Politics & Policy

The new law requires building inspections to be conducted within three days after requested.

Philadelphia stands to receive about $200 million total in opioid settlement funds over 18 years from a major national lawsuit against three drug distributors.

Potential human trafficking situations can be reported to the national hotline at 1-888-373-7888.

Among those being honored are seven members of law enforcement, as well as election workers and election officials.

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said Thursday that he will undergo surgery for prostate cancer but is expected to make a full recovery.

After the Pa. House picked Mark Rozzi to be the new speaker, some are hopeful the chamber will finally pass meaningful rule changes.

What started as a political novelty, the first time in 100 years a nominee has not won the gavel on the first vote, has devolved into a bitter Republican Party feud.

The Biden administration says it'll immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

Schmidt, 51, is a Republican, fitting in with Shapiro's theme of fashioning a bipartisan administration in politically divided Pennsylvania.

Both McCarthy and the nominee for speaker a century ago represented a party establishment regarded with hostility by a potent faction of the party.

House Republicans are plowing through the second day of the new Congress, with no clear off-ramp from their political chaos over electing a new speaker.

Here are the basics about the Berks County lawmaker, how he became speaker, and more.

Workers earning minimum wage in 23 states and the District of Columbia got a raise over the New Year's holiday, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will raise rates for the 15th year in a row starting in 2023. The 5% increase will take effect on Jan. 8.

State Rep. Mark Rozzi of Berks County was named as the next presiding officer with 115 votes.