Politics & Policy

City health officials said the new plan will take a more preventative approach.

Two N.J. U.S. Reps. say they won’t agree to tax changes to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan unless the cap on SALT deductions ends.

Two U.S. Capitol police officers argue former President Donald Trump is responsible for the injuries they received during the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.

The president travels to Pittsburgh on Wednesday to unveil what would be a hard-hatted transformation of the U.S. economy as grand in scale as the New Deal.

Picketers at nine Allegheny Technologies, Inc. facilities are demanding wage increases and better health care offerings. They hope Biden is paying attention.

County elections officials will have to keep waiting for a long-sought change to add a pre-election period to process absentee and mail-in ballots.

Delawareans would be automatically registered to vote after visiting the Division of Motor Vehicles under a bill approved by the State Senate Tuesday afternoon.

The state now requires counties to hold nine days of early, in-person machine voting ending the Sunday before Election Day in November.

Organizers say abolishing the filibuster is a way to follow through on electoral promises. But Republicans insist the maneuver isn't racist — and note its past use by Dems.

A battle over school board control is reflecting much larger political divisions in the Pennridge School District in upper Bucks County.

Paying people with disabilities only a fraction of the legal minimum wage is a vestige of a pre-World War II program.

The January siege of the Capitol is forcing lawmakers and top agency heads to pivot to find out about future threats.

On this week's Regional Roundup: NJ school reopening, news literacy, and Spotted Lanternflies.

More women are becoming lawmakers, but many legislatures still don't have family leave policies. That leaves new moms little choice but to miss out on the lawmaking process.

Families with older children are expelled under COVID-related authority that denies them a chance at asylum. Their decisions unfold amid a surge in attempted border crossings.