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 Philadelphia Schools Superintendent William Hite. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Hite says Philly schools need bare minimum of $320 million more next year

The School District of Philadelphia will be asking for $320 million in additional funds next year to reach “a bare minimum amount o ...

13 years ago

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Delaware public schools plan for nearly 2,000 new students next year

The Department of Education, one of Delaware largest departments, went before the Joint Finance Committee in Dover to present its fiscal ...

13 years ago

 Chip Flowers (file/NewsWorks)

Chip Flowers pitches success of Delaware treasurer’s office

Delaware Treasurer Chip Flowers highlighted a number of accomplishments his department has made during his time in office before the Join ...

13 years ago

 Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is shown on stage after receiving the Liberty Medal during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Will the real Hillary Clinton please stand up?

It’s a mystery to me what people, especially women, see in Hillary. Yes, that Hillary. Hillary Rodham Clinton. So, I ...

13 years ago

 Former Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Jamie Moyer throws against the Cleveland Indians. (AP file Photo/Matt Slocum)

Jamie Moyer on joining the Phillies broadcasting team

Former pitcher Jamie Moyer is set to rejoin the Philadelphia Phillies, but this time he’ll be in the broadcast booth. Moyer an ...

13 years ago

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Chris Christie

Christie to appear at first town hall meeting since the Bridgegate scandal began

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is heading to Republican-controlled Monmouth County for his first town hall meeting since a the Bridgegate ...

13 years ago

 The 6-10 day temperatures probability outlook issued by the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, indicating a high probability of below normal temperatures between February 25 and March 1.

What’s upcoming on the weather front? Snow threats “far from over,” forecasters say

One thing is certain: we are now in what forecasters call a “transient” weather pattern. But where we’re heading w ...

13 years ago

Corbett submits updated Medicaid alternative plan for federal review

After seven public hearings and more than 1,000 comments on his “Healthy PA” plan, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s ...

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Italian Market seeking new curbside stand vendors

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

February 20: Second highest tax burden | Feibush campaign fundraising | Eastern Tower financing plan | PATCO construction schedule | Port Richmond water-main break

13 years ago

Critically injured? Maybe it’s better not to have health insurance

Common sense tells you that having health insurance should improve your health. But in the emergency room, having insurance might actuall ...

13 years ago

A drill worker covered in Marcellus shale, and drill cuttings seals off a well and cleans the blowout preventer at a Cabot Oil & Gas natural gas drill site in Kingsley, Pa. Washington County has nearly 1,700 Marcellus shale gas wells. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

Pennsylvania shale production continued to grow in 2013

Six years into the shale boom, Pennsylvania is producing more natural gas than ever before, according to new data from the state. La ...

13 years ago

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 Pilar Molina and Caitlin Resindez are the wife and daughter of Isreal Resendiz-Hernandez, a Norristown shop owner who was detained for deportation on Jan. 27. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Hunger strike draws closer look at deportation

Three immigration detainees being held in central Pennsylvania have been on a hunger strike to protest their continued detention and poss ...

13 years ago

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 Canada geese flock to the fields. (Image courtesy of the New Jersey Farm Bureau)

N.J. farmers take aim at influx of Canada geese

Warmer weather is making a dent in some of that snowy buildup. While many are delighted that it’s starting to melt away, some New J ...

13 years ago

Retiring Holt says N.J. interests in good hands with congressional delegation

A day after announcing he will not seek re-election to a ninth term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt said he doesn’t believe his de ...

13 years ago

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