Politics & Policy

O'Rourke struggled to translate the energy from his 2018 Senate bid into a successful White House campaign.

State Sen. John Paradee’s bill would direct tax money to a youth sports complex, possibly benefiting his brother’s planned hotel/shopping project.

Philadelphia, Chester and Montgomery Counties will have new voting machines on Election Day, while some other counties will be using older technology.

Voters will decide local races for Municipal Court and Court of Common Pleas, as well as help fill two statewide spots on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

After courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives went to federal court to maintain an opening prayer that invokes a higher power and it came at a high cost to taxpayers.

“Without bipartisan support I believe this inquiry will further divide the country tearing it apart at the seams and will ultimately fail in the Senate,” Van Drew said.

A Shore congressman has introduced legislation that would prevent the federal government from recouping allocated federal disaster funds awarded to citizens. 

The rules outline how the last several weeks of closed-door depositions of witnesses by three House committees would transition into public hearings.

The bills are in their early days, but they’ve already gotten early rebukes from staff for one of two pension systems.

Are inflatable rodents “legitimate communication” or “unlawful coercion”?

Counties would get back 60 percent of election system upgrade costs under SB421.

The spend is basically unprecedented for a third-party candidate in Philadelphia.

Would a Marsy’s Law amendment on victims’ rights infringe on bedrock rights of the accused? The last-minute legal fight over a question on the Pa. ballot.

Former Vice President Joe Biden was refused communion at a South Carolina Catholic church over the weekend. It’s happened to other Catholic Democrats.