Politics & Policy

Despite steep odds, advocates are seizing the moment with urgency — fearing a window is closing to normalize the status of millions of immigrants.

The subpoenas compel four former officials to produce sought-after documents, relevant to the Jan. 6 attack, by Oct. 7 and then sit for a deposition the following week.

The state of Pennsylvania has $30 million to spend on anti-violence programs, and this time around community groups are targeted for the money.

An internal report indicated that motorists who do not use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate camera system.

The Wolf administration is focused on general improvements to nursing homes, including increasing the amount of direct care residents get each day.

Cook Political Report, which is tracking gubernatorial races around the country, has the race rated as one of the country’s few true toss-ups.

Southeastern Pa. has a clean water crisis brewing. Biden’s infrastructure bill could help.

We look discuss the growing restrictions the Taliban is imposing in Afghanistan and discuss resettling Afghan evacuees in America.

State Rep. Kevin Boyle of Philadelphia has been sidelined over what he called “incorrect information” about him. Democratic leaders have not disclosed the reason for the move.

The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority could vote as soon as next month to limit workers from taking on jobs like Ward Leader and Committee member posts.

A commission added a carveout to count those serving sentences that will end after April 1, 2030 — the date of the next census — in prison districts.

"I thought the Haitians were quite scared, and I think there was probably some panic which resulted in them trying to run around the horses," photographer Paul Ratje says.

Lou Barletta, the former congressman seeking the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania, has signed a pledge that commits him to oppose tax increases.

It's a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America’s swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades.