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Separately, more states and cities also are requiring paid sick days, which give people time off to deal with short-term illnesses like the flu.

If the ordinance passes, Delaware County would join a growing number of communities in Pennsylvania who have made ghost guns illegal.

Advocates are working to pass medically assisted suicide this year after a similar bill was vetoed last year.

The flashpoint for the latest controversy was deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, which is being paid by the U.S. to imprison them.

Proposed legislation in New Jersey would require insurance companies to pay for menopause treatment and raise awareness about it.

Delaware legalized adult-use of cannabis in 2023. Sales were expected to start this spring, but delays in fingerprint checks are worrying advocates.

The cities defending the laws in New Jersey and Illinois said they were passed to address disturbing behavior from protesters outside of health care clinics.

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's board voted last week to remove a policy that had deferred to school principals to determine an athlete’s “gender."

The latest on DOGE and the Trump administration's cuts to federal jobs and aid. Budget freezes are impacting NIH funding, education programs and thousands of local workers.

Some early session bills in the Pennsylvania legislature align with Gov. Josh Shapiro’s health spending priorities and prepare for possible changes under Trump.

Attorneys representing 200,000 students alleged that 17 schools, including Penn, favored wealthy students in financial aid and admissions decisions over a 20-year period.

Prosecutors argue defense attorneys for the South Jersey Democratic boss and his co-defendants don’t understand the charges against them.

The commission has one year to create “a clear and comprehensive plan” to eliminate serious injuries and deaths on state roads.

The “landmark” settlement with PUC stems from a 2019 home explosion in South Philadelphia that killed two people and caused $1.4 million in property damage.

The department plans to release Jack Smith’s findings on Trump’s efforts to undo 2020's election results but will keep under wraps findings on hoarding classified documents.