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Big on improving infrastructure, Carney makes $4.6 billion Delaware budget proposal
Flush with revenue, Delaware Gov. John Carney presents a spending plan to lawmakers that increases the budget by 4% over the current year.
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Lead, asbestos contamination shuts down three Scranton schools
Crews in the Scranton School District are conducting air quality tests and making emergency repairs Thursday.
7 years ago
What does the future of farming in Pa. look like? Who and where are the big questions
“It is something that is ever-present, this issue of transition.”
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The Pa. agency that looks for wasteful spending wasted $160,000 on guns and ammo it can’t use
The watchdog office spent nearly $160,000 on pistols and ammunition that its investigators are not legally allowed to carry. The weapons have been in storage for two years.
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Local sports columnist witnessed Kobe greatness up close
Marcus Hayes, a sports columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, remembers years of covering Kobe Bryant both in high school and the NBA.
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Listen 6:39Wolf wants to set aside a billion dollars to fix toxic schools
The governor says he’s planning to include the pitch in next week’s budget address, along with several other lead and asbestos-remediation plans.
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Vanessa Bryant statement: ‘We are completely devastated’
Vanessa Bryant also announced the formation of a fund to help support the other families that were affected by the crash.
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Mummers leadership meet with City Council members over use of blackface
Mummers leadership appears on board with supporting a proposal floated in City Council that would ban members who take to the streets wearing blackface in the annual parade.
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Philly designer stays in the game on ‘Project Runway’
Philadelphia’s Nancy Volpe-Beringer got into the design biz late in life, but she’s proving she can keep the pace on the reality TV show.
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Listen 2:02Watch/Listen: Testimony coming? Abrupt acquittal? Trump trial edges on
Finally playing an active role at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, senators posed written inquiries that led to pointed, back-and-forth debate Wednesday.
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Pro-refinery factions intensify pressure to negate PES sale agreement
Refinery supporters including union leaders have joined forces, with the backing of the White House, to question PES’ decision favoring the lower bidder.
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Things to do and celebrate in Philly, New Jersey and Delaware: Black history, Lunar New Year and the upcoming Oscars.
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Listen 5:25Despite the January chill, the Wharton Square Park rec center room was stiflingly hot as longtime allies and area residents shouted their love for the council representative.
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Listen 1:52Health experts: Human-to-human spread of new virus worrying
For a second day, the number of coronavirus infections grew dramatically.
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Philadelphia, state join suit against EPA over chemical-safety rules at industrial sites
The city and state joined 13 other states and the District of Columbia in a federal lawsuit that says the new rules violate the Clean Air Act.
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