Cyril Mychalejko

1 week ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

GOP Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick claims he is “firmly committed to protecting” Medicaid. But when the opportunity arose to join a dozen of his Republican Congressional colleagues who signed a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson stating they would not support a final GOP budget that guts Medicaid, Fitzpatrick’s signature was conspicuously missing.

2 weeks ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

It didn’t matter to Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick that the SAVE Act is “a direct attack on the fundamental right to vote and a dangerous step backward for our democracy,” as Celina Stewart, CEO of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of the United States, points out. He voted for it anyway. And it didn’t matter that, as Stewart added, the SAVE Act “is based on misinformation and fearmongering rather than facts” about imaginary widespread non-citizen voter fraud.

2 weeks ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

On this week’s episode of The Signal, we welcome Larissa Hopwood, also known widely as “Lolly,” to the show. Larissa has lived in Bucks County since 1999. In addition to being a local activist and Democratic Committee Person, she’s also a children’s musician, author, teacher, designer, and proud mother of a trans son. Recently, Larissa co-founded the Doylestown Action League, which has been organizing rallies and community forums in the County Seat.

4 weeks ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

The Bucks County Health Department issued a press release Thursday reporting that a local resident has tested positive for measles after recently traveling to Texas. The individual, a vaccinated adult, reportedly has symptoms that are “relatively mild.” The Health Department has contact traced all locations throughout the county where the individual has visited, as well as the people they may have exposed the virus to. “Anyone who visited Starbucks at 2896 S.

1 month ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

Kadida Kenner is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the New Pennsylvania Project. She has led efforts to stop the passage of a judicial gerrymandering constitutional amendment, raise the minimum wage, fairly fund public education, protect federal courts from problematic judicial nominees, and protect the state courts from extremist attempts to undermine their independence.