Politics & Policy

President Barack Obama is traveling to North Philadelphia Sunday to stump for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tom Wolf. Obama wil ...

We’re going to find out Tuesday whether Pennsylvania voters want to change governors, which means a lot of attention is going to be ...

Despite the massive amount of money floating around in politics this time of year, campaigns are surprisingly tight-fisted with their cas ...

Phil Press was 24 years old when he took on the one of the jobs politics –being a “tracker.” What’s a trac ...

Although Tuesday’s election is viewed by many as a yawn, the election team from NewsWorks/WHYY found plenty to talk about at a live ...

WHYY’s “Election 2014” takes you in depth into the major issues in this year’s governor’s race and big cong ...

Pennsylvania state Sen. LeAnna Washington will resign her seat Friday as part of a plea bargain and serve three months under house arrest ...

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. ...