Politics & Policy

Facing a declining birthrate, China will allow married couples to have up to three children. This raises the previous ceiling of two children.

The revolt is one of Democrats' biggest protests to date against GOP efforts nationwide to impose stricter election laws.

GOP candidates with strong ties to Donald Trump are running and considered strong contenders for the party's nominations in both Pennsylvania's gubernatorial and Senate races.

The threat, sent in a letter Friday, came two days after the city commissioners voted 2-1 to count roughly 1,300 undated mailed primary ballots.

More than 20 Pa. counties turned to private philanthropy when it became apparent the Republican-led General Assembly wasn’t going to help them cover COVID-related expenses.

The bipartisan measure, approved by the House, failed to win enough votes to overcome a GOP filibuster. The plan called for an independent body styled on one after 9/11.

Several social media accounts that are reviewing videos to try to identify people at the Capitol that day said they identified Mastriano in both videos based on his clothing.

Gone is an artifact of the political machine: Council members are now banned from profiting from county contracts.

City Controller Rhynhart’s critique calls for more transparency in spending billions from the American Rescue Plan and alternative budget priorities.

Most Republicans oppose the bill, which would establish a commission to investigate the attack by Donald Trump supporters over the election.

Pennsylvania Republicans have chafed under Wolf’s COVID-19 orders for more than a year, and have tried repeatedly to take back some measure of control.

The report by the state inspector general’s office concluded that there was no evidence that the mistake was deliberate or the result of “intentional malfeasance."

Internet sleuths have unearthed video from the Jan. 6 riot that appears at odds with Mastriano’s statements about his whereabouts in Washington that day.

A trio of bills introduced on the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder are designed to make it easier to hold Delaware police accountable.

The requirements had been waived by Wolf under his emergency disaster authority invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic.