Politics & Policy

If City Council passes the bill and it becomes law, the Philadelphia Beverage Tax would disappear on July 1, the first day of the city’s next fiscal year.

The legislation comes as some states, cities, and counties consider all-electric building codes as a way to fight climate change.

Biden's new Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships aims to stop radicalization before it starts. But critics say it's a repackaging of failed strategies.

With Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down, President Biden has his first nomination to the high court. He campaigned on picking a Black woman for the lifetime appointment.

The funding is aimed to help keep burned-out health care workers on board during a staffing crisis.

In his veto message, the Democratic governor said the map failed “the test of fundamental fairness.”

Gov. John Carney’s latest spending plan increases state spending by 4.6% over the current year and is reflective of strong revenue numbers.

The press conference calling for the federal funding drew an uninvited guest: the mother of a 15-year-old who was killed just feet from where the politicians were speaking.

The new program is focused on expanding employment opportunities at New Jersey’s state agencies.

P.O.C, a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, checked in to gauge residents' reactions to the U.S. Senate stalemate over voting rights.

Some who testified were dismayed that City Council isn’t doing more to address prison gerrymandering in the map plan it’s poised to pass.

Does President Putin plan to invade Ukraine? Why is this military confrontation happening now and is there a way to defuse it?

Since January 2021, Pennsylvania legislators have proposed more than 70 changes to the constitution, some of which could radically reshape how parts of state government work.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who's 81, did not say whether she will stick by a pledge she made in 2018 to limit her tenure in elected leadership.

The lawmaker has been dogged for months by criticism for his racist, sexist comments about Asians in an email last summer. He cited PTSD in resignation announcement Friday.