Politics & Policy

Chester’s bankruptcy filing has not only halted cases — people with judgments and settlements against the city will likely be left with just pennies on the dollar.

A proposed settlement agreement says Pennsylvania will be forced to minimize its outsized role in polluting the Chesapeake Bay.

The Pennsylvania freshman senator is back to work on Capitol Hill after admitting himself to a hospital to seek treatment for clinical depression in February.

Firearms businesses can no longer open in homes and near schools. Lower Merion’s ordinance limits gun sales to four commercial areas in the township.

The legislation is unlikely to advance further because the Democratic-led Senate will not support it and the White House said President Joe Biden would veto it.

The specific layout — available in three languages this year — can have a big effect on results.

The forum in Center City focused on how to preserve and grow the city’s limited supply of affordable housing.

The Florida Board of Education has approved a ban on classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades.

Mail and absentee voting material will now be color-coded. Instead of all-white envelopes, Chester County voters can expect a splash of color.

The department is at about 84% of its budgeted force and is pushing people through the academy but still is coming up short.

Local candidates with a lot of direct power over Pennsylvanians’ daily lives will appear on the May 16 primary ballot. Here are some tips to learn more about them.

All Pa. voters will have a chance to vote by mail. But thanks to the state's patchwork of mail voting regulations, their experiences may differ slightly from county to county.

Among the contract spending under scrutiny is $4.7 million to hire people Anne Milgram knew from her days as New Jersey’s attorney general and as an NYU law professor.

The Charge Up New Jersey program has disbursed an estimated $35 million for the fiscal year ending this July, according to the state’s Board of Public Utilities.

Supporters said the new rules ensure people in vulnerable communities have more of a say in whether permits for pollution-generating facilities can be granted or renewed.