Ten school districts across Pennsylvania are in line to receive 88 electric school buses by the start of the 2024 school year, thanks to funding from President Biden’s infrastructure law. Aside from giving students a quieter and healthier ride to school, these buses can provide communities relief following natural disasters.

The Pennsylvania House voted on three gun safety bills with mixed results Monday. Two bills pertaining to extreme risk protection orders and universal background checks passed the chamber while a bill combating straw purchases failed to pass.

Carolyn Carluccio, the Republican nominee for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, removed a resume highlighting her anti-abortion stances from her campaign’s website. The since-deleted resume’s topline stated that she’d be a defender of “all life under the law”

Heather Boyd won her Delaware County special election for the 163rd House District. Her victory allows Democrats to keep their  102-101 majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Biden endorsed Democrat Heather Boyd in a race that will determine control of the PA House of Representatives and could affect key issues, including reproductive freedom and voting rights.

Democrats are ready to advance a packet of gun reform bills once the House returns to session later this month. The safety measures include reporting lost and stolen guns, expanding background checks, safety storage requirements and a red flag law.

Control of the Pennsylvania House hangs in the balance with the upcoming special election in Delaware County to fill a vacant House seat.  Issues such as abortion access, reproductive rights and voting rights take center stage.