Politics & Policy

A city-commissioned study estimates the ban prevented enough single-use plastic bags to fill City Hall every eight months.

The township is the first to do so in 2023 and the 16th overall. Lower Merion Township and Swarthmore Borough are working now on similar legislation to reduce plastic waste.

Democrats tout the bills as relatively moderate gun-control bills and an effort to reduce gun violence, trafficking, suicides and accidents.

The $10 million proposal would be the most funding the state has ever dedicated to supporting the constitutional right to counsel.

It’s the first full session week with Democrats in charge of the Pa. House. First task on the list is moving longtime priorities.

From the future of PGW to tackling trash, here are the candidates’ plans.

Under the bill, health insurers must cover out-of-pocket costs for patients who are deemed to be at risk when they undergo a second screening during a coverage year.

The president says he's happy to talk with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, but will not negotiate over America's legal debt obligations.

The dock visits are a key element of what’s called the “Washington Declaration.”

In the call that lasted nearly an hour, Beijing said it wanted to send an envoy to Kyiv to serve as a mediator to pursue a “political settlement.”

The punishment of the freshman lawmaker caps a weeklong standoff between House Democrats and Republicans.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine proposals to hold Supreme Court justices to the same ethical standards as the rest of the federal judiciary.

Officials say the Taliban have killed the Islamic State group militant who spearheaded the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Gun control advocates say it can reduce illegal trafficking. Second Amendment advocates counter that it’s an unconstitutional, unnecessary move.

Lawmakers are considering establishing a yearly cost-of-living rate adjustment for adult disability and mental health services.