Politics & Policy

Voters could decide on changing the city charter to create a new office to better coordinate the city’s efforts to reduce crime and violence.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is again suing Spotlight PA in an attempt to keep information about how patients obtain a medical marijuana card secret from the public.

Fetterman checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression.

President Joe Biden says the U.S. is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects.

Pennsylvania's top House Republican on Wednesday warned of chaos when legislators reconvene next week.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday he will not allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and called for the state's lawmakers to repeal the death penalty.

Terrill Haigler plans to host a series of one-on-one interviews with mayoral candidates about illegal dumping and sustainability.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced plans Wednesday to make New Jersey a national leader in clean energy.

There’s no “copy-and-paste formula” that leads to political success, a social media strategist said.

Researchers found that more than half of Republicans believe the country should be a strictly Christian nation.

The shootdowns came in steady succession over the weekend, after alarms were raised earlier over an object that the U.S. said was a surveillance balloon deployed by China.

Shapiro’s attendance raised an unexpected question: When is a gift to a public official not a gift?

Haley, 51, is the first in a long line of Republicans who are expected to launch 2024 campaigns in the coming months.

Advocates argue that new legislation upping penalties for fentanyl will unfairly punish people from communities impacted by the war on drugs.

David Oh, elected to Philadelphia City Council in 2012, resigned from his at-large seat to enter the mayoral race. He is the sole Republican candidate so far.