Government Accountability

Some advocates argue a constitutional amendment and enabling legislation would make people with some felonies more likely to be held pretrial.

The sentence pronounced Friday by Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of jail.

State police say the state representative’s blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit when he pulled out from a Valero station onto a highway.

The report brings to a close a nearly five-year investigation into Matt Gaetz, who spent the majority of his time in Washington enmeshed in scandals.

From addiction treatment to toy robot ambulances, here's how state and local governments used billions in opioid settlement funds in 2022 and 2023.

Marty Small Sr., 50, is accused of asking his daughter to claim that a head injury she sustained on Jan. 13 occurred when she tripped and fell in her bedroom.

Jacqueline Bailey-Davis resigned on Tuesday. The former police chief had been placed on administrative leave on Nov. 25.

A study by a North Carolina–based firm revealed Pennsylvania paid out more than $54 million in settlements over five years.

If Transport Workers Local 234 votes to give their leaders the power to call for a strike, a possible walkout could happen as soon as New Year’s Day.

Cerron Cade, whose salary is $164,000 a year, is charged with shoplifting on six occasions. The total value of the alleged thefts was $394.

In the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations, advocates are rallying support for immigrant communities in Philadelphia.

The case against the first-term councilman stems from a July 2023 incident.

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania says unhoused people must have an opportunity to store and access personal property during sweeps.

The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges.

President Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter. That spares his son a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions.