Government

Last week, just two vacancies on council were scheduled to be filled by special election. Now, all four open spots will be voted on in November.

Activists who want the Pennsylvania General Assembly to ban lobbyists from giving gifts to legislators thought they had a way around the institutional blockade.

The Pennsylvania state House voted to hold Philadelphia’s DA in contempt for failing to cooperate with a review of his practices as part of a GOP-led impeachment effort.

A Friends group says the city broke its promise to issue a new request for proposal by the end of August, putting the redevelopment of the Germantown Y in limbo.

The baseless election fraud claims are requiring Pennsylvania to retain more lawyers — subsequently exhausting much needed resources and costing taxpayers millions.

The debate, coming two weeks before the general election, follows weeks of cajoling by Oz.

The resolution accuses DA Krasner of showing “willful refusal” on multiple occasions to comply with the subpoena for materials relating to Philadelphia's rising gun crisis.

His 1998 report about Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky helped lead to the president's impeachment.

McGuiness, who faces sentencing and removal from office for official misconduct and conflict of interest, lost to York, a lawyer and first-time candidate.

The statehouse demonstration came one day before a N.J. commission is expected to vote on a proposal to increase health benefit premiums for thousands of state workers.

The park is a safe haven for the neighborhood and a rallying point that hasn’t had a major redo in over a half century.

On the anniversary of President Kennedy's speech on the race to the moon, we look at dramatic advances in U.S. space science, from commercial flights to the Webb telescope.

President Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans to come together for a new “national purpose" — his administration's effort to end cancer "as we know it."

Kathy McGuiness hopes voters decide to keep her as auditor, even with removal by the governor looming. Lydia York says she has the integrity the office demands.

Lt. Governor John Fetterman told supporters he would vote to codify Roe v. Wade if elected to the United States Senate.