Politics & Policy

Lawmakers are weighing different bills that would require Pennsylvanians to wait until age 18 – or 21 – before making some major life decisions.

Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey introduced a state budget proposal Monday that doesn’t include a millionaire’s tax proposed by Gov. Murphy.

Warren is running one of the most substantive campaigns in memory. Her detailed policy prescriptions are well-articulated in everyday language.

After receding from the national stage, the free college movement is resurfacing as a central rallying point for Democrats as they set their sights on the White House.

The rage in the state Capitol right now is the surplus that state government rolled up in the almost-ended fiscal year, helped by strong corporate and sales tax collections.

A high-ranking Census Bureau official privately discussed the citizenship question issue with GOP redistricting strategist Thomas Hofeller in 2015

Black- and minority-owned businesses lose out on the majority of city contracts even though people of color make up the majority of Philadelphia’s population.

A Senate bill would phase out the foams on military installations by the end of 2023, but a House proposal wouldn’t do so until 2029.

Nonprofits and advocacy groups use the rankings as a tool to name and shame countries into improving their policies. But the indexes do have some drawbacks.

After criticism of its handling of Mariner East, the commission said the ‘time is ripe’ to enhance rules.

Many of Pennsylvania's voting machines only record votes electronically.

The General Assistance program gives small sums of cash — roughly $200 a month — to the poorest people in Pa. who don't have dependents and don't qualify for other assistance.

PGW just won Council approval, while SEPTA’s facility is nearly done.

In a recent interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos, President Trump said that he would accept opposition research from a foreign government in the 2020 election.

City Councilwoman Helen Gym introduced two bills to advance gender-neutral accommodations in Philadelphia schools and City Hall itself.