Politics & Policy

Gov. Phil Murphy has been slamming the state’s tax break program after an audit showed that companies were receiving incentives — possibly without meeting the benchmarks.

Lawmakers are beginning their annual budget hearings this week.

Gov. Tom Wolf told the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce that with New Jersey and New York moving toward legalized marijuana, Pennsylvania must consider it.

Negotiators on Capitol Hill announced that lawmakers had reached an agreement in principle to fund the government ahead of midnight Friday deadline to avoid another shutdown.

Philadelphia election officials are about to select a new voting system, and critics say they’ve tilted the process toward one high-priced bidder.

After serving for 40 years in Philadelphia government, Councilman Bill Greenlee won't run for re-election this year. Other candidates are ready to seek his seat.

Did you catch Trump's 2020 campaign message, lodged deep within the State of the Union speech? "Here in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism."

New Jersey raises it's minimum wage to $15 an hour, electoral reform efforts in Pa., and banning cashless businesses.

If an agreement isn't reached by Friday at midnight, the government could partially shut down again, just three weeks after the end of a 35-day partial government shutdown.

According to a survey, “record numbers of Americans say they care about global warming.” But voters do not identify climate issues as key drivers of their voting decisions.

Virginia's embattled lieutenant governor has urged authorities to investigate sexual assault allegations made against him but hasn't heeded calls to resign.

"We are tired of the shutdowns and the showdowns, of the gridlock and the grandstanding," said Sen. Amy Klobuchar during a snowy, cold outdoor event in a park in Minneapolis.

Lawmakers on the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee approved a package of bills Thursday. Criminal justice advocates praised the bills, many said they could go further.

GOP lawmakers broadly like Wolf’s plans for workforce investment and education investment. But other things, not so much.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her bid for the presidency official on Saturday, grounding her 2020 campaign in a populist call to fight economic inequality.