Politics & Policy

After last year’s marijuana veto, lawmakers expect a reprise of the legalization effort in Dover this year.

An earlier primary date would give the Keystone State more of a say in the presidential nomination process for candidates from both parties.

Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro is sticking with two members of his predecessor’s Cabinet to oversee state parklands and agricultural matters.

Hughes is running for his sixth term as county executive. But he will need to beat a spirited challenge from Benson, who announced his candidacy in December.

Monday's decision applies to state agencies under the executive branch and comes as a third of U.S. states have moved to prohibit the platform on government devices.

A letter sent to Rozzi on Monday by Representative Jim Gregory says “bonds of trust" between the two have been broken.

The House of Representatives has approved the rules package for the 118th Congress in a near party-line vote, in what marked the first legislative test.

Twenty-three homicides were reported in Trenton during 2022, a significant drop following two straight record years. The mayor says more needs to be done to reduce violence.

Images on TV channel Globo News showed protesters roaming the presidential palace, many of them wearing the colors that have come to symbolize the Bolsonaro government.

Biden is stopping in El Paso after two years of hounding by Republicans who've hammered him as soft on border security while the number of migrants crossing spirals.

Pennsylvania’s newly minted state House speaker is moving to make his major policy goal regarding victims of child sexual abuse to be the chamber’s urgent priority.

Democratic voters, who are much more likely to vote by mail, make up more than two-thirds of the total canceled ballots.

Not since the Civil War era has a speaker's vote dragged through so many rounds of voting.

President Biden has conferred high honors on those who stood against the Jan. 6 Capitol mob two years ago and the menacing effort to upend the election results.