Delaware County

Say poverty in the Philadelphia area, and it conjures images of North Philadelphia or Kensington, not the suburbs. But the suburbs on both sides of the Delaware River are becoming steadily poorer, part of a national trend that confounds long-held...

For any city controller in Philadelphia there is a conflict between the ideal job specifications and the political reality of getting yourself elected. The public would like to see a snarling watchdog keeping a wary eye over city finances, fearlessly...

Get ready for another debate on whether payday loan stores should return to Pennsylvania. State Sen. Pat Browne of Allentown said Friday he intends to introduce legislation in the next few weeks that would "redefine the debate" over access to short-...

Charter schools, funded with about $1.1 billion a year in tax money, ignored citizens' requests for records about 87 percent of the time and didn't participate in nearly three of four appeals to the Office of Open Records, agency records show. In 103...

About $1 million in Marcellus Shale money will make its way to the Philadelphia area to subsidize the purchase of natural-gas-fueled school buses and trucks. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded a total of $6.7 million in...

Civitas Media has named Walt Lafferty as General Manager and Business Development Director for Impressions Media, the parent company of The Times Leader and numerous other local publications and websites. Lafferty, 52, a suburban Philadelphia native who...

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak said Tuesday that he planned to run for the Senate in 2016, setting the table for an eventual rematch with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. The decision helps shape the Democratic race for the nomination to challenge...

LADELPHIA Traffic Court is closer to extinction after just one Democrat voted yesterday to save the controversial agency. The state House's Judiciary Committee voted to approve two pieces of legislation designed to abolish the court. The full House...

WASHINGTON — Joe Sestak is readying for a rematch. The retired Navy admiral and former congressman from Delaware County announced Tuesday via email blast that he's formed an exploratory committee to run for the U.S. Senate in 2016. Sestak, a...

The Admiral is readying for a rematch. Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who has played it coy since his narrow loss to Pat Toomey in the grueling 2010 Senate race, announced Tuesday morning by email that he's formed an exploratory committee to run again for...

former congressman, U.S. admiral and 2010 Democratic foe of Sen. Pat Toomey -- announced today that he is eyeing another Senate run in 2016, signaling he will not seek the governor's mansion next year. The Delaware County man, 61, issued a video...

The state Liquor Control Board overstated its store fixtures, equipment and other assets in financial documents by more than $1 million because the agency does not regularly take a physical inventory, according to an annual audit by the state auditor...