Politics & Policy

In a recent health committee hearing, the Republican U.S. Senator said vaccines shouldn’t be mandatory, and suggested they give people a false sense of security.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney proposes his last budget before running for re-election Thursday. Here are the top seven items to expect.

Abortion opponents, abortion rights activists plead their cases before Delaware legislators considering a ban on the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

With signals from the Wolf administration, momentum is building for legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania, but top lawmakers have vowed to block the effort.

General Assistance is for low-income residents who need help, but don’t qualify for traditional welfare because they don’t have dependents.

Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez cites a report in The New Yorker about close ties between the Trump administration and the conservative cable news network.

The legislation is intended to foster the creation of affordable housing and reduce evictions.

U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of California found that the administration's decision to add the question violated administrative law.

A meeting of House Democrats turned contentious as some new members confronted leaders over a resolution implicitly rebuking Rep. Ilhan Omar over her comments on Israel.

The day after he proposed increasing NJ Transit’s budget by $25 million, Gov. Phil Murphy says he’s open to boosting it even more.

Some Democrats fear that the committee — helmed by Jerry Nadler, thanks to the midterm surge that threw the House Republicans out of power — is playing with fire.

Gene DiGirolamo is running for Bucks County Commissioner this year. If he wins, he'll join a lengthening list of southeastern GOP-ers heading out of Harrisburg.

Hemp was a common Pennsylvania crop before its designation as a Schedule 1 drug alongside marijuana more than 70 years ago.

Satellite imagery suggests North Korea may be taking steps to reactivate a partially decommissioned long-range rocket test site on the west coast of the country.

The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 66,000 migrants at the Southern border in February, the highest total for a single month in almost a decade.