Politics

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NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

After two years as Philadelphia solicitor, Sozi Tulante has resigned to teach at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Republican state lawmakers wrapped up three weeks of annual budget hearings by tearing into Governor Tom Wolf's administration for several hours straight.

When President Trump pulled the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, spurning the massive free trade agreement, most analysts figured the deal was dead.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to figure out a better way to pay for state police.

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart starts a performance audit with Department of Behavioral Health because it funds services she thinks Philadelphians need most.

Resistance to the Republican tax overhaul comes with an ideological twist for some Democratic state officials.

Carl Icahn, a billionaire investor and Trump's former "special adviser to the president on regulatory reform," sold the shares between Feb. 12 and Feb. 22.

House Republicans, Governor Tom Wolf, and a number of other lawmakers say Miccarelli should resign. House GOP leaders are urging police to investigate.

Pa.'s Medicaid program will no longer require doctors to get approval when prescribing medications that are proven to help people stay off heroin and prescription painkillers.

A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time.

Kenney says funding the school district is critical, but council members aren't thrilled about his plan to hike property taxes.

A federal jury has found Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski guilty of corruption.

Confusion and disagreement linger over the final report of a Delaware task force assigned to compile opinion and research on recreational marijuana legalization.