Politics & Policy

Democrats know they’ll win Philly in November. But their margins could determine who wins Pa., and the Biden campaign is trying to shore them up.

For the first time since winning the nomination, Biden was to face live, unscripted questions from voters, with the coronavirus pandemic responsible for the unusual format.

UPenn professor Erick Guerra said increased alcohol consumption and less congested streets — both side effects of COVID-19 — were behind the spike.

“We need to do much more than we’re currently doing to address this crisis,” City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier said in introducing the new resolution.

Philly voters could receive their mail-in ballots within 8 to 10 days.

As a councilman, Trippi Congo was part of what Mayor Purzycki calls the “resistance.” Tuesday Congo ousted a Purzycki ally to win the council presidency.

The court-appointed lawyer employs armed deputies to perform lockouts.

Democratic leaders in the legislature have resisted the tax hike since Murphy became governor, but say the pandemic changed their minds.

Long-term care residents account for roughly half of the state’s more than 14,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, according to state Health Department figures.

The video appears to show Biden playing a controversial song by the rap group N.W.A. during a campaign trip to Florida.

Pennsylvania residents can update their driver’s licenses to meet federal standards for the first time since March.

Trump is attempting to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers used to determine each state's share of seats in Congress.

More than half of Delaware Democrats voted by mail. For Republicans, less than 25% of ballots were mailed in.

Federal health agencies and the Defense Department sketched out complex plans for a vaccination campaign to begin gradually in January or even late this year.

The Trump appointee also was accused of trying to muzzle a scientific weekly put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.