Government

Largest spending plan in state history funds school construction, pension obligations, tax relief — and lawmakers’ pet projects

A Seaford ordinance that required burial or cremation of fetal tissue following an abortion or miscarriage has been invalidated by a Delaware judge.

The budget for fiscal year 2023 includes a historic $9 billion surplus.

The longtime critic of the PPA led the first of a series of investigatory hearings looking into what she called the "financial chaos and questionable expenses of this entity."

Without new budget legislation signed into law by Friday, the state will lose the authority to make many discretionary payments.

One bill would prohibit anyone who comes to N.J. for an abortion from being extradited back to states where abortion is illegal.

A proposal to require Pa.'s four state universities to promise they are not conducting research or experiments with fetal tissue from elective abortions was added to budget.

A similar system was used without major issues during the 2020 election as an emergency measure. Now lawmakers are poised to make voting by mail the law.

President Joe Biden is praising the global alliance confronting Russia over its war in Ukraine.

With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, people with disabilities worry about how they will be disproportionately affected.

The House gave final approval Friday, following Senate passage Thursday, and Biden acted just before leaving Washington for two world leader summits in Europe.

Juul had filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington so it can appeal the sales ban from the Food and Drug Administration.

President Joe Biden spoke from the White House about the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

Republicans want to do more with the state’s unexpected surplus. They’ve proposed tax relief called “Give It Back”: $4 billion in rebates to 4 million residents.

Philadelphia’s budget for fiscal year 2023 funds neighborhood improvements, creating safe youth spaces in an effort to combat the city's gun violence crisis.