Politics & Policy

In light of high-profile sexual harassment allegations, state lawmakers seek to reform how state government handles allegations concerning legislators.

Financing for the ambitious project will depend on whether the city's new tax on sweetened beverages is upheld in court.

Nina Ahmad has finished her last day as Philadelphia Deputy Mayor for Public Engagement, clearing the way for her to challenge Brady for the Democratic nomination.

State Senator Stewart Greenleaf (R-Montgomery) confessed that he was one of the was one of those lawmakers who sponsored tough-on-crime laws in the mid-1990’s.

In the interactive slider above, the city of Reading can be seen as an appendage thinly sewn to the top of Pennsylvania’s 16th ...

The move would put Pompeo, a former congressman who has grown close to Trump during his tenure atop the CIA, in charge of U.S. diplomacy.

The field for the 2018 lieutenant governor election is filling up, with a number of Democrats jumping into the often-low-key race.

Matt Lauer will be remembered as a fallen sexual harasser, but in my mind, he's forever immortalized as a Donald Trump toady.

WHYY’s senior reporter Dave Davies interviewed Cokie Roberts about the future of American politics at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia.

The $79.1 million spent on the June primary and November's general election was exceeded only by the $88.1 million 2005 race between Jon Corzine and Doug Forrester.

U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, a Republican, is retiring after 12 terms in the House of Representatives.

Seven years ago, newspapers around the country published details of the explosive cables released by WikiLeaks after Chelsea Manning provided the trove of U.S. Army documents.

A House committee moved forward on a Republican bill to expand gun owners' rights — the first legislation since mass shootings in Las Vegas and Texas killed over 80 people.

It appears U.S. Rep. Bob Brady of Philadelphia may skate on the investigation into his 2012 primary opponent's withdrawal from the campaign.

Pa.’s Supreme Court is deciding whether Governor Tom Wolf overstepped his authority with an executive order letting home healthcare workers under a union-like structure.