Politics & Policy

Largest spending plan in state history funds school construction, pension obligations, tax relief — and lawmakers’ pet projects

Biden said there will be a permanent headquarters in Poland for the U.S. 5th Army Corps. It's one of several ways NATO forces will be beefed up after Russia invaded Ukraine.

We discuss former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's explosive testimony before the select committee about the former president's knowledge and actions on Jan. 6.

Hutchinson testified under oath about a volatile and angry president who was prone to throwing dishes, knew that supporters were armed and didn't want the riot to stop.

The budget for fiscal year 2023 includes a historic $9 billion surplus.

The longtime critic of the PPA led the first of a series of investigatory hearings looking into what she called the "financial chaos and questionable expenses of this entity."

The goal is to use federal infrastructure money to stimulate the economy in areas SEPTA serves by purchasing goods and services locally.

Doug Mastriano’s pledge to “reset” voter registrations ignores the safeguards that already remove hundreds of thousands of ineligible voters.

Without new budget legislation signed into law by Friday, the state will lose the authority to make many discretionary payments.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last month said a repeal “would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades.”

While abortion-rights supporters have focused their anger at the Supreme Court, but there was plenty aimed at Democrats who they feel let them down.

Hutchinson quoted Trump as directing his staff, in profane terms, to take away the metal-detecting magnetometers despite knowing the crowd was armed.

One bill would prohibit anyone who comes to N.J. for an abortion from being extradited back to states where abortion is illegal.

Polling over abortion in Pa. suggests voters don’t favor outright bans. With Roe still in place, efforts to do it were largely for show. Now that’s changed.

A proposal to require Pa.'s four state universities to promise they are not conducting research or experiments with fetal tissue from elective abortions was added to budget.