Joe Biden's deep Scranton roots

The governor sailed to a second term amid a wave of Democratic successes — and further fueled speculation about a presidential bid.

Inquirer reporters Sam Janesch and Gillian McGoldrick took to Reddit to answer your questions.

With a Democratic trifecta in power for the first time in more than three decades, Harrisburg is about to look a lot different come January.

After two years of little oversight, voters swept into office Democratic candidates who promised to regulate the technology and limit data center development.

Republicans hoped Stacy Garrity would save them from a defeat like the one they suffered in 2022 against Josh Shapiro. This year, it was worse.

In his first term, Shapiro repeatedly urged lawmakers to pass a $15 minimum wage.

How many City Council incumbents will survive the next election? Who will run for U.S. Sen. John Fetterman's seat? And what should be Gov. Shapiro's presidential campaign slogan?

A deep blue state got bluer as Democrats swept all five statewide races and flipped Republican seats in every county.

Bob Harvie has made history in defeating Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick in Bucks County's 1st District amid a national blue wave.

The trifecta marks a monumental win for Democrats and Gov. Josh Shapiro, and sets them up to pass several long-stalled priorities, including a minimum wage increase.

Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija said the turnout story provides a warning for Democrats as the party takes the reins of power.

For the city’s leaders, the most transformative change could be what Gov. Josh Shapiro has said will be his No. 1 priority: raising the state minimum wage for the first time since 2009.

The governor staked his reputation on helping Pennsylvania Democrats win up and down the ballot, a move which could bolster his national standing.

Across the country — in red states and blue — voters backed Democrats in a blistering rebuke of Donald Trump’s cruel, divisive, and costly policies.

The flip effectively blocks Trump from confirming loyalist nominees to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Now, Democrats — looking toward a new political order once they are sworn into office in January — must find a way to govern amid deep fractures within their own party.

Fetterman's former chief of staff and a 2022 primary rival both say the Pa. senator's influence in the Senate was diminished as Democrats went deep into GOP territory.

The change to the city’s contracting process marks a shift advanced by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration as it moves away from race- and gender-conscious contracting practices.

President Donald Trump implored voters over the course of the midterm campaign to “pretend I’m on the ballot.” Voters did.

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, next chair of key committees on foreign policy and defense, sees a path despite the president’s veto power.

Fire department officials say the additional funds will be used to hire a fourth full-time firefighter at each of Lower Merion’s six fire stations and bolster the department’s strained finances.

If the zoning board's ruling is final, the developer plans a version of the proposal with no parking at all.

Until last month, doctors had few ways to track the rise in medetomidine cases in their hospitals — because there were no International Classification of Disease codes associated with them.

Philly isn't the only place with a word that can mean almost anything. From Ireland to Hawaii, linguists explain the world's versions of jawn.

Doho’s modern aesthetics stand out in this part of town as much as its globe-hopping menu, which features fish sauce caramel-glazed lamb ribs, sweet potato tostones, and masa gnocchi.