Politics & Policy

Lawmakers expanded options for Pa. residents who want to buy fireworks two years ago. Now, some local government leaders say the changes have created too many problems.

A lawyer, lawmakers and the acting Homeland Security inspector general spoke to members of the House oversight committee about what they have seen at the Southern border.

This week: we get an update on the closure of Hahnemann Hospital and we learn about the Clean Slate Act.

One is tempted to believe that his latest failure is further evidence of his weakness and ineptitude.

The annual liberal political convention Netroots Nation attracts Democratic devotees, and presidential candidates, to Philadelphia for the first time.

During his time as head of the Labor Department, he has cut regulations and pushed for the expansion of apprenticeship programs.

The new law exempts certain “vulnerable” inmates from being kept in isolation and lessens use of the practice on prisoners for whom it is deemed necessary.

The order marks the latest effort to obtain the information despite a Supreme Court ruling that bars the administration from including the question on the 2020 census.

Struggling to resolve racial tensions in South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg exclusively shared with NPR his "Douglass Plan," named for the famed abolitionist.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross has vowed to fire some officers who made offensive Facebook posts. But whether those firings stick isn't up to him.

The primary is still ten months away, but the two-term Republican incumbent already has one challenger in his own party, and two from the Democrats.

The bill would still require disabled veterans to abide by permit rules and not operate a beach buggy in municipalities that do not permit beach driving.

Does this surprise you? Donald Trump, an old partying pal of confessed pervert Jeffrey ("terrific guy") Epstein, said yesterday that he "feels badly" for Alex Acosta.

State leaders will transfer $317 million into the state's rainy day fund.

Bay windows, curb cuts, community benefits, zoning, L&I inspectors. Lots of issues were tossed around. The session wasn’t soda-tax dramatic, but still…