Politics & Policy

Although it’s been decades since the U.S. used gold to back its money, the idea of a gold standard has always been a hot topic in A ...

Two decades. It’s been at least that long since residents in the 8th Council District have had a district council office. ...

Liberia’s ambassador to the United States is planning to discuss the impact of the Ebola outbreak in his home country during an app ...

When South Jersey Congressman and former Eagles lineman Jon Runyan announced he’d be retiring from politics, Democrats saw a prime ...

The polls say Pennsylvania voters are likely next week to pick Democrat Tom Wolf as their next governor. Wolf has never held elected offi ...

Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, who was recently convicted on six criminal charges, has dropped her appeal an ...

On a sunny fall morning, Democrat Kevin Strouse stepped to a podium set in front of LOVE Park’s gushing fountain in Philadelphia. ...

With one week to go before the election, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is remaining evasive about whether he would support increasing tax ...

Democrats brought yet another political celebrity to Pennsylvania on Monday in an effort to seal a win in the governor’s race, as f ...

Embattled Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery has called it quits. McCaffery has resigned his post after being suspe ...

The man who got me into journalism died last week. I never met Ben Bradlee. And he wouldn’t have known me from Adam. ...

Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is targeting Democratic challenger Tom Wolf’s plan to overhaul the state income tax in the final weeks ...

The federal government is recognizing gay marriage in six more states, extending federal benefits to those couples. Attorney Gener ...