Courts & Law

Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill Thursday that will provide lawyers to low-income tenants facing eviction.

The federal government has guidelines for how imprisoned transgender inmates should be treated. But a recent Philadelphia case shows those rules aren’t always followed.

The jury deliberated for more than six hours, returning to the Doylestown courtroom after nearly three hours with a series of questions for the judge.

Speaking in Philadelphia, Judy Shepard acknowledged progress and worried about complacency as violent hate crimes hit a 16 year high.

Waste Management’s construction landfill south of Wilmington is suing New Castle County over a new law that caps its height, even as it violates air emission permits.

The city has already paid more than half a million dollars to settle claims involving the outgoing official.

The Philadelphia Bail Fund found 90% of folks they helped still showed up for court.

The nine-member court's decision is expected by June, at the height of the 2020 presidential campaign.

The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing two interpretations of a Reconstruction-era law created to protect against racial discrimination.

There is no database that logs if people who were once convicted of a felony register to vote or even if they do vote.

Why a system that's supposed to keep people out of jail putting so many people at risk of incarceration in Pennsylvania.

FBI agents have interviewed current or former state employees in recent weeks about the Mariner East project and the construction permits.

Police widow Maureen Faulkner is trying again to have Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner's office removed from the latest appeal over her husband's 1981 traffic stop.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if the Obama-era immigration decision — which affects 4,700 Pennsylvanians — was an executive overreach.

The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation.