Politics & Policy

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has signed a bill that will give people at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder more predictable hours and another raising city worker pay.

Jared Kushner's family company is buying another property in a New Jersey beach town where developers can get big tax breaks thanks to a new federal program.

More details released on the leak of highly flammable ethylene oxide that caused a traffic nightmare for travelers on the Delaware Memorial Bridge over Thanksgiving weekend.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says President Trump "will not sign" a Senate-approved plan to temporarily fund government agencies.

New Jersey is among nine states joining a federal lawsuit to block the Trump administration from allowing seismic testing off the East Coast.

Mattis' departure completes a near-wholesale shake-up of Trump's initial national security team and follows a record-setting series of departures of administration leaders.

Currently, people claiming asylum are allowed to stay in the U.S. — sometimes in detention — while their claim is pending in immigration court.

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The fall 2018 council session ended with a landmark victory — Helen Gym’s Fair Work Week bill. But most of the bills they considered don’t receive that kind of attention.

Philadelphia's district attorney warns that realistic-looking toy guns can lead to fatal mistakes.

In the midst of an opioid crisis in Philadelphia, the city asks doctors to change how they prescribe pain-killers for after surgery.

There are about 2,000 children in the shelter system who are ready to be released to already vetted parents in the next four to five days.

The U.S. plans to withdraw all of its troops from Syria, a senior Pentagon official tells NPR. About 2,000 U.S. troops are currently in the northeastern part of the country.

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