Politics

Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill Thursday that will provide lawyers to low-income tenants facing eviction.

Intimidation and police force enraged protesters in Hong Kong. Is there a different way to manage masses of people?

The approval was seen as a blow to the vaping industry in New Jersey, which argued against the prohibition and claimed it could have unintended consequences.

Pa. Auditor General DePasqule wants lawmakers to come up with a more comprehensive plan to improve infrastructure, and hopefully prevent future damage from severe weather.

The proposal would have the state pick up what federal dollars do not for school lunch costs.

Three of the five counties served by SEPTA have flipped red to blue, and the board that governs the authority is likely to flip right along with it.

New Jersey municipalities can now dredge sand from nearby offshore sites for beach replenishment projects following a federal government rule reversal.

For the second time in as many city elections, Philadelphians have elected an education activist to Council. What does that mean for the city’s education landscape?

In the 1950’s, the CIA began a secret mind control program called MK-ULTRA and they hired chemist Sidney Gottlieb who was given free rein to experiment on unwitting subjects.

New City Council legislation will change the way Philadelphia sells off thousands of publicly owned properties, crack down on land-flipping and cronyism.

A Shore congressman has introduced legislation that would prevent the federal government from recouping allocated federal disaster funds awarded to citizens. 

Dion Wilson had been profane and angry at earlier meetings but that didn’t give Hanifa Shabazz to deny him the right to address members Sept. 19.

Journalist Brian Rosenwald details the circumstances that led to the rise of AM talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, all the way to the election of Donald Trump.

The swing vote for decades on the U.S. Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy was awarded the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia. He called for tolerance and civic discourse.

Chief Judge Beryl Howell signed an opinion that rejected the Justice Department's argument that it must preserve the secrecy of grand jury and other material.