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 Councilman Mark Squilla says the city should either sell off overdue tax bills or hire more collection agencies (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Philly Councilman wants more aggressive pursuit of tax deadbeats

A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to find out why the city has $1 billion in uncollected taxes.   Councilman Mark Squilla ...

12 years ago

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Oh says he can scrounge $70 million for Philly schools

With prospects of a cigarette tax for Philadelphia burning down in Harrisburg, a Republican councilman is searching the city’s prov ...

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VA doc waiting rooms become graveyards for some vets

Waiting for their turn to see a Veterans Administration doctor in the scandalously long waiting lines, some 40 veterans have died. ...

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 This Feb. 4, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss, center, speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cochran is flanked by Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., left, and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, file)
National Interest

Tea party scandal: The case of the bedridden wife

If we had a dime for every time someone in politics plays a dirty trick, we’d all be living large. Nevertheless, a particula ...

12 years ago

 In LBI, even beach front homes are still being rebuilt from Sandy damage two years ago. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

The Shore gears up for second season after Sandy

Despite the popular narrative from political leaders last summer — and again this summer — that the Shore is “open for ...

12 years ago

East Falls zoning committee debates St. Bridget building’s future, catering-company expansion

The fate of the shuttered St. Bridget parish’s elementary school in East Falls was presented at the neighborhood’s zoning and ...

12 years ago

 Investigators remove cats from the childhood home of Grace Kelly last Halloween. (NewsWorks, file art)

Grace Kelly House cat hoarder’s attempt to change plea denied

The East Falls woman who was convicted of multiple counts of animal cruelty lost her bid to withdraw an earlier plea of no contest. < ...

12 years ago

 (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-28841951/stock-photo-girl-sticking-a-piece-of-gaffer-tape-on-young-man-s-mouth.html'>Duct tape on mouth image</a> courtesy of Shutterstock.com)

If a conversation doesn’t have two players or more, it’s ‘game over’

You remember conversation, don’t you? A game for two or more players with rules similar to volleyball. Back and forth, back and for ...

12 years ago

Hail cracks windshield of plane arriving at Philly International

A jetliner that flew through a hailstorm on its descent into Philadelphia landed with a cracked windshield.US Airways says only one layer ...

12 years ago

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SEPTA approves operating and capital budgets, concourse maintenance, service plan

12 years ago

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May 23: Controller’s Office slams L&I | Vacancy at SEPTA HQ | Camden loses population | DRPA lacks Pennsylvania workers | Germantown High open house | Office vs. bar polling centers | Councilman’s daring resolution

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
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May 23-26: PHAIR at The Oval | Picnic at the Pier | Destination Frankford reception | Longwood Garden fireworks | City Hall to City Hall tour | Memorial Dei picnic

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
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Commentary: Polishing Philly’s crown jewel

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
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From Above: Philadelphia Museum of Art (1927)

12 years ago

 A gypsy moth caterpillar eats a leaf on a tree Tuesday in Trenton, N.J., in this 2007 photo. Pennsylvania officials intend to spray in four counties to protect trees from the pests. (AP photo/Mel Evans)

Cold, wet weather keeps gypsy moths at bay in Pa.

Pennsylvania conservation officials say the cool, wet weather has helped stem a feared gypsy moth resurgence in the state, but aerial spr ...

12 years ago

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