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The 2020 DNC in Milwaukee may feel a long way away, but voters throughout Philly and its suburbs are already planning how they’ll get there next July.

Increasing numbers of catchment families are enrolling in their local District schools in this section of Northwest Philly.

Pennsylvania regulators found varying levels of toxic heat- and water-resistant chemicals in drinking water supplies across the state.

A Monmouth County man was convicted Thursday of animal cruelty for leaving a caged dog in a New Jersey bay, prosecutors announced. 

Callowhill neighbors want a developer to address a persistent neighborhood problem: no place to pee.

The ride-hailing service will issue 300 ride credits worth $10 each for clients of Philadelphia Works looking to secure employment.

Bedbugs found in the first year of a renter’s tenancy will be the landlord’s problem.

By restricting where products can be sold, the law aims to prevent minors from getting addicted, but leaves room for adults who vape to quit smoking.

Christiana Care’s review found that the system is “siloed” into departments that limit coordination and accountability, and plagued by staff turnover.

City Council unanimously passed an amendment to ban all single-use plastic bags, regardless of their thickness. Supporters believe the changed bill will pass next week.

Freelancers say the legislation meant to protect people from wrongly being classified as independent contractors will cost them business.

It’s a surprising move from the Kenney administration, which has said that pulling city subsidies would be a last resort in its mission to enforce the prevailing wage law.

Republicans argued Democrats aren’t respecting due process, while Democrats argued the president’s conduct is baldly unconstitutional.

Officers thought they had the bear corralled. But the bruin outwitted them.

A new twist on the old effort to get people to turn in firearms focuses on getting parents to look for them in their home and turn them in to one of four area churches.