Courts & Law

About 650,000 people are part of DACA, which allows young immigrants who were brought to the country as children to legally work and shields them from deportation.

All that was left was to set up the marketplace for recreational marijuana. Many say they were dismayed by lawmakers’ first try at enabling legislation.

Police say a Jane Doe was found in a laundry bag discarded on a Tacony curb Friday morning

These kinds of cases are likely under-counted, however, thanks to a fraught relationship with police.

Who will sit on it, how they will be selected, what its budget will be, its duties and powers — all of that will be finalized in the coming weeks.

President Donald Trump’s hopes for staying in the White House hinge on a battery of legal complaints filed by a Philadelphia lawyer with a revealing past.

The campaign of Sen. Joe Scarnati is appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking thousands in fees for providing records of campaign expenses to a Spotlight PA journalist.

Leo Dignam, a former city assistant managing director, is one of three people charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The request is part of a larger package to reconcile the city’s budget from the last fiscal year.

The panel of judges upheld the federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In court, Trump's lawyers must walk a precarious line between advocating for their client and upholding their professional oath.

In the Capitol, both Democrats and Republicans are calling for the release of ill and geriatric prisoners, but advocates fear it might already be too late.

We discuss the Republican challenge to the Affordable Care Act that is before the Supreme Court.

While members of the LGBTQ community are relieved at Joe Biden’s win, there’s still concern the new-look Supreme Court could threaten their rights.

The criminal investigation describes the man buying 36 guns in less than three months across eight counties, including Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks and Chester.