead of a hearing last week, which was ultimately continued, to decide whether to issue an injunction and block the training and implementation of Bucks County ...

Local bands and musicians are set to serenade strolling residents and visitors alike on Saturday in Newtown Borough’s as a way to celebrate and showcase local bands and talent. Newtown Porchstock, a ...

In 2018, Doylestown Township celebrated its Bicentennial with the motto “Preserving the Past. Embracing the Future.” To close the year-long festivities, township officials buried a time capsule ...

Natural gas was pitched as a stopgap between fossil fuels and renewables. Instead, it has derailed Pennsylvania’s energy transition. The solar panel installation on Liz Robinson's roof in Philadelphia ...