Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders on Saturday released his plan for reforming public education, including halting federal funding of new charter schools and banning those that are for-profit.

Called the Equality Act, the bill is a top priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said it will bring the nation "closer to equal liberty and justice for all."

Less than a year after the Delaware General Assembly could not muster enough support to legalize recreational marijuana, legislators are resurrecting the effort.

At least a dozen wards — most of them in the Northeast — will not be including incumbent GOP Councilman David Oh on their sample ballots.

The governors of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware promised on Thursday to work together to preserve the natural resources of the Delaware River Basin.

Just in time for hurricane season, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through the end of the fiscal ye

Profs and Pints brings lectures out of the halls of academia and into the mainstream for casual students to share a beer and share in knowledge.

Camden is in the middle of a feud between Gov. Phil Murphy and South Jersey Democrats over how the state gives out lucrative tax breaks.

The plan does not address the pressing challenge of what to do about the estimated 11 million people currently in the country illegally.

Governor Tom Wolf is raising the alarm over the impact Chinese tariffs are having on Pennsylvania’s farmers.

If the government's new plan works, the number of robocalls you receive may go down in the near future.

Since January, Governor Tom Wolf has been traveling around the state shopping his new infrastructure plan to municipal and county officials.

After nearly four years as Philadelphia’s mayor, Jim Kenney says he expects to be re-elected, but, if that doesn’t happen, he might become a teacher.

Campaign finance reports show IBEW Local Union 98 headed by indicted union leader John ‘Johnny Doc’ Dougherty gave more than $700,000 to city candidates this spring.

Former state representative and state senator T. Milton Street announced in a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon that he intends to seek this city's highest office this year.