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City officials sparked outrage when they reversed course on a planned “road diet” for one of the city’s most dangerous thoroughfares.

The Philadelphia Water Department offers online consultations to help customers who are behind on their bills avoid losing water after March 31.

Krasner suggested a substantial increase in forensics funding would result in more arrests and convictions.

SEPTA officials say more than 28,000 cameras will help them make sure criminals face charges when they commit crimes on the transit system.

The details of Wolf’s budget plan for the 2022-23 fiscal year starting July 1 remain under wraps, but he has made it plain that public school funding is his top priority.

Some parents cautiously welcomed the news, while others were concerned that kids will be put at risk. Another group will press on in a legal fight.

While the Legislature has recently moved on some measures, like efforts to integrate public schools, others have stalled for years.

The governor had reinstituted the mask requirement on Jan. 11, after leaders of overwhelmed hospitals had retreated to “crisis” levels of care.

Money from the federal infrastructure spending bill will be used to determine how best to shore up the lighthouse, so it doesn’t fall into Delaware Bay.

The mayor says the neighborhood has been “neglected for decades and decades.” He says improvements will be noticeable within six months.

Family members of city crime victims shared they are grateful to see the creation of a new office dedicated to their support.

Symptoms can hang on for a while. Maybe longer than you expect, as a reporter for WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk learned.

Convictions of union chief John Dougherty and Councilmember Bobby Henon haven't impeded fundraising power. Local 98 has $13.3 million on hand.

“These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They’re racists and they’re very sick, they’re mentally sick,” Trump said.

A Penn study shows pandemic-era telehealth eliminated inequity in the rate of Black patients making it to primary care appointments after hospitalization.