Politics & Policy

The idea of a formal commission is backed by activists, Council members, and at least one mayoral candidate.

The race for mayor is a crowded field, including five former Philadelphia City Council members.

Lobbyists say digital art and sports card sellers should be exempt from certain regulations under a new proposal in the New Jersey Legislature.

The president says he and his lawyers are cooperating with the Department of Justice and that he has no regrets about how he and his team have handled the situation.

The second-term governor cited new initiatives to improve education and housing opportunities — but also scolded constituents to stop littering.

Montgomery County has to replace County Commissioner Val Arkoosh, who was tapped by Gov. Josh Shapiro to be Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Human Services.

Speaking to her party's annual caucus, 42-year-old Ardern said "it's time" for her to move on and that she "no longer had enough in the tank" for her premiership.

The Treasury Department says it has started taking “extraordinary measures” as the government has run up against its legal borrowing capacity of $31.381 trillion.

The State Department program is called the Welcome Corps. The agency aims to line up 10,000 Americans who can help 5,000 refugees during the first year of the program.

Former Lt. Gov. Mike Stack has a big base in Northeast Philadelphia and is joining a field of roughly a dozen candidates.

After winning the November 2022 election, Josh Shapiro gets to assemble a cabinet. His picks include Al Schmidt, Val Arkoosh, and Pat Browne.

The new speaker of the Pennsylvania House said Tuesday that the first meeting of a bipartisan work group he assembled got off to a good start.

The legislation would enable eligible towns to circumvent the cap — essentially allowing them to bid for inactive licenses in another town.

Shapiro will be the first governor of Pennsylvania since 1966 to be elected to succeed a member of his own party.

The Rev. Bernice King said leaders — especially politicians — too often cheapen her father’s legacy into a “comfortable and convenient King” offering easy platitudes.