Politics & Policy

So, Jim Kenney it is. To observe the niceties, I’ll duly note that Philadelphia will not officially elect its new mayor unti ...

Gov. Chris Christie says the U.S. Senate’s failure to extend the Patriot Act could have dangerous consequences. The Senate f ...

Philadelphia City Council will have a visitor each week for the rest of the year.  Derek Green won in the Democratic primary ...

President Barack Obama says he has a personal stake in making sure that a nuclear agreement with Iran delivers on its promise. He ...

President Barack Obama is addressing one of the largest Jewish congregations in Washington to highlight efforts to combat anti-Semitism, ...

An Algerian-born terror suspect has walked free from a Dublin court after winning a two-year legal battle to avoid being extradited to th ...

House leaders are pressing the Senate to take up a bill that ends the National Security Agency’s collection of American telephone r ...

There may not be three more yawn-inducing words in the English language than: “public employee pensions.”  But co ...

Philadelphia mayoral candidate Jim Kenney won Tuesday night’s all-important Democratic primary in a historic landslide. Voter turno ...

Philadelphia City Council’s website has been restored after a hacking incident replaced news about legislation with text on a black ...

Democrat John Sabatina Jr. will join the Pennsylvania state Senate and take the northeast Philadelphia seat left vacant when Mike Stack b ...

The field of candidates for three open seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is now set. Pennsylvania Republicans on Tuesday cho ...

Philadelphia voters decided to shake up their City Council in Tuesday’s primary election. Three new faces are primed to join t ...

In lower Northeast Philadelphia, Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez has retained her Democratic nomination despite a stiff challenge fro ...