7 political stories the Philadelphia region should watch for in 2024
From new leaders in Philadelphia's City Hall to potential trouble on the presidential campaign trail, here's what we're watching this new year.
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From new leaders in Philadelphia's City Hall to potential trouble on the presidential campaign trail, here's what we're watching this new year.
The last straw for the mayor was apparently Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to send buses to New Jersey train stations connecting to New York City to thwart an executive order.
Pennsylvania's Secretary of the Commonwealth says he's not able to remove Trump from the ballot like Maine and Colorado have ahead of the 2024 election.
One of Cherelle Parker's first moves in office was issuing an executive order to declare a public safety emergency in Philadelphia.
A Pennsylvania state senator's son was arrested and charged with assault after punching security and attempting to enter The Met for Mayor Cherelle Parker's inauguration ceremony.
Former President Donald Trump urged the justices to reverse the Dec. 19 ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court.
George Washington staged American troops at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War.
The seven-page lawsuit asks Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court to declare that Perry engaged in insurrectionist activity and cannot hold public office under the Constitution's insurrection clause.
Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, is accused of accepting lavish gifts in exchange for making positive statements about Qatar in a newly unsealed superseding indictment.
Mayor Cherelle Parker delivered her inaugural address on Jan. 2 after she was administered the oath of office by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge.
Philadelphians are hopeful Cherelle Parker and her new police commissioner will take charge and make the city safer.
During her tenure as mayor, Cherelle Parker says her goal is to make Philadelphia the "safest, cleanest, greenest big city in the nation."
Cherelle Parker will be publicly sworn in as Philadelphia's 100th mayor during her inauguration ceremony at The Met.
Mayor Jim Kenney thanked Philadelphians during his final day of office on Sunday before Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker is sworn in as the 100th mayor of the city.
John Fetterman's victory over Mehmet Oz in November 2022 brought him to the height of his political career, but the first-term senator said at the time he was suffering from a deep depression and couldn't make it out of bed.
