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Assess block-grant delivery of Pa. funding before expansion, Bucks lawmaker says
The Corbett administration intends to expand the use of a controversial method of funding county human services in Pennsylvania — e ...
13 years ago
Swarthmore team takes a shot at motivating college kids to get flu vaccine
Economists at Swarthmore College are looking for ways to better motivate college students to get a flu shot. Right now, only about ...
13 years ago
Philly Flower Show offers glimpse of spring, mood boost for winter-weary souls
“Long and tough winter fatigue” is not a disorder that you would find in a diagnostic manual, but it’s a malady definit ...
13 years ago
PGW: Run, and ruined, by politicans?
As Philadelphians consider whether the city should sell the municipally owned Philadelphia Gas Works, one issue in the debate will be whe ...
13 years ago
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64-year-old woman reported missing in Roxborough
Philadelphia Police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 64-year-old woman who was last seen at her home in the 500 block of P ...
13 years ago
Philly principals to vote on contract deal with significant concessions
The president of the union representing Philadelphia School District principals has reached a tentative agreement with the district on th ...
13 years ago
U.S. Supreme Court turns down Hazleton on laws aimed at immigrants
After eight years, the legal battle over the City of Hazleton’s ordinances targeting immigrants in the country illegally has ended. ...
13 years ago
Is anti-smoking employment policy smart health care or merely discrimination?
It’s nearly impossible to be a smoker today. In Philadelphia, the ...
13 years ago
Arrangements in living color spring from frame to Philly Flower Show
In spite of the snow, the Philadelphia Flower Show continues. As the world’s largest indoor flower show, it can pretend winter does ...
13 years ago
Seemingly endless winter no record-breaker in N.J.
Even with more than a dozen storms, this is not likely to end up being the snowiest, coldest or most troublesome winter on record in New ...
13 years ago