Politics & Policy

With most of the nation’s economic arrows now pointing up, President Barack Obama is expected to highlight a wide range of positive ...

President Obama will propose in his State of the Union speech bold tax increases on the wealthy. Those tax increase proposals will be dea ...

Here’s some good news from the good folks at the Commonwealth Fund.   Obamacare is working pretty well. Here’ ...

Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators are beginning the 114th Congress in new places. Democrat Bob Casey is in the minority for t ...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is talking more openly about a potential White House run. Christie said during his monthly “A ...

Surrounded by many leaders of the city’s Latino community, former Philadelphia Judge Nelson Diaz announced his candidacy for mayor ...

So, why should you care that Chris Christie snarfs free luxury box tickets to Dallas Cowboy’s games from team owner Jerry Jones? ...

Pennsylvania’s judicial elections tend to be mundane affairs, but this year has something likely to shake things up: three open sea ...

New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie will have a chance to meet with potential supporters in South Carolina next week. Lawmak ...

Die-hard House conservatives failed in their coup against House Speaker John Boehner last Tuesday. By Friday they looked like winners who ...

Republicans in Congress and a state supreme court have thrown the political hot potato known as Keystone XL straight back onto President ...

The latest jobs report, for December 2014, reports an increase of 252,000 jo ...

Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (CLS) this week ...