Government

Any attempt to amend the Pa. constitution bypasses the governor and goes to a referendum, which often passes easily as it draws little attention at the polls.

Richard Trumka had been president of the 12.5 million-member AFL-CIO for more than a decade at the time of his August 2021 death.

Anti-gun violence advocates cheered as Gov. John Carney signed a package of six bills designed to reduce the threat of gun violence in Delaware.

The giveback to taxpayers reflects Democrats’ desire to address what they and others call an “affordability crisis” in the state.

Philadelphia’s school district will spend more than $4 billion this year to educate city kids.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has agreed to hear a case next term that could upend election laws across the country.

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

The bills passed nearly along party lines Wednesday and Democrats warned that Gov. Tom Wolf will veto them.

The divided House of Representatives voted Wednesday to establish the five-member Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order.

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is officially becoming a justice.

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.