Politics & Policy

Biden names former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell to be ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development headquartered in France.

City Council passed the ban in late 2019, requiring nearly all businesses to stop using plastic bags and any paper bags that don’t use at least 40% recycled material.

The legislation targets sections of West Philadelphia and Kensington where rents are rising fast and residents are finding fewer affordable housing options.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, extended the evictions moratorium from June 30 until July 31.

A group including Philadelphia at-large Councilwoman Helen Gym demonstrated outside the Senate to demand that extra funds be spent on underfunded and underperforming schools.

Mayor Jim Kenney said Wednesday that help can’t come soon enough. Year to date, homicides are up 38%.

Delaware’s temporary expansion of telehealth rules during the pandemic is now permanent under legislation signed into law by Gov. John Carney Wednesday.

The decision diminished anti-gerrymandering advocates’ hopes of preventing Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers from drawing maps that unfairly benefit one political party.

Legislators, with all seats up for grabs in November, tacked on hundreds of millions of dollars in additional spending to the major budget increase already requested.

In a first, a new review committee will evaluate grants to grassroots programs.

Advocates say a new federal holiday is nice, but it’s no substitute for policy change. On the federal level, most of the big proposals have stalled.

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The bill would be among the most progressive recycled content rules in the country, and would complement the single-use plastic and paper bag ban Murphy signed into law.

Mileage, meals, lodging, travel, and a special perk called per diems are part of the hidden costs charged to taxpayers to support Pennsylvania’s legislature.

With the Affordable Care Act now secure in the framework of the nation's health care programs, Democrats are eager to leap above and beyond.