Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf took a step toward capping greenhouse gas emissions from power plants Thursday, part of an effort to fight climate change.

The Pa. senate held a daylong hearing on overhauling the statute of limitations for some abuse cases. They’ve stalled before, and it’s unclear if anything has changed.

It’s been another whirlwind week of news, as more and more stories implicate Trump and his administration in potentially impeachable offenses.

The census counts prisoners in the districts where they're in incarcerated, not in their home districts. Why that's led to shifts in political power in Pennsylvania.

A Republican lawmaker from the Philadelphia suburbs says he is considering changes to legislation that would give law enforcement the power to seize people’s guns.

The onetime Green Party presidential candidate wants to block the touchscreen models before the 2020 election.

A quarter-century ago, the price tag for repair projects was around $100 million dollars. Now it’s five times that.

The amendment would enshrine certain rights for crime victims in the commonwealth’s constitution.

Marty talks about the President’s Ukraine call with PA Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick who spent time in Kiev as a former FBI agent in the House.

The new equipment will debut in November — despite concerns about favoritism and security.

Pa. Sen. Pat Toomey is a rare Republican interested in some form of bipartisan gun control, but thinks are looking bleak for the bill he's tried, and tried, and tried to pass.

Advocates say they're frustrated that more hasn't been done since 58 people died at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, and that mass shootings keep happening nationwide.

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy thinks more tax incentives will mean more movies made in the Garden State.

Majority Democrats in the House subpoenaed President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Monday for documents related to his communications with Ukraine.

Those fleeing religious persecution and those who helped the U.S. in Iraq or Afghanistan are common among current refugees settling in Pennsylvania.