Politics & Policy
Suburban lawmakers stick with party in health care vote
When the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act, congressional representatives in Philadelphia’ ...
13 years ago
Philly housing advocate tapped as Green Party vice presidential candidate
Vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala discusses the Green Party platform and the character of her running mate Dr. Jill Stein with Ne ...
13 years ago
Latino leaders press Pa. for online Spanish translations of voter ID info
Leaders of Philadelphia’s Latino community will gather Friday to ask Pennsylvania to do a more thorough job of translating voter ID ...
13 years ago
Backers say Philly labor rally not a protest of Democratic convention
Union officials say they expect thousands to gather in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a rally next month they insist is not ...
13 years ago
Pa. begins $5 million campaign alerting residents they’ll need ID to vote
The state of Pennsylvania has started spending $5 million in federal funds to let Pennsylvanians know they’ll be required to bring ...
13 years ago
Fall election could have peculiar kind of ‘photo’ finish
In a close election, you’ve got two ways to win. Coax more of your possible voters into the voting booth. Or somehow ...
13 years ago
The Olympics brought to you by — a super PAC
The Summer Olympics are coming up, but if you think they’ll offer you a respite from the presidential campaign, think again. ...
13 years ago
Too many Harvard lawyers setting national policy?
The American Bar Association reported 1,225,000 lawyers in the U.S. as of 2010, when the official U.S. population was determined to be 30 ...
13 years ago
Tempers stay cool in Independence Day political battles in Philadelphia
Using the time-honored tools, the bullhorn and the human microphone, a group calling themselves the Continental Congress 2.0 listed their ...
13 years ago
States make plans for share of GlaxoSmithKline settlement
The penalty that drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline must pay for unlawfully marketing drugs for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administrat ...
13 years ago