Government

“We’re going to take our capital back,” President Donald Trump declared, adding he would also be “getting rid of the slums.”

House members have approved SEPTA funding for a fifth time. Now the Senate holds the power to stave off major transit cuts.

Philadelphia city employees working long hours due to understaffing earn massive overtime wages, with some earning more than the mayor.

House lawmakers have introduced their legislation for the special session. State senators plan to reveal their proposals Monday.

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords met with local advocates working to access more funding to continue combating gun violence in Delaware.

New Castle County homeowners are crying foul after residential taxes rise while tax bills for some major companies fall.

The Eagles running back said he was “shocked” by the president’s offer and declined it to focus on the upcoming season.

State-funded Beyond the Bars started as a music workshop for incarcerated youth and now boasts dozens of music labs around the city.

Emil Bove’s confirmation on the 3rd Circuit shifts the balance of the key appeals court in favor of right-wing Republicans.

Without the governor’s signature on a new spending plan, the state lost some of its spending authority starting July 1.

The launch at existing medical dispensaries comes more than two years after legalization, but a key cannabis advocate is calling for a boycott.

Legal weed in Delaware, legal weed in New Jersey, is Pennsylvania next? While our neighbors go high, some lawmakers in Harrisburg say ‘NO.’

Researchers mapped out the economic impact of the federal government canceling research grants that had already been approved.

One proposal borrows from a New Jersey initiative that supports investigative reporting, multilingual journalism and hyperlocal news.

Two rules designed to promote cleaner cars were already effectively eliminated. With the EPA suggesting not considering carbon dioxide to be pollution, the last could fall.