Government

Jessica Stern, soon to become the State Department's special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, sees a mix of promising news and worrisome developments almost everywhere.

The quest is fueled by former President Donald Trump's baseless claims that fraud was behind his loss in the battleground state.

Wolf touted $300 million extra for school district operations and instruction, including the unique idea of setting aside $100 million of that strictly for schools in need.

Delaware cops will no longer be able to avoid prosecution for shooting a suspect by saying they believed an officer or someone else was in imminent danger of death.

Gurbir Grewal, the nation’s first Sikh attorney general, has been appointed head of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed the state's largest budget ever after swift passage by the Legislature with little time for public scrutiny of the bill.

The new budget includes a $300 million increase for K-12 schools and will give boosts of 10% or more to 35 school districts in every corner of Pa.

Delaware’s $4.77 billion operating budget was approved days before the June 30 deadline, but lawmakers have lots of work before the end of session Wednesday.

Republicans said squirreling away $5 billion in federal money was smart planning for the future, while Democrats lamented the investments that might have been.

Critics say it’s a technique that Republicans appear increasingly willing to use as they clash with Gov. Tom Wolf over highly politicized issues, like voting and the pandemic.

Biden names former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell to be ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development headquartered in France.

The decision diminished anti-gerrymandering advocates’ hopes of preventing Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers from drawing maps that unfairly benefit one political party.

Legislators, with all seats up for grabs in November, tacked on hundreds of millions of dollars in additional spending to the major budget increase already requested.

The Census Bureau must protect people's privacy when releasing demographic data. Plans to change how it does that have sparked concern over how it may affect redistricting.

City Council and Mayor Jim Kenney’s final $5 billion budget deal includes more spending on public services and smaller tax cuts than originally proposed.