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N.J. was already in the midst of an effort to reduce police use of force against civilians when Floyd was murdered. Here’s where these efforts stand now.

Artists have transformed six places along Camden’s public transit corridors for the next six months. The larger goal is to boost civic pride and economic development.

After George Floyd’s death, Dems saw a rare opportunity to pressure the GOP to act on policing reform. Here’s where things stand.

The volunteer group would guide a $62 million effort to reintroduce street sweeping.

The agreement allows Chester County to hold the company accountable for any future violations of permits issued by the Department of Environmental Protection.

And while not putting a price tag on anything, the report acknowledges the obvious: this is going to be expensive.

Congressional Democrats including Madeleine Dean introduced a measure in the House and the Senate to bring “long overdue accountability.”

Under pressure, officials admitted that the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office had entered into a six-year contract with Bid4Assets without issuing a public request for proposals.

The needs of Black women and girls have become a focus of philanthropic efforts as major donors seek to narrow a racial wealth gap and address chronic funding disparities.

Delaware’s Green Amendment would create a Constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.

The Philadelphia Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division arrested Detective Robert Redanauer on Tuesday for a Dec. 27, 2020 assault, police said Thursday.

“Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn speaks with State Rep. Joanna McClinton, a Pa. Legislative Black Caucus member, about the Chauvin verdict.

A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House approved a bill to make the nation's capital the 51st state.

Mass vaccination clinics this weekend aim to get jabs into thousands more arms. And Penn joins the growing list of universities requiring students to be vaccinated this fall.

Approximately one-fifth of prison staffers have reported being vaccinated, far less than the roughly half of those incarcerated in Pennsylvania facilities.