Politics & Policy

It comes as N.J.’s new acting attorney general asks a judge to force the owners of the site to immediately clean up the pile that has grown for two decades.

State Rep. Gerald Brady used an anti-Asian slur in an email about legislation designed to protect sex workers.

Wilmington will resume ticketing, booting, and towing cars for parking violations and delinquent fines. The change takes effect Monday, July 26.

After years of debate, Delaware’s minimum wage is finally on its way to $15 an hour.

The Trump admin had stalled on the proposals, which the Census Bureau says would offer more accurate data re: Latinos and those with roots in the Middle East or North Africa.

Pennsylvania agencies turned to the emergency procurement process that avoids public scrutiny 483 times last year. In years prior, they made on average 135 requests annually.

As of June 7, roughly 3.2 million people in the U.S. said they face eviction in the next two months. Here’s the situation in Pennsylvania.

For Dems looking for the president to lead amid a wave of bills aimed to restrict voting access, his speech this week was a long time coming. But for some, it also fell short.

Behind-the-scenes talks are ongoing in Harrisburg to figure out how to proceed with Mastriano’s election fraud claims, GOP Senate sources confirmed to WHYY News.

Councilmembers Bobby Henon and Kenyatta Johnson are raising money to fight federal indictments. Ethics watchdogs say the funds are problematic.

The $3.5 trillion budget blueprint Democrats agreed to this week includes a key part of President Biden's climate plan: a national "clean energy standard."

The office tasked with keeping an eye on city finances isn’t sure the Kenney administration is doing a good job.

Federal investment in the cleanup of abandoned mines and wells will boost local economies, they say.

The commissioners' chairman, Roger Bunn, said the county had audited the 2020 presidential election, according to requirements in state law, and had found no problems with it.

We look at efforts to restrict voting in Republican-led statehouses around the country.