Politics

Only two other U.S. states elect judges the way Harrisburg Republicans are suggesting. The referendum could end up on the ballot in the May primary.

This week: the latest on COVID in New Jersey, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, and a roundup of Philly sports.

The Zoom call this Sunday may be the Philly arts task force’s only event where the general public can weigh in.

On this, even President Donald Trump's most fevered critics agree: He has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that will outlast his term in office for decades to come.

The decision Wednesday came as Wolf asks state lawmakers to approve $145 million for hard-hit businesses, restaurants and bars in particular.

A look at some of the top stories of the year in the Garden State.

The actions bring to 49 the number of people who Trump in the last two days has granted clemency either through pardons or sentence commutations.

Democrats in the majority in Dover plan to reconvene the state legislature via video conference next month. Republicans say that will stifle public input.

Congressional leaders took seven months to negotiate the $900 billion package, which was passed with overwhelming majorities that could overturn a presidential veto.

President Trump pardoned 15 people, including GOP allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a massacre.

A New Jersey constitutional amendment approved by voters in November dictates that if the state does not receive U.S. Census data by Feb. 15, it will delay redistricting.

Pa. tenants and homeowners missed out on roughly $108M of $175M in federal coronavirus relief because state programs distributing the funding made it too hard to access.

Lawmakers on both sides said a provision by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., that would curb emergency Federal Reserve powers was the sticking point.

Biden compared the climate threat to the calamity of the coronavirus pandemic and he pledged to take action.

Among the supported reforms are increasing the number of locations and extending hours for in-person early voting and paying poll workers more.