Politics & Policy

After several years of sometimes bitter debate, Wilmington council has approved an ordinance creating civil fines for landlords who don’t maintain their properties.

Recreational marijuana will finally become legal in N.J. under three bills signed by the governor. Here’s what Monday’s actions mean.

Gov. Tom Wolf is pushing a plan to prop up the pandemic economy by taxing natural gas drilling, but that proposal faces an uphill battle in the legislature.

On matters far more profound than a pen, Biden is out to demonstrate that the days of a seat-of-the-pants presidency are over.

At least 12 states already have a requirement for zero-emission electric vehicles, including neighbors Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.

Regrouping in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss, Pa. Republicans have become locked in a cycle of infighting over the party’s direction.

They say schools need an influx to remediate asbestos and lead, make electric and plumbing repairs and do other needed maintenance work.

Because Timothy DeFoor may be asked to investigate the 2020 election, his office said he "must maintain his independence."

The Pa. Department of State is working with local governments to ensure they fulfill Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, which protects marginalized language groups.

As we continue our series on how the pandemic has reshaped work in America, we'll discuss joblessness and unemployment over the course of the pandemic.

By law, a five-member committee called the Legislative Reapportionment Commission spearheads the map-drawing process.

Philly’s Malcolm Kenyatta is the second high-profile Democrat to announce a run for U.S. Senate. The race is expected to be crowded and expensive.

An AP review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.

The multi-year $250 million project includes better connecting PATCO with NJ Transit’s River Line light rail service.

The decision comes after a year dominated by policy brutality protests, and amid concerns about illegal vehicle searches and alleged racial profiling of Latinos by troopers.