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How safe are Pennsylvania’s roads?
Three in a series of explainers on Pennsylvania’s roads. In 2013, 1,208 people died in traffic accidents on Pennsyl ...
12 years ago
Updated: How crowded are Pennsylvania’s roads?
Two in a series explaining Pennsylvania’s roads. Editor’s n ...
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How are Pennsylvania’s roads holding up?
One in a series explaining key terms and concepts of Pennsylvania government. Today’s topic: roads. ...
12 years ago
Rumblings at the Parker-Spruce Hotel stir the ghosts of Spruce Street
If the wrecking ball demolishes the Parker-Spruce Hotel and adjacent Westbury Bar and Restaurant at 13th and Spruce, it’s goin ...
12 years ago
Nutter salutes year of anti-poverty work, $30 million federal grant for N. Philly
More than a year after Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter unveiled his anti-poverty plan, the city has issued a ...
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Panel offers 130 ways to keep Pa. elders safer
A panel created to examine how the state can better serve and protect elder Pennsylvanians has finished 18 months of work with more than ...
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Why will some health plans in Philly cost more next year?
As the first week of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act wraps up, those helping people sign up and renew their plans have this ...
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How a new Philly casino could jeopardize a different city’s finances
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s impending decision over Philadelphia’s second casino license has people in Chester sh ...
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Pa. review of lewd email exchange continues
The head of Pennsylvania’s high court said a review of any inappropriate e-mails that may have been exchanged by members of the jud ...
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Rizzo ready to return to Philly public office — as mayor or Democratic councilman
A former Republican City Councilman in Philadelphia who lost re-election in 2011 after taking an unpopular retirement payment is eyeing a ...
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STAR campus continues as a focal point at University of Delaware
University of Delaware President Patrick Harker outlined updated plans for the STAR campus during a budget hearing in Dover on Monday. ...
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Jon Bon Jovi to receive Marian Anderson award for humanitarian work
About 10 years ago Jon Bon Jovi was staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia when he noticed a homeless man, shivering in the cold out ...
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