CHRISTINE HAS THE TIMING ON JUST HOW SOON WE’LL GO THERE. WGAL NEWS 8. TODAY STARTS NOW. ALL RIGHT, IT’S 5:00 AND IT’S FRIDAY. I’M GLAD IT’S FRIDAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I’M MATT BARCARO. I’M KATELYN SMITH REGINA GOT A LOOK AT OUR COMMUTE THIS MORNING, AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE 80S AND 90S, BUT NOT TODAY. NOT TODAY. YES. IF YOU’RE A FAN OF THE 60S, I THINK TODAY WE HAVE UPPER 60S FOR YOU. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST THIS MORNING. WE’RE STARTING OUT WITH SOME CLOUDS. YOU JUST SAW THAT LIVE PICTURE WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO BREAK UP. I DO THINK WE’LL SEE BREAKS OF SUN THIS MORNING. AND THEN PARTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE CHECK 48 IN SELINSGROVE. IT’S 51 IN HARRISBURG FOR CARLISLE AND CHAMBERSBURG. WIND SPEEDS. IT WAS A BREEZY DAY YESTERDAY AND IT WILL BE BREEZY TODAY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON, ABOUT 10 TO 20MPH OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE’LL SEE BREAKS OF SUN. AT TIMES IT WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY. AT TIMES IT MIGHT BE MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE TEMPERATURE GETS UP TO 68. SO ANOTHER COOL DAY BEFORE PERHAPS YOU’RE CRANKING THE A C THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR SURE. SUCH A BIG CHANGE. HUGE CHANGE. AND IT COULD BE OUR FIRST 90 OF THE YEAR AT LEAST IT’S SOMEWHAT GRADUAL THOUGH. EACH DAY WE’RE JUMPING ANOTHER ANOTHER TEN DEGREES. I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FAN OF THE SUN AND THE HEAT. I LIKE ALL THE KIND OF WHETHER YOU LIKE IT. ALL RIGHT. 501 ON YOUR FRIDAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, AND HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU. AND WHAT A FRIDAY IT IS BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AHEAD. RIGHT NOW. NO ISSUES THAT I’M SEEING. NO CRASHES OR INCIDENTS TO SLOW YOU DOWN. I DID NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THIS IS ALONG I-81 AT EXIT 52 IN MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP. THAT’S DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. THAT’S WRAPPING UP ACTUALLY. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS THERE. I-81 AT EXIT 52 RIGHT NOW THEY’RE JUST WRAPPING UP SOME WORK FROM PENNDOT SOUTHBOUND. ALSO LOOKING FINE ON THIS FRIDAY MORNING. HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, THEY’RE 83 AND SOME DRIVE TIMES FOR YOU. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT OF HARRISBURG TO CAMP HILL, FIVE MINUTE DRIVE, THEY’RE NOT TOO BAD. CARLISLE IS A 20 MINUTE DRIVE AND 14. IF YOU’RE HEADED TO HERSHEY, WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. CONTRACT TALKS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE DONEGAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN LANCASTER COUNTY, BUT SOME SAY THEY DON’T LIKE WHAT THE DISTRICT IS OFFERING FOR TEACHERS OR BUS DRIVERS. LET’S GIVE YOU A LOOK AT LAST NIGHT’S BOARD MEETING. A PACKED HOUSE THERE. BUS DRIVERS SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A NEW TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT, AND TEACHERS ARE ASKING FOR MORE COMPETITIVE PAY. THE TEACHERS SAY THEY’RE BEING PAID THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTY, AND THEY’RE WORRIED THAT SOME TEACHERS ARE LEAVING TO GO WORK AT OTHER DISTRICTS. BOARD MEMBERS SAY AN OFFER OF AN AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF 3.8% IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN OTHER NEARBY DISTRICTS. WE KNOW THAT TEACHERS ARE PAID SOME OF THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTY, AND MY KIDS GO HERE AND THEY LOVE IT. AND IT’S SUCH A GREAT SCHOOL. THESE TEACHERS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL THE TIME, AND THEY DESERVE A FAIR CONTRACT. THEY NEED TO HAVE A HIGHER WAGE. OUR DISTRICT IS SPENDING MONEY ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS RIGHT NOW, AND THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THEM. THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THE NEW OFFER WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A STARTING SALARY OF 62,000 FOR SOMEONE WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE AND 81,000 FOR THOSE WITH A MASTER’S DEGREE. THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO APPROVED A NEW TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL BUS COMPANY. KRAFT SAYS CURRENT DRIVERS WILL GET THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND WORK FOR THEM. NEW THIS MORNING, PENN STATE FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE VOTED TO FORM A UNION. AFTER MONTHS OF ORGANIZING, UNION LEADERS SAY MORE THAN 2500 MEMBERS JOINED THE UNION. MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE VOTED IN THIS ELECTION. THEY SAY THIS IS THE LARGEST ELECTION OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE. AFTER NEARLY FIVE DECADES, THE UNION WILL INCLUDE FACULTY MEMBERS FROM ALL OF PENN STATE’S CAMPUSES. AND THIS DOES COME AS THE UNIVERSITY PREPARES TO CLOSE SEVERAL BRANCH CAMPUSES. YOU CAN SEE THOSE LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN THERE INCLUDES PENN STATE, YORK AND MOUNT ALTO IN OUR AREA. THE YORK COUNTY SPCA IS ASKING FOR HELP WITH WHAT THEY SAY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CASES OF DOG HOARDING IN ITS HISTORY. THE SHELTER IS EXPECTING MORE THAN 50 DOGS TO COME INTO THEIR CARE IN THE COMING WEEKS, FILLING THEIR KENNEL SPACE DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, WHICH THEY SAY IS ONE OF THEIR BUSIEST TIMES OF THE YEAR. YORK SPCA IS A NO KILL SHELTER, SO THEY’RE ASKING PEOPLE WHO CAN FOSTER OR ADOPT THE DOGS TO REACH OUT TO THEM. THEY’VE ALSO ASKED FOR SUPPLIES LIKE DOG CRATES AND FOOD. THE SHELTER SAYS THE HOARDING SITUATION IS BEING INVESTIGATED, BUT DID NOT SHARE ANY MORE DETAILS. WE’VE REACHED OUT TO THE YORK COUNTY D.A. FOR MORE INFORMATION. THIS MORNING, WE ARE HEARING FROM THE CARETAKERS OF SOME ANIMALS RESCUED IN A DIFFERENT ANIMAL WELFARE CASE IN YORK COUNTY. POLICE SAY MORE THAN 60 ANIMALS WERE FOUND IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, AND THAT SOME OF THEM WERE ALREADY DEAD. THESE ARE THE TWO PEOPLE CHARGED. WE’LL GET TO THEM IN JUST A MOMENT. SHORT AND CURLIES. ANIMAL RESCUE SANCTUARY DID TAKE 11 PIGS IN FROM THAT HOME. THEY SAY THEY TREATED THEM FOR BREATHING PROBLEMS. THEY WERE NOT GREAT. THEY WERE VERY SKINNY, VERY HUDDLED TOGETHER. WE ONLY REALLY HAD ONE OUT OF THE GROUP THAT WAS, WE’LL SAY, TAME. THEY’VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS THERE. THEY FILLED OUT. THEY ARE HEALTHY AND HAPPY AND HAVE A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. SO THEY’RE DOING WELL. POLICE CHARGED 23 YEAR OLD CHASE FISHER AND 32 YEAR OLD PEDRO VEGA RIVERA OF COLUMBIA, WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY. IN THIS CASE, LEBANON COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS AGAINST 20 ELECTED STATE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS WAS IN COURT. ADAM BERRYHILL WAIVED HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY HE POSTED A HIT LIST OF THOSE LAWMAKERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BERRYHILL IS IN THE LEBANON COUNTY PRISON. HE’S NOT ABLE TO POST BAIL. HE’S SCHEDULED TO BE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH. AND FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF THE HANDLING OF HARRY HILL’S CASE, THE ACTING STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS THERE WILL BE CHANGES TO ITS NOTIFICATION POLICY. SO IN A LETTER OBTAINED BY WGAL, COMMISSIONER GEORGE BIVENS SAID WHILE HIS AGENCY’S INVESTIGATION AND ARREST WAS ALL CONDUCTED PROPERLY, A REVIEW OF THE MATTER REVEALS, HE SAYS THAT THE AFFECTED LEGISLATORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED. HE SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW NOTIFICATION PROCESS THAT INCLUDES A NEW PROCESS FOR COMMUNICATING THE THREATS, AND ALSO DESIGNATES A POINT PERSON FOR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. ALSO IN THAT LETTER, STATE POLICE SAY THEY ARE NOW CREATING A NEW POLITICAL VIOLENCE THREAT UNIT. THE FUNERAL IS TODAY FOR THE 15 YEAR OLD, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN YORK LAST WEEK. PAUL HARRIS WAS KILLED AT PENN PARK ON MAY 5TH AFTER A FIGHT WITH A GROUP OF TEENAGERS. YORK POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING HIS DEATH. THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THREE NEW CASES OF MEASLES HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES IN THE STATE TO 28 SO FAR THIS YEAR. LET’S GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THESE CASES BY COUNTY. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS OF THE RECENTLY IDENTIFIED CASES, ALL WERE EITHER UNVACCINATED PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO THEY DIDN’T KNOW THEIR VACCINATION STATUS. DOCTORS SAY YOU DON’T EVEN NEED TO BE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH SOMEONE TO GET MEASLES. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE IN THE SAME SPACE WITHIN TWO HOURS OF THE INFECTED PERSON BEING THERE. SYMPTOMS TYPICALLY BEGIN 1 OR 2 WEEKS AFTER EXPOSURE. OUR PROGRAM CONTINUES TODAY TO HELP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CAREERS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH STARTED ITS CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM. THIS IS CALLED A DAY IN THE LIFE. SO KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK IN THOSE FIELDS. MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS ARE TAKING PART IN THAT PROGRAM. THEY’RE WORKING ON EIGHT HANDS ON ACTIVITIES IN FIELDS LIKE RADIOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY AND NURSING. I THINK HEALTH IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REALLY PEOPLE MATTER. AND ULTIMATELY THINGS WILL COME AND GO, BUT PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE. AND I THINK HEALTH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE. THIS YEAR, THE PROGRAM IS HONORING SUE MARTIN, WHO STARTED THIS PROGRAM AND RECENTLY DIED FROM CANCER. IT’S 508. AND THIS WEEK ON WGAL EIGHT IN FOCUS, WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON BULLYING IN SCHOOLS AND HOW TO PREVENT IT. IT CAN BE PHYSICAL IN NATURE. THERE CAN BE BULLYING BEHAVIOR. THERE CAN ALSO BE INDIRECT, WHICH IS KIND OF THAT FRIENDSHIP MANIPULATION. SPREADING RUMORS, SAYING MEAN THINGS BEHIND THEIR BACK. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE’S CYBER BULLYING. YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT PARENTS CAN DO AS WELL TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM BULLYING. WHEN YOU JOIN US SUNDAY MORNING AT 11. AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH EVERY EPISODE, PLUS THE LATEST NEWSCAST AND SOME ORIGINAL PROGRAMING, ALL FOR FREE ON OUR VERY LOCAL APP, WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON ROKU AND AMAZON FIRE TV. 508 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE HARRISBURG SKYCAM BEHIND US. NOT MUCH TO SEE YET. NOT YET, NOT YET. BUT IT’S COMING AS THE SUN COMES UP BEFORE 6:00 NOW. SO YEAH, IT’S GOING TO GET BRIGHT EARLY. AND WE DO HAVE SOME DECREASING CLOUDS TO SEE THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE LOW PRESSURE CRANKING UP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. THAT IS GIVING US THIS NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE. IT WAS BREEZY YESTERDAY. IT WILL BE BREEZY AGAIN TODAY. AND NOTICE THE CLOUDS ARE TRYING TO BREAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. I DO THINK WE SEE THAT MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TODAY, 48 DEGREES IN LEWISTOWN, 51 IN HARRISBURG. IT’S 49 CURRENTLY IN LANCASTER. OUT THE DOOR IN YORK, A MILD START AT 50. WIND SPEEDS TODAY. THERE’S YOUR DOUBLE DIGITS. WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING THIS NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE AT ABOUT 10 TO 20MPH, MUCH LIKE WE SAW YESTERDAY. SO WHAT TO WEAR FORECAST FOR TODAY. MAYBE A LIGHT JACKET THIS MORNING. WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S. LATER ON IT WILL BE BREEZY AND MILD. WARMER THAN YESTERDAY WITH HIGHS ABOUT TEN DEGREES WARMER THAN WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. SO WE’RE CLIMBING AND WE CONTINUE TO CLIMB THIS WEEKEND. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WEEKEND FORECAST. WE HAVE 80 DEGREES ON SATURDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY TO START THEN INCREASING AFTERNOON EVENING CLOUDS. THERE MAY BE A STRAY SHOWER LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. FOR SUNDAY, IT’S 84 DEGREES FOR PARTLY SUNNY SKIES, MAYBE A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE DAY. BUT REALLY, MOST OF YOUR WEEKEND IS GOING TO BE DRY AND QUITE A BIT WARMER THAN WHAT WE’VE SEEN THIS WEEK. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THOSE 90S EARLY NEXT WEEK. COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHRISTINE. NICE DAY TO HEAD OUTSIDE TODAY AND THIS WEEKEND AS WELL. THE 54TH ANNUAL GREEK FEST STARTS TODAY ON THE WEST SHORE. YOU CAN GET YOUR FILL OF GREEK FOOD AND THE MUSIC AND CULTURE TOO. YEAH, MAYBE YOU’RE HUNGRY ALREADY. GREEK FOOD FOR BREAKFAST. WHY NOT? NEWS 8 GABRIEL THOMAS IS JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING TO TELL US ABOUT GREEK FEST AND ALL OF THE FOOD THAT THEY’RE COOKING UP THERE IN THE KITCHEN RIGHT NOW. GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MATT KATELYN OR SHOULD I SAY OPA. GREEK FEST IS UNDERWAY HERE AT THE HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL. IT’S EARLY, BUT LOOK AT THIS TASTY FOOD. WE HAVE PARISHIONER AND TOP CHEF MICHAEL WARD JOINING US THIS MORNING. WHAT IS THIS FOOD? AND YOU’VE BEEN UP EARLY COOKING THIS. WHAT’S IN IT? IT’S WE GOT A COUPLE DISHES HERE THAT WE OFFER IN OUR A LA CARTE LINE. I GUESS WE’LL START WITH LAMB. THAT’S ONE OF THE FAVORITES OF EVERYBODY’S. IT’S JUST A SHANK OF LAMB TOPPED WITH OUR OPEN SOURCE. IT’S MADE HERE JUST IN OUR PARISH. FOLLOWED UP WITH GREEK LASAGNA. IT’S A. IT’S A BAKED ZITI WITH A BÉCHAMEL SAUCE ON TOP. AND THEN WE’LL MOVE OVER TO ITS, LET’S SAY, COUSIN MOUSSAKA, WHICH IS A EGGPLANT INSTEAD OF THE THE ZITI. WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT GREEK CULTURE, ESPECIALLY THE FOOD AND ALL THE TASTY TREATS? I CAN’T WAIT TO TASTE THOSE PASTRIES. OH, WE LOVE SHARING OUR CULTURE. WE’RE WARM. WELCOMING. JUST COME ON OUT AND AND SEE WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE GREEK. BE GREEK FOR A DAY WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WE’RE HERE ISN’T JUST ALL ABOUT TASTY FOOD AND EXPERIENCES. YOU GUYS ALSO DONATE A PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT GOES BACK INTO THE CHURCH. CORRECT? WE DONATE TO TO SOME OF THE AREA COMMUNITY CHARITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT. MICHAEL. THANK YOU. WELL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT TO GREEK FEST, YOU ALREADY SAW THAT TASTY FOOD. I’LL BE SHOWING YOU SOME MORE STUFF THROUGHOUT THE SHOW THIS MORNING. YOU CAN DO SO UP UNTIL SUNDAY. THAT IS THE 18TH. I’LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON MY FACEBOOK.
Justin Douglas: Pennsylvania 10th Congressional District candidate profile
Updated: 12:36 PM EDT May 15, 2026
Justin Douglas is running as a Democrat for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Douglas currently serves as a Dauphin County commissioner, describing himself as a community-focused leader whose priorities include government accountability, improving public services, helping families facing financial strain and representing constituents over special interests. Here are some of his priorities:Cost of living and wagesDouglas says he supports raising wages and strengthening economic security for working families, arguing that full-time work should provide stability and keep pace with the cost of living. He also backs policies such as paid family and medical leave, stronger overtime protections, tougher enforcement against wage theft and expanded worker organizing rights. Jobs, unions and working classDouglas argues that America prospers when working people prosper, and says the economy must be rebuilt to reward work rather than wealth after decades in which many hardworking Americans still struggled to get ahead. He supports stronger unions and worker protections—including the PRO Act, apprenticeships, small businesses, manufacturing, domestic worker rights, workplace safety laws, and a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights to guarantee dignity, fair wages, safe conditions, and the freedom to organize.TaxesDouglas says the tax code has been reshaped to favor the ultra-wealthy and corporations, and argues that working families should never pay higher effective tax rates than billionaires or companies using loopholes. He supports a fairer system through measures such as taxing extreme wealth more progressively, closing corporate and offshore loopholes, strengthening the estate tax, setting a global minimum corporate tax, and limiting stock buybacks to help rebuild the middle class.Housing affordabilityDouglas argues that housing is a basic source of dignity and opportunity, not just a commodity, and says everyone deserves a safe, affordable home. He supports expanding affordable housing, protecting tenants, helping first-time buyers, reducing speculation by corporate investors, addressing homelessness through Housing First programs, and exploring rent stabilization to make housing more secure for working families.Health careDouglas says health care is a human right and supports a universal system that guarantees coverage for everyone, so no one loses care because of job loss or faces bankruptcy because of illness. He also backs lower drug prices, stronger Medicaid and community health services, support for rural hospitals and mental health care, accountability for pharmaceutical companies, and better care for veterans to create a system that puts people over profit.Corruption and ethics in governmentDouglas says public office is a public trust and argues that corruption, self-enrichment, and special-interest influence have no place in government. He supports banning insider trading by officials, ending the lobbying revolving door, strengthening ethics enforcement and transparency, requiring greater disclosure for contracts and presidential finances, and creating stronger safeguards to ensure government answers to the people.Elections and campaign finance reformDouglas says elections should be shaped by voters, not billionaires, corporate PACs, or dark money, and supports protecting voting rights and reforming campaign finance so democracy is more accountable to the public. He backs measures such as making Election Day a federal holiday, using independent redistricting commissions, overturning Citizens United, closing campaign finance loopholes, increasing transparency for political groups, and banning certain corporate contributions. Voting rights and protecting democracyDouglas says democracy is strongest when every eligible voter can participate freely and fairly, without suppression, gerrymandering, or systems that protect incumbents over communities. He supports stronger voting rights laws, protections for election workers, independent redistricting, Election Day as a national holiday, and reforms to make elections more accessible, competitive, and representative.Public safety and criminal justice reformDouglas says the justice system should treat everyone equally, but argues that it has been distorted by mass incarceration, poverty-based punishment, and weak accountability for powerful individuals and corporations. He supports ending for-profit prisons, mandatory minimums, and unfair cash bail practices, demilitarizing police, and strengthening enforcement against white-collar and corporate crime to build a fairer system focused on justice, dignity, and community safety. Mental health and addictionDouglas says mental health care is health care and should be fully accessible, affordable, and integrated into the broader health system so people can get help early and without stigma. He supports expanding community, school-based, veteran, crisis, addiction, recovery, and reentry services while also addressing the economic and social conditions that contribute to mental health and substance use struggles. ImmigrationDouglas says immigration is a vital part of America’s story and argues that the real problem is a broken system that exploits workers, divides families, and lacks accountability. He supports comprehensive reform, including a pathway to citizenship, protections for Dreamers, ending for-profit detention, replacing ICE with a more accountable agency, reducing visa backlogs, improving due process, and addressing the root causes of migration with humane and constitutional policies.Gun violence preventionDouglas says gun violence can be reduced without abandoning the Second Amendment, and argues that public safety and constitutional rights can be protected at the same time. He supports universal background checks, safe storage laws, red flag measures, waiting periods, a ban on military-style assault weapons, coordination with mental health systems, and other responsible ownership policies aimed at preventing shootings, suicide, and community violence. Climate change and clean energyDouglas says climate action is a moral and economic responsibility, and argues that the country can fight climate change while creating good jobs, protecting public health, and lowering costs for working families. He supports investing in renewable energy, resilient infrastructure, domestic manufacturing, climate-smart agriculture, and ending fossil fuel subsidies to build a cleaner, stronger, and more sustainable future.Education and public schoolsDouglas says education is a public good and a birthright, and supports guaranteeing access to high-quality public education from pre-K through college or trade school, regardless of background or income. He backs fully funding public schools, paying teachers fairly, increasing support for low-income students and students with disabilities, expanding pre-K and integration efforts, strengthening college and trade pathways, and addressing student debt to expand opportunity and strengthen democracy.Civil rights and equalityDouglas says civil rights mean equal treatment for everyone and supports strengthening protections so no one’s freedom, safety, or opportunity is limited by identity, background, disability, religion or who they love. He backs the Equality Act, protections for LGBTQ+ people and trans youth, stronger hate crime enforcement and transparency, and expanded disability rights to build a more just and inclusive democracy.Reproductive freedomDouglas says reproductive decisions should be made by women and families with their doctors, not by politicians, and supports protecting privacy, bodily autonomy, and access to care nationwide. He backs restoring abortion rights, protecting contraception and IVF, repealing the Hyde Amendment, expanding prenatal and postpartum care, and improving support for reproductive health services so families can make personal medical decisions with dignity and freedom.Foreign policy and human rightsDouglas says American foreign policy should be guided by diplomacy, accountability, and human rights rather than short-term corporate interests or imperial ambition. He supports stronger alliances, more diplomatic and development investment, anti-corruption sanctions, conflict prevention, nuclear de-escalation, and restoring Congress’s authority over war to build a more principled and stable global role for the United States.Veterans’ affairsDouglas says the country has a sacred obligation to care for veterans and supports fully funding and modernizing the VA so those who served are not left behind. He backs measures to reduce veteran homelessness, improve health care and telehealth access, expand mental health treatment, and strengthen job training and employment programs while also urging greater honesty about the human costs of war.AgricultureDouglas says the food system is failing when hunger exists alongside massive waste, and argues that agriculture policy should treat food as a public good while supporting family farmers over corporate agribusiness. He supports redirecting subsidies to small and mid-sized farms, strengthening conservation and local food systems, reducing food waste, expanding child nutrition programs, and improving healthy food access in schools and underserved communities.Rural lifeDouglas says rural communities deserve the same access to infrastructure, health care, technology, and economic opportunity as anywhere else, without sacrificing their character or way of life. He supports expanding broadband, health care, postal services, clean water systems, local food access, small business investment, transit, and environmental restoration to help rural towns thrive with fairness and long-term support.InfrastructureDouglas says America needs sustained, modern infrastructure investment to reconnect communities, lower costs, and strengthen long-term economic competitiveness. He supports high-speed and commuter rail, rural transit, grid modernization, clean energy infrastructure, and greener community design to create jobs, improve resilience, and prepare the country for future growth.Small business/entrepreneurshipDouglas says small businesses and local entrepreneurs have been squeezed by monopolies and policies that favor large corporations, weakening Main Streets and draining wealth from communities. He supports better access to capital, stronger antitrust enforcement, local redevelopment, apprenticeship and trades programs, zoning reform, and succession planning to help small businesses grow and keep prosperity rooted locally.Defense and national securityDouglas says national security today depends not just on military strength but on protecting infrastructure, data, elections, and democratic institutions from cyberattacks, disinformation, and domestic extremism. He supports stronger cybersecurity standards, expanded cyber defense coordination, protections for personal data, greater transparency for social media platforms, and investments in media literacy and advanced digital security to build a more resilient country.Social securityDouglas says Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are earned benefits that provide dignity, care, and security, and he opposes efforts to cut or privatize them. He supports strengthening and expanding these programs through measures such as lifting the payroll tax cap, improving benefits, lowering the Medicare eligibility age, expanding coverage, negotiating drug prices, and guaranteeing broader Medicaid and long-term care access.See Justin Douglas’ priorities here.
Justin Douglas is running as a Democrat for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
Douglas currently serves as a Dauphin County commissioner, describing himself as a community-focused leader whose priorities include government accountability, improving public services, helping families facing financial strain and representing constituents over special interests.
Here are some of his priorities:
Cost of living and wages
Douglas says he supports raising wages and strengthening economic security for working families, arguing that full-time work should provide stability and keep pace with the cost of living. He also backs policies such as paid family and medical leave, stronger overtime protections, tougher enforcement against wage theft and expanded worker organizing rights.
Jobs, unions and working class
Douglas argues that America prospers when working people prosper, and says the economy must be rebuilt to reward work rather than wealth after decades in which many hardworking Americans still struggled to get ahead. He supports stronger unions and worker protections—including the PRO Act, apprenticeships, small businesses, manufacturing, domestic worker rights, workplace safety laws, and a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights to guarantee dignity, fair wages, safe conditions, and the freedom to organize.
Taxes
Douglas says the tax code has been reshaped to favor the ultra-wealthy and corporations, and argues that working families should never pay higher effective tax rates than billionaires or companies using loopholes. He supports a fairer system through measures such as taxing extreme wealth more progressively, closing corporate and offshore loopholes, strengthening the estate tax, setting a global minimum corporate tax, and limiting stock buybacks to help rebuild the middle class.
Housing affordability
Douglas argues that housing is a basic source of dignity and opportunity, not just a commodity, and says everyone deserves a safe, affordable home. He supports expanding affordable housing, protecting tenants, helping first-time buyers, reducing speculation by corporate investors, addressing homelessness through Housing First programs, and exploring rent stabilization to make housing more secure for working families.
Health care
Douglas says health care is a human right and supports a universal system that guarantees coverage for everyone, so no one loses care because of job loss or faces bankruptcy because of illness. He also backs lower drug prices, stronger Medicaid and community health services, support for rural hospitals and mental health care, accountability for pharmaceutical companies, and better care for veterans to create a system that puts people over profit.
Corruption and ethics in government
Douglas says public office is a public trust and argues that corruption, self-enrichment, and special-interest influence have no place in government. He supports banning insider trading by officials, ending the lobbying revolving door, strengthening ethics enforcement and transparency, requiring greater disclosure for contracts and presidential finances, and creating stronger safeguards to ensure government answers to the people.
Elections and campaign finance reform
Douglas says elections should be shaped by voters, not billionaires, corporate PACs, or dark money, and supports protecting voting rights and reforming campaign finance so democracy is more accountable to the public. He backs measures such as making Election Day a federal holiday, using independent redistricting commissions, overturning Citizens United, closing campaign finance loopholes, increasing transparency for political groups, and banning certain corporate contributions.
Voting rights and protecting democracy
Douglas says democracy is strongest when every eligible voter can participate freely and fairly, without suppression, gerrymandering, or systems that protect incumbents over communities. He supports stronger voting rights laws, protections for election workers, independent redistricting, Election Day as a national holiday, and reforms to make elections more accessible, competitive, and representative.
Public safety and criminal justice reform
Douglas says the justice system should treat everyone equally, but argues that it has been distorted by mass incarceration, poverty-based punishment, and weak accountability for powerful individuals and corporations. He supports ending for-profit prisons, mandatory minimums, and unfair cash bail practices, demilitarizing police, and strengthening enforcement against white-collar and corporate crime to build a fairer system focused on justice, dignity, and community safety.
Mental health and addiction
Douglas says mental health care is health care and should be fully accessible, affordable, and integrated into the broader health system so people can get help early and without stigma. He supports expanding community, school-based, veteran, crisis, addiction, recovery, and reentry services while also addressing the economic and social conditions that contribute to mental health and substance use struggles.
Immigration
Douglas says immigration is a vital part of America’s story and argues that the real problem is a broken system that exploits workers, divides families, and lacks accountability. He supports comprehensive reform, including a pathway to citizenship, protections for Dreamers, ending for-profit detention, replacing ICE with a more accountable agency, reducing visa backlogs, improving due process, and addressing the root causes of migration with humane and constitutional policies.
Gun violence prevention
Douglas says gun violence can be reduced without abandoning the Second Amendment, and argues that public safety and constitutional rights can be protected at the same time. He supports universal background checks, safe storage laws, red flag measures, waiting periods, a ban on military-style assault weapons, coordination with mental health systems, and other responsible ownership policies aimed at preventing shootings, suicide, and community violence.
Climate change and clean energy
Douglas says climate action is a moral and economic responsibility, and argues that the country can fight climate change while creating good jobs, protecting public health, and lowering costs for working families. He supports investing in renewable energy, resilient infrastructure, domestic manufacturing, climate-smart agriculture, and ending fossil fuel subsidies to build a cleaner, stronger, and more sustainable future.
Education and public schools
Douglas says education is a public good and a birthright, and supports guaranteeing access to high-quality public education from pre-K through college or trade school, regardless of background or income. He backs fully funding public schools, paying teachers fairly, increasing support for low-income students and students with disabilities, expanding pre-K and integration efforts, strengthening college and trade pathways, and addressing student debt to expand opportunity and strengthen democracy.
Civil rights and equality
Douglas says civil rights mean equal treatment for everyone and supports strengthening protections so no one’s freedom, safety, or opportunity is limited by identity, background, disability, religion or who they love. He backs the Equality Act, protections for LGBTQ+ people and trans youth, stronger hate crime enforcement and transparency, and expanded disability rights to build a more just and inclusive democracy.
Reproductive freedom
Douglas says reproductive decisions should be made by women and families with their doctors, not by politicians, and supports protecting privacy, bodily autonomy, and access to care nationwide. He backs restoring abortion rights, protecting contraception and IVF, repealing the Hyde Amendment, expanding prenatal and postpartum care, and improving support for reproductive health services so families can make personal medical decisions with dignity and freedom.
Foreign policy and human rights
Douglas says American foreign policy should be guided by diplomacy, accountability, and human rights rather than short-term corporate interests or imperial ambition. He supports stronger alliances, more diplomatic and development investment, anti-corruption sanctions, conflict prevention, nuclear de-escalation, and restoring Congress’s authority over war to build a more principled and stable global role for the United States.
Veterans’ affairs
Douglas says the country has a sacred obligation to care for veterans and supports fully funding and modernizing the VA so those who served are not left behind. He backs measures to reduce veteran homelessness, improve health care and telehealth access, expand mental health treatment, and strengthen job training and employment programs while also urging greater honesty about the human costs of war.
Agriculture
Douglas says the food system is failing when hunger exists alongside massive waste, and argues that agriculture policy should treat food as a public good while supporting family farmers over corporate agribusiness. He supports redirecting subsidies to small and mid-sized farms, strengthening conservation and local food systems, reducing food waste, expanding child nutrition programs, and improving healthy food access in schools and underserved communities.
Rural life
Douglas says rural communities deserve the same access to infrastructure, health care, technology, and economic opportunity as anywhere else, without sacrificing their character or way of life. He supports expanding broadband, health care, postal services, clean water systems, local food access, small business investment, transit, and environmental restoration to help rural towns thrive with fairness and long-term support.
Infrastructure
Douglas says America needs sustained, modern infrastructure investment to reconnect communities, lower costs, and strengthen long-term economic competitiveness. He supports high-speed and commuter rail, rural transit, grid modernization, clean energy infrastructure, and greener community design to create jobs, improve resilience, and prepare the country for future growth.
Small business/entrepreneurship
Douglas says small businesses and local entrepreneurs have been squeezed by monopolies and policies that favor large corporations, weakening Main Streets and draining wealth from communities. He supports better access to capital, stronger antitrust enforcement, local redevelopment, apprenticeship and trades programs, zoning reform, and succession planning to help small businesses grow and keep prosperity rooted locally.
Defense and national security
Douglas says national security today depends not just on military strength but on protecting infrastructure, data, elections, and democratic institutions from cyberattacks, disinformation, and domestic extremism. He supports stronger cybersecurity standards, expanded cyber defense coordination, protections for personal data, greater transparency for social media platforms, and investments in media literacy and advanced digital security to build a more resilient country.
Social security
Douglas says Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are earned benefits that provide dignity, care, and security, and he opposes efforts to cut or privatize them. He supports strengthening and expanding these programs through measures such as lifting the payroll tax cap, improving benefits, lowering the Medicare eligibility age, expanding coverage, negotiating drug prices, and guaranteeing broader Medicaid and long-term care access.
See Justin Douglas’ priorities here.