Op/Ed: SB 106 is too radical, too extreme
By Melissa Shusterman, State Representative, 157th District
Melissa Shusterman
This past summer, Republicans in the Pennsylvania House and Senate rammed through a bill with several proposed constitutional amendments that would limit personal rights instead of protecting them. One of the amendments included in SB 106 would change the state constitution to say there is no constitutional right to an abortion...
Lawrence, Hennessey choosing extreme politics over Chester County women’s lives
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
In the middle of the night, Pennsylvania’s legislators pushed through an amendment to the state Constitution removing any protection for abortion and women’s health services — along with a number of anti-democratic measures that could make it harder for minorities to vote.
There are massive issues with morality and democracy here, but the fact of...
A tale of two countries tells us the vaccine works; get your shot if you haven’t yet
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
It’s May and flowers (and pollen, achoo) are blooming everywhere in Chester County.
You know what else is blooming: optimism that the worst of the COVID-19 is over in our area and we are working our way past this pandemic. If you want a shot, you pretty much can walk up in a number of locations and get one. About 65% of the adult population of the county...
