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N.J. budget for 2020: Now it’s the public’s turn to weigh in
Four legislative hearings on Gov. Phil Murphy’s $38.6B spending plan for the coming fiscal year will be held over the next two weeks.
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Nonprofits, insurer team to build subsidized apartments for Philly homeless
Inglis Methodist Gardens also will offer social services and connect its homeless and disabled tenants to nearby mental- and physical-health services.
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Most inmates accused in Delaware prison riot no longer face charges
The state Attorney General’s Office says it will prosecute only three inmates, at two trials, in the death of a correctional officer.
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Celebrating Women’s History with girls and boys—all year long
Recently, I had the wonderful experience of taking my teenage daughter to see On the Basis of Sex, the 2018 biopic of Supreme Co ...
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Kung fu to zombies, remembering the Trocadero
Philly’s 150-year-old Chinatown concert venue will close at the end of the month.
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Phillies star Harper hit by pitch, exits with bruised foot
New Phillies star Bryce Harper sustained a bruised right foot when he was hit by a pitch during a spring training game Friday.
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Philadelphia’s deadliest road is inching toward speed cameras
Philadelphia drivers can expect to see speed enforcement cameras on Roosevelt Boulevard by the end of the year, city officials said Thursday.
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Why is it typically cooler along the coast during unseasonably warm days?
It’s courtesy of the sea breeze effect.
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U.S. bars entry to International Criminal Court investigators
The Hague-based court, the first global tribunal for war crimes, said it would continue to operate "undeterred" by the U.S. action.
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Philly will ask voters to approve new breed of traffic cops
City Council approved changing Philadelphia's city charter Thursday to create public safety workers to assist police in traffic control and certain enforcement actions.
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N.J. considering supervised injection sites to blunt impact of opioid epidemic
Opposition is expected, but proponents see an effective antidote to the ‘staggering’ toll taken by illegal use of narcotics.
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As a young woman, Annabel Liu defied her father's demand that she study medicine. He could never see that her passion was writing — something she did until the day she died.
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ACLU blasts York County prison in for ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ legal mail policy
The ACLU says the York County Prison’s plan for keeping out drugs is a “cheap copy” of a maneuver for which the state prison system was already sued.
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‘There will be a woman on the ticket’: Booker vows to pick a female VP
As Cory Booker pledges to New Hampshire voters a woman will be on the presidential ticket, some urged him to take a step back and let female candidate take nomination.
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Five reasons Pa.’s school property taxes are so hard to kill
A 66-year-old homeowner in Schuylkill County wanted to know what keeps these taxes in force. We looked into it.
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