Politics & Policy

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to net zero emission of carbon pollution by 2050.

Democrats won the House of Representatives during the 2018 elections in places like New Jersey's 3rd and 7th Congressional districts, both of which flipped from red to blue.

As budget negotiations heat up, Pennsylvania lawmakers are looking to change the state's fiscal process in years to come.

Officials took the action after a report last month from WNYC and ProPublica about an inaccuracy in a sworn certification submitted by Holtec CEO Kris Singh.

The report found median speeds for most of Pennsylvania didn’t meet the definition for broadband.

On June 4th, 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing all women the right to vote. It would be another year, in August of 1920, before enough states ratified it.

Carney proposes $75 million to help low-income students, English language learners, mental health programs in schools.

The Senate negotiated the bipartisan legislation, which provides money for states and territories, including Puerto Rico, that are recovering from natural disasters.

New Jersey’s governor is moving ahead without the Legislature to expand the medical marijuana program.

The federal government for years has kept under wraps the names of hundreds of nursing homes around the country found by inspectors to have serious health and safety concerns.

The state visit may be more officious and formal than Trump's tour of the U.K. last summer, but that didn't stop the president from hurling insults at London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

In early May, according to estimates compiled by the Associated Press, there were approximately 13,000 migrants waiting in Mexico to apply for asylum.

The quintessential Ugly American has arrived in England, hurling insults at London's mayor, but presumably his mood will be lightened by the absence of the USS John McCain.

This week: SCOTUS rejects transgender bathroom appeal, Pa.'s role in polluting the Chesapeake Bay, and the peregrine falcon comes back from the brink of extinction.

N.J. voters will decide whether an incumbent who lost Republican Party support but who casts himself as a strong supporter of President Donald Trump can win on Tuesday.