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SEPTA, Amtrak, PennDOT, and the Federal Transit Administration joined forces to complete a $48 million initiative to put Paoli station in compliance with ADA regulations.

The city is trying something different: a grant program to support initiatives led by the community, in areas where access to healthy food is most needed.

Philadelphia is demolishing a former rec center designed by Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher to make for a new entrance to Columbus Square Park.

Mark your calendars for rhapsodies — Bohemian and alternative — plus festivals for music, beer, and arts lovers, and the annual Puerto Rican celebration.

Lawmakers passed a bill in 2018 that added a student and a teacher to the state board in non-voting roles. The student must be in 11th or 12th grade.

For three days this week, they’re protesting that last year only 44% of Philadelphia homicides were solved.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he is now in favor of legalizing marijuana for recreational use and is asking lawmakers to consider it.

Parking spaces are becoming parks in Philly. Drexel anthropologist Katrina Johnson-Zimmerman writes about how to bring these popular public amenities to more neighborhoods.

GOP Chairman Rob Kauffman says in particular, a high-profile “red flag” bill won’t be considered “so long as Chairman Kauffman is chairman.”

A measure that moved from committee would give the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs jurisdiction over the building and close it off to future lieutenant governors.

The moratorium was communicated through the nine volunteer agencies that work with the federal government to place and support refugees at sites across the country.

While economic opportunities will be a key focus, conference organizers are also hoping to reduce the stigma around the usage of medical cannabis.

Thousands of acres in an Ocean County, New Jersey wilderness area will never be developed thanks to a land donation, officials announced. 

Officials say New Jersey's flood zone buyout program has closed on its 700th property. 

The training provides a glimpse of how Pa. schools could change if armed teachers become a new normal in classrooms.