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Why Kensington wants to tear down a 25-foot-high Lehigh Ave. wall
Kensington residents want a developer to put $1 million towards removing a wall they say divides the neighborhood.
7 years ago
Hahnemann residency programs draw winning bid of $55M from local health systems
A group of six local health systems outbid Reading-based Tower Health for the residency slots that had been assigned to Hahnemann University Hospital.
7 years ago
Outside Philly HQ, union officials protest their ouster from EPA offices
A new contract requires American Federation of Government Employees officials to vacate their offices in EPA headquarters across the country this week.
7 years ago
Eliminating the PES refinery’s deadliest chemical will be a 24/7 job for weeks
The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery has started neutralizing and eliminating a highly toxic chemical still present at the site. It will take weeks.
7 years ago
Poll: Half of Pa. voters plan to vote against Trump in 2020
"It's a surprise given the economy. You would expect a sitting president to be in a much better position."
7 years ago
64 percent of Pa. respondents to a new poll support more gun restrictions
The majority of people gave the opinion before mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
7 years ago
Climate change is messing with your commute, SEPTA says after storms halt trains
Most scientists concur that climate change is causing more severe and more frequent storms –– and transit agencies like SEPTA are struggling to keep up.
7 years ago
Popular late-night delivery company says labor violations didn’t matter for $39M tax break
The Philly-based late-night delivery company said it didn’t have to disclose federal labor violations when it applied for a $39 million tax break from N.J.
7 years ago
Officials: Dog feces at least one source of water contamination at N.J. beach
New Jersey officials say dog waste is at least one source of ongoing water contamination at an Ocean County bay beach.
7 years ago
A white woman was recorded using racist language, cursing at and raising her middle finger toward a Black woman at Sesame Place in Bucks County on Monday.
7 years ago
Jerry Sandusky to be resentenced next month in molestation case
Judge John Foradora filed an order Wednesday that scheduled the proceeding for Sept. 23.
7 years ago
Amid federal uncertainty, Delaware makes ACA pre-existing condition protection permanent
Affordable Care Act provisions protecting those with pre-existing conditions are now state law, no matter what the U.S. Supreme Court decides on the ACA.
7 years ago
Pipeline experts say vapor buildup likely led to explosion at Chester County pump station
For now, independent pipeline experts say the blast appears to have been caused by the relighting of a pilot light.
7 years ago
Hope vs. fear, truth vs. lies: Biden frames the choice in 2020
Joe Biden's speech in Iowa yesterday was an eloquently impassioned shout-out to a benighted nation in dire need of moral ballast.
7 years ago
Pa. lawmakers, gun control advocates rally to change state firearms laws
Pennsylvania lawmakers and gun control advocates rallied at the statehouse Wednesday evening just a few days after mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
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