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The New Jersey Maternal Mortality Review Committee found that a majority of pregnancy-related deaths from 2016-2018 were preventable.

Lionell Dotson, the brother of two children killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.

The claims are being advanced by some of the same Pennsylvania Republicans that sought to undermine the election and voting results in 2020.

The Return Day tradition is in danger of being swept up – at least in part – in the polarization that has become commonplace in our nation’s discourse.

Environmental groups spend big in Pennsylvania’s midterm elections citing “existential crises” over climate and environmental protection.

Results may not be known on election night for many local and statewide races. Here's how the Philly area vote-counting process will work for the 2022 general election.

For some candidates in the greater Philadelphia region seeking re-election, their role in the election lies have been largely absent on the campaign trail.

More than 7,000 people participated in the parade, despite Sunday’s sporadic rain showers.

Chebet finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 41 seconds, which was 13 seconds. Lokedi was running her first-ever marathon and finished in 2:23:23.

With his signatures Thursday, he approved 66 bills.

Police say the gunmen exited a black-colored vehicle that was parked in the middle of the block and fired about 40 shots.

Voting isn’t just about being motivated to get somebody out of office, writes Kamryn Davis from PA Youth Vote. It’s about the determination to make change in your community.

Despite remaining scaffolding, the historic building in Washington Square reopens to the public on Monday.

The gun lobby promised a legal challenge when the bills were proposed. They object to a ban on assault-style weapons, and age and magazine size limits.

The failed vote would have made it the first Home Depot in the nation with a union. Organizers have filed a union-busting complaint with the NLRB.