Politics & Policy

Declaring U.S gun violence an "epidemic" and "an international embarrassment," President Biden outlined actions to regulate certain firearms and to try to prevent gun violence

Although he hasn’t dabbled in politics before, Baumlin says he believes the skills he has developed in the health care sector are relevant.

Chris Brennan of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Akela Lacy of The Intercept join Marty to talk about the already-crowded 2022 Senate race, and DA Krasner's election battle.

Biden has faced increasing pressure to act on gun control after a spate of mass shootings across the U.S. in recent weeks.

Delaware’s senior U.S. Senator says the U.S. has an obligation to improve conditions in Central America so migrants have less need to try to escape to the U.S.

The proposal was sent to the state Senate by a vote of 149 to 52, two weeks after both chambers finished the first round of approvals for the constitutional amendment.

Biden's infrastructure plan aims to promote racial equity. A professor says highway planners in the mid-20th century sometimes purposefully destroyed Black communities.

The proposal pits Philly youth against the very office tasked with protecting them.

The South Jersey Democratic machine has already picked its candidate to replace Moran, which has inspired other candidates who want to buck the status quo.

A county commissioner omitted that detail in public comments on the center’s future.

The assertion that boys are always physically stronger has been disproven. Advocates call the proposed legislation “cruel.”

Four of Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers are accepting applications to chair the redistricting commission, and advocates are hoping for independence.

On May 18, voters will choose nominees for seats on the Pa. Supreme Court, Superior Court, Commonwealth Court, county Common Pleas Courts, and Philadelphia Municipal Court.

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, has joined the 2022 democratic race for U.S. Senate.

Corporations have given more than $50 million in recent years to state lawmakers who have seized on Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 election to push for voting restrictions.