Law

Fifteen states, including Delaware, don’t offer compensation for exonerees. One legislator wants to change that.

We talk about social distancing and its impact in the spread of COVID-19, talk with Pa Health Commissioner, and we look at the government's legal powers during a pandemic.

New Jersey, the state with some of the strictest gun laws, passed a wave of additional firearms safety measures in 2018 and 2019. Gun rights activists are now pushing back.

Philly has one of the country's strongest laws to protect immigrants from being scammed by fake legal help. So why are complaints of fraud on the rise?

1,100 former Department of Justice officials are calling on Attorney General Barr to resign after his department lowered the prison sentence recommendation for Roger Stone.

We talk about the arguments and legal tactics used by Trump's defense team in the Senate impeachment hearings, as well as the effects of the John Bolton leaks.

Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol to protest plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.

Lyris Younge will stand trial before the Judicial Conduct Board. She's accused of violating parents due process rights in family court. Will she be removed?

WHYY's Nina Feldman gives us an update on the legal battles over supervised injection sites in Philadelphia.

In order to change how congressional and state legislative districts are drawn before nationwide reapportionment in 2021, the General Assembly should set up a deal by January.

Gun removal laws take effect in three states next month. But those efforts have stalled in Pennsylvania.

A look back at past impeachment efforts in American history and how they compare to inquiry against President Trump.

The struggle to free New Jersey from Trump’s $10,000 SALT cap continues on another front, so-called pass-through entities.

President Donald Trump’s order to expand the scope of potential anti-Semitism complaints on college campuses is raising the stakes of an already tense battle.

The Pa. attorney general is planning to challenge the federal government if the Trump administration goes ahead with a proposal to change how tipped workers are paid.