Pennsylvania’s 153rd House District, which includes Abington and part of Upper Dublin in Montgomery County, boasts a particularly distinguished alumni association. Three of the last six state representatives in the 153rd — Madeleine Dean, Jon D. Fox and Joe Hoeffel — have gone on to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. A fourth is […]

Attorney General Josh Shapiro says his office will file legal action in the coming months against companies that made firefighting foams. Chemicals found in the foams have contaminated Bucks and Montgomery County communities. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office is preparing to take “legal action” against companies that have manufactured firefighting foams, which […]

Attorney General Josh Shapiro is now in favor of legalizing cannabis, he said in a tweet Friday. “After months of internal research & discussions with fellow law enforcement, I am in support of efforts to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana use for Pennsylvanians over the age of 21,” the Montgomery County Democrat wrote. “Continuing to […]

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — In a meeting between Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and representatives from Philadelphia’s ride-hailing community held Tuesday afternoon in Spring Garden, Uber and Lyft drivers appealed to Shapiro to change rules for independent contractors. Chris White has a few part-time hotel jobs, but he’s been driving for Uber for years, working […]

A day after Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement in a federal lawsuit over its sales of opioid painkillers, Pennsylvania’s attorney general filed a separate lawsuit against members of the Sackler family — the company’s owners — alleging that they “are personally liable for the devastation of the opioid crisis.” Josh Shapiro and others had […]

Twenty attorneys general including Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro announced Monday that they are suing the Trump administration over a proposed policy that would allow for the indefinite detention of migrant families. At question is the 1997 Flores settlement, which established certain standards for facilities that hold migrant families and a 20-day limit for detaining children. Berks […]

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office launched an effort Thursday to improve the use of firearms databases, so law enforcement can better track guns used in crimes and, ultimately, clamp down on gun violence. The move comes amid a surge in such violence in Philadelphia. The city’s rate of homicides this year is about the same […]

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Thursday announced a new partnership to combat gun violence in Philadelphia that will target straw purchasers and the illegal transfer of guns. Straw purchasers are people with no criminal record who buy guns on behalf of felons, who are prohibited from possessing a firearm. At a news conference in […]

A week after rival health giants UPMC and Highmark struck a 10-year deal to preserve access for most Western Pennsylvanians, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro returned to Pittsburgh to meet with some of the patients who stand to benefit. “I can say, unequivocally, you made a real difference,” said Shapiro to a few dozen people […]

The U.S. Senate must act to protect the 2020 elections from interference, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and attorneys general from 21 states said in a letter to key committee chairs this week. The U.S. House has passed election protections of its own. Following President Donald Trump’s statement to ABC News last week that he […]