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Actvists offer ‘bribe’ for ban on gifts to Pa. lawmakers, officials
Government reform activists say they haven’t forgotten state lawmakers’ pledges to address the blind spots in Pennsylvania la ...
12 years ago
Transformer fire knocks out power to 4,000 in Philly
Thousands of customers in downtown Philadelphia have lost power due to an underground transformer fire.PECO officials said two undergroun ...
12 years ago
Montgomery County gets green light on same-sex marriage licenses
The suburban Philadelphia county that had been legally prevented from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples can now do so.A Montg ...
12 years ago
Philly’s struggling media giant finds owners, if not direction
So what happens now? Most of the journalists I know from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News think the right side won in the ...
12 years ago
Nigerian transplants in Philly want to keep pressure on
Members of the Nigerian diaspora have held two rallies in downtown Philadelphia to bring attention to the kidnapped girls. In West ...
12 years ago
ListenAuthorities ID three killed in Monday’s bus-car crash near Atlantic City
Authorities have released the names of three people killed when the car they were riding in collided with a New Jersey Transit bus on Mon ...
12 years ago
Guided by impression and free association, Dutch artists chart emotional map of Philly
Dutch artists Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum are visiting Philadelphia for the first time and are creating their own subjective map of ...
12 years ago
ListenDelaware kindergartners learn Chinese and Spanish
Delaware officials are expanding the state’s language immersion initiative. On Tuesday, Gov. Jack Markell joined Ramon Gil-C ...
12 years ago
Newark power plant critics take case to Del. Superior Court
The grassroots group Newark Residents Against the Power Plant is taking its fight against a proposed 279-megawatt combined heat and power ...
12 years ago
ListenIn answer to VA scandal, Toomey proposes allowing vets to sue health workers
In the wake of the scandal over treatment delays and mismanagement in the VA system, U.S. Sen. ...
12 years ago
N.J. law opening adoption records offers privacy to birth parents, civil rights to adoptees
After more than 30 years of debate, New Jersey now has a law opening birth records and essential medical information to adoptees in the s ...
12 years ago