Politics & Policy

The administration's announcement comes as several Republican-led states have passed anti-trans legislation in the last few months, which the White House calls "un-American."

The mayor’s $5.6 billion spending plan looks like it will have fewer changes than usual this year in part because there are no tax increases proposed.

It is a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Despite Republican calls for higher gas production, IFO figures show it actually increased by 6.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with a year earlier.

Philadelphia’s more than $5 billion spending plan is designed to promote racial equity while also trying to make the city safer and better for all.

New Jersey Senate President Nick Scutari has announced he plans to form a joint committee to investigate the hold up over recreational weed sales.

Trump White House daily diary and call log documents from the day of the attack on the Capitol were obtained by the House Jan. 6 select committee.

City Councilmembers Kendra Brooks and Jamie Gauthier, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and local union leaders joined a virtual gathering on Tuesday in support of the bill.

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after the Black teenager whose killing in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 became a galvanizing moment in the civil rights era.

The bill would require legislators and staff in both the state House and Senate to post their expenses online on a quarterly basis.

A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports is advancing in the Pennsylvania Legislature.

The proposals directly oppose the wishes of advocates who have for years pushed to remove elected officials from the process and give the power to average Pennsylvanians.

A slate of bills reference the energy situation in Europe caused by Russia’s war with Ukraine, though many of the issues the bills would address have lingered for years.

The Philly Wealth Tax could bring in $150 to $400 million a year, backers say.

The federal case against Johnson hinges on a claim that bribe money was funneled through his wife, who collected fees from the co-defendants.