Politics & Policy

The Pa. Department of State is working with local governments to ensure they fulfill Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, which protects marginalized language groups.

As we continue our series on how the pandemic has reshaped work in America, we'll discuss joblessness and unemployment over the course of the pandemic.

New data show that the number of new SSI awards given in January was the lowest on record — but it wasn't because there were fewer people in need of the benefits.

By law, a five-member committee called the Legislative Reapportionment Commission spearheads the map-drawing process.

Some prominent Republicans have blamed wind and solar power for the blackouts in the storm-stricken state. But the truth is that every source of generation fell short.

Philly’s Malcolm Kenyatta is the second high-profile Democrat to announce a run for U.S. Senate. The race is expected to be crowded and expensive.

The Texas Democratic Party is calling for the resignation of Sen. Ted Cruz after the Republican lawmaker went on a family vacation in the middle of a deadly winter storm.

The legislation includes setting up a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, but its fate in Congress is uncertain.

An AP review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.

The multi-year $250 million project includes better connecting PATCO with NJ Transit’s River Line light rail service.

The decision comes after a year dominated by policy brutality protests, and amid concerns about illegal vehicle searches and alleged racial profiling of Latinos by troopers.

The bi-state organization runs PATCO and is in charge of tolls on four Delaware River bridges.

Gale, an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump, has become a controversial figure in southeastern Pennsylvania politics.

The report said that economic growth in those areas in Pennsylvania, as measured by personal income, jobs created, and population, sharply lagged state and national rates.

After a bruising pandemic year, the city faces a steep budget shortfall. Service cuts, tax hikes, and privatization or sale of city assets are on the table.