Government & Politics

Rowe will succeed former state representative Fred Keller, who now represents the 12th district in Congress.

On the surface, Melissa Shusterman said, her brother-in-law had it all.He was successful in business. He was beloved in his community. His energy was boundless. But it still masked a deeper pain. A few...

Gun violence will be on the Legislature's agenda this fall.

Help us look for evidence-based approaches to the state's most pressing policy questions.

Wolf will have to get his hands dirty. There would have to be some give and take and compromises on both sides. But it could produce results.

The best way to cut reliance on food stamps is not to start dismantling the program but to require employers to pay a living wage.

Faced with a smorgasbord of potential electoral reforms at an informal meeting Monday, a bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers gravitated toward expanding Pennsylvania’s restrictive and archaic absentee ballot rules.“I hope we can...

Bobby Jeffries says he sees U.S. Rep. Scott Perry as the embodiment of a bygone era in the Republican party, one more focused on special interests than on working people — one that won’t...

So what does 39 days' worth of work look like? It's sprint, not a marathon.

The economy meets the character issue. It's a start.