A lot of time and energy has been wasted over the last two months by very intelligent people wringing their hands and hoping that somebody, anybody will show up and give them direction. And it’s ...

You know those workers at the polling place who help you cast your ballot each election? There are elections for them, too. This year, voters across Pennsylvania will have a chance to choose the ...

QNB Bank continues a long running legacy of promoting student creativity as its annual art calendar contest marks 30 years. High school students in Upper Bucks County, Upper Perkiomen Valley, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut 83,000 jobs, slashing employment by over 17% at the federal agency that provides health care for millions of veterans, according to an internal ...

As state legislative sessions grind on, conservative lawmakers have filed a new batch of bills that would grant legal rights to fetuses and fertilized embryos. Lawmakers in at least eight states — ...

Bucks County Beacon reporter Pat LaMarche shares her thoughts on what solidarity and inclusiveness ought to look like on this important day – and year-round.

It’s International Women’s Day, but if you’ve got an Apple or Google calendar, you wouldn’t know it. Since the U.S. got her new/old president, there’s been vast speculation on social media that the ...

Bucks County’s not doing well. Overall, if you have children and you live there there’s a 30 percent chance that you and your family are struggling. If you’re poor, your kids probably go to one of ...

More than 60 former members of Congress put their names to an open letter urging Congress to assert its role as a fundamental “check and balance” on the government’s executive branch. “America is ...

The state’s top election official calls on the Legislature to update rules, and to give local administrators a voice. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt at the Capitol in Harrisburg. "It’s ...

The last few weeks have been the most destabilizing for Social Security in its 90-year history. America’s historic retirement security program has survived world wars, pandemics, and recessions. But ...

In the reaches of the Upper Delaware River lies a hamlet called Barryville, located in the Town of Highland, New York. As you cross the bridge from Pennsylvania into New York, the beautiful Delaware ...