Politics & Policy

The Senate voted 51-40 Monday to confirm the Democratic Congresswoman to lead the Interior Department.

The first lady visited an elementary school in Burlington City as part of the administration’s tour to sell the new law, which will send more than $25 billion in aid to N.J.

They collected $726,877 from taxpayers in per diem payments, in addition to being among the highest paid in the country. House Democrats received the most.

A national council of current and formerly incarcerated women wants the president to grant 100 women clemency by April 30. There's a backlog of 14,000 petitions.

The pandemic has sparked an explosion of public data. But the Murphy administration has blocked information from the public.

Generations of systemic discrimination have decimated the number of Black farmers in the U.S. Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack talked with NPR about new funding for debt relief.

Democrats passed the $1.9T bill on a party-line vote, and Republicans don't appear ready to compromise on infrastructure, voting rights, minimum wage, immigration, and more.

Scientists estimate between 365 million and one billion birds are killed by collisions with buildings or other outdoor structures in the U.S. every year.

Instead, the administration will focus on tighter partnerships and improved information-sharing with private-sector companies.

The package includes $1,400 checks for individuals making up to $75,000 per year, or $2,800 for couples making up to $150,000 annually.

"If some of these folks have statewide aspirations, that is at least potentially an issue that could come back to be a liability in a statewide race."

The top Democrat in the state Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie, on Thursday backed a plan for its judiciary committee to launch an impeachment investigation.

Councilmember Cherelle Parker introduced a resolution for hearings on the race gap in home appraisals. Nine out of 10 Philadelphia appraisers are white.

The directive is part of a plan that Biden will unveil to get the country closer to normal by the July 4th holiday, a senior official said.

President Joe Biden is set to sign into law Thursday the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health.