Politics & Policy

The ban, which mandates a $0.05 fee for plastic bags provided to customers, will go into effect in November.

Congressman Dwight Evans of Philadelphia says he's he's having difficulty with one of his legs but plans to return to voting in Washington in about six weeks.

Demonstrators protested a relatively flat budget proposal for Parks & Rec, saying more money for rec centers would help fight gun violence.

News of the second flag brought renewed calls for Alito to step aside from the Trump-related cases.

Thursday’s hearing expands the scope of the committee’s inquiry for the first time to large, public universities, which are more strictly governed by the First Amendment.

The hearing centered on a bill that would prevent the city from entering into a lease on a Fairmount building that residents don’t want being used as a treatment facility.

The legislation passed the House on a 24-16 vote Tuesday after the medical community dropped its opposition when the bill was amended.

According to a report by the state’s comptroller office, leaders never tackled data trends indicating "persistent, adverse treatment of racial and ethnic minority motorists."

“He attacks his opponents as vermin,” Biden said. “He says immigrants are poisoning the blood of America. That’s a line used in Hitler’s Germany, not an American president.”

Pennsylvania’s general election is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Here’s what you should know beforehand, from election deadlines to who’s on the ballot.

It’s the end of the pandemic-era policy that allowed thousands of Philadelphia city employees to work from home for at least part of their workweek.

Iranian state media reported Monday that no survivors had been found at the site of a helicopter crash and that an acting president has been named.

A bill sponsored by State Sen. Laura Sturgeon would create an inspector general’s office, which has been discussed as far back as 2007.

The New Republic magazine gathered local and national figures to discuss concerns about a second Trump administration.

The move would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies.