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1 week ago | 
newsbreak.com | Aidan Tyksinski
In the aftermath of the 2024 election, many people who were outraged at the idea of Donald Trump getting back into the White House decided that they needed to do something to oppose him. According to the founders of Indivisible, Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, tens of thousands of people joined a zoom call after the election to see what they can do. What people did not do, however, was go out to vote in large numbers for the primaries in Pennsylvania on May 20.
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1 week ago | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski
In the aftermath of the 2024 election, many people who were outraged at the idea of Donald Trump getting back into the White House decided that they needed to do something to oppose him. According to the founders of Indivisible, Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, tens of thousands of people joined a zoom call after the election to see what they can do. What people did not do, however, was go out to vote in large numbers for the primaries in Pennsylvania on May 20.
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2 weeks ago | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski
In case you forgot, or didn’t even realize, election day was yesterday in PA. Off year elections, especially off year primary elections, have very low turnouts compared to the midterms and presidential years, and yesterday was no different. According to the Bucks County Board of Elections, just over 101 thousand people voted, making up 25.8% of registered voters in the county. With all precincts 100% reported, here are the unofficial results of yesterday’s primary in Bucks County.
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2 weeks ago | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski
On a Monday in 2022, when Michigan State Senator and now majority Whip Mallory McMorrow woke up, she saw that one of her colleagues, State Sen. Lana Theis, sent out a fundraising email calling out McMorrow by name. In that email, Theis said, “These are the people we are up against.
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1 month ago | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski
With the weather finally reaching 80 degrees this week, families in Bucks County are beginning to go out to enjoy the fresh air. Thanks to Stage United, a nonprofit created to bring local music into communities, those who are interested can see two free concerts in Doylestown as part of the organization’s Concert in the Commons series. Those concerts will be taking place on Thursdays in May, starting May 1 and ending May 29.
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1 month ago | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski
As more and more information has come out about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, local governments have worked to try to wipe out their use. In Harrisburg, State Rep. Brian Munroe of Bucks County’s 144th District is the primary sponsor of a bill that will ban these toxic “forever chemicals” from firefighting foam.
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1 month ago | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski
POWER Interfaith Bucks and Children First PA will be co-hosting an event “to advocate for full and fair funding for Pennsylvania’s public schools” May 1 at 7 p.m. at the Bristol Township School Administration Building. “Parents and school officials will share firsthand experiences of how chronic underfunding impacts their schools, while advocates will call on legislators to meet their moral and constitutional obligation to invest in every child’s future,” according to a press release.
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1 month ago | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski
Three chefs and two restaurants from Pennsylvania were named semifinalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards, the culinary world’s equivalent of the Oscars. The James Beard Foundation, a nonprofit culinary organization located in New York, established the awards in 1990 and has bestowed them annually since 1991, except in 2020 and 2021 when the organization scrapped them as the restaurant industry was reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurants apply for the awards.
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1 month ago | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski |Aidan Tyksinki
To celebrate Tax Day, Pennsylvania Together partnered with local activist groups Yardley Indivisible and Indivisible Bucks County to rally in front Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s office in Langhorne to protest the massive tax cuts for the wealthy, as well as cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Speakers included Bucks County Clerk of Courts Eileen Hartnett Albillar and local grassroots leaders.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Aidan Tyksinski |Aidan Tyksinki
Tax season is officially upon us, which means everyone has until April 15 to file taxes for the 2024 tax year. For low-income families, trying to pay someone to help file taxes can be a financial burden. Thankfully for Bucks County citizens, the BCOC has stepped in to help. Starting this week, Bucks County Opportunity Council will be starting appointments for their federal income tax assistance program.
