Politics & Policy

The Supreme Court is taking on its first abortion case in eight years, a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics. The ju ...

Philadelphia Mayor-elect Jim Kenney has named more key members of his cabinet, including the chief education officer.  For th ...

Philadelphia’s five City Councilwomen and a women’s advocacy group are trying to pressure District Attorney Seth Williams to ...

Congress has passed a $607 billion defense bill that bans moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States — something Barack Obama ...

Advocates for struggling Cheyney University are taking their message to the state Capitol, saying closed-door talks with Pennsylvania uni ...

The license plates that were on the limousine carrying President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas have sold at auction ...

The results from Tuesday’s state Supreme Court elections were barely in when triumphant Democrats began talking about what the cour ...

U.S. officials say the Pentagon’s plan outlining the long-stalled effort to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, expected nex ...

Sarina Rose remembers the day well. ...

It was a good night for Pennsylvania Democrats, who swept all three open seats on the state Supreme Court, flipping its partisan control. ...

It’s official: Jim Kenney will be Philadelphia’s 99th mayor. The longtime city councilman quickly defeated Republican ...

Yesterday’s election brought some new faces to Philadelphia City Council, but one Council race is too close to call. Two Dem ...

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