Government

About a year from now, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney will be replaced. Until then, he said there is a lot more work to be done.

Pennsylvania’s state Senate is postponing a trial seeking to remove Philadelphia’s progressive district attorney.

Dr. Val Arkoosh, an anesthesiologist who led Pennsylvania’s third-most populous county through the pandemic, will be nominated to lead the Pa. Department of Human Services.

Murphy said the move would help revitalize downtown districts across the state after the pandemic took a toll on the local restaurant scene.

The state-appointed receiver testified in court that city officials are blocking his efforts to save the bankrupt city and behaving unethically.

After last year’s marijuana veto, lawmakers expect a reprise of the legalization effort in Dover this year.

Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro is sticking with two members of his predecessor’s Cabinet to oversee state parklands and agricultural matters.

The U.S. endured 18 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2022, highlighting the growing damages of human-caused climate change.

The Office of Federal Student Aid has a lot on its plate in 2023, including an ambitious new student loan repayment plan. Now it just needs money to pay for it.

Hughes is running for his sixth term as county executive. But he will need to beat a spirited challenge from Benson, who announced his candidacy in December.

Several programs that lowered barriers to health care and services during the pandemic are about to end, leaving patients and experts worried about the fallout.

The various congregations will work to create action plans that will become concrete blueprints for each group to make reparations a reality.

Monday's decision applies to state agencies under the executive branch and comes as a third of U.S. states have moved to prohibit the platform on government devices.

A letter sent to Rozzi on Monday by Representative Jim Gregory says “bonds of trust" between the two have been broken.

The House of Representatives has approved the rules package for the 118th Congress in a near party-line vote, in what marked the first legislative test.