The two sides have agreed to separate homeland security funding from the rest of the legislation and fund DHS for two weeks while they debate Democratic demands for curbs on the U.S. Immigration and ...

The $16 billion project, which connects trains running from New Jersey to New York, has been called the most important infrastructure project in the nation.

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon conducted a congressional oversight visit at the facility just weeks after one of her constituents died in ICE custody.

Meyer’s recommended budget would ‘modernize’ business formation fees and raise cigarette taxes to add state revenue.

Leon Smith teaches history at Haverford High School. The Council of Chief State School Officers will announce a winner this spring.

During a committee hearing Wednesday, lawmakers voted to advance the measure for a chance to be heard on the House floor. The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Newark, said he believes the ...

As of Thursday, the latest model guidance for the Philadelphia region depicts a glancing blow late Saturday into Sunday afternoon.

Some local law enforcement has signed 287(g) agreements with ICE. Others are doubling down on limiting cooperation with federal agents amid a nationwide crackdown.

Starting Thursday, the site where American democracy was born is once again open to the public. Independence Hall had been closed for 119 days, beginning with the government shutdown on Oct. 1 and ...

Evaluators recommended closing 20 schools, designating six for co-locating or merging and upgrading 159 others. Of those 20, 18 are located in Northeast, Northwest or West Philadelphia. The schools ...

At Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting, community members and advocates gathered to voice their critiques and defend their schools from closures.