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 John Augustine of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, a gas industry trade group, testifies at at hearing in Williamsport. (Katie Colaneri/StateImpact Pennsylvania)

Pa. DEP seeks input on overhaul of drilling regulations

Five years into Pennsylvania’s shale gas boom, the state is overhauling environmental regulations for drillers and changing the way ...

12 years ago

 A storage tank with the chemical designation MCHM, 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, the chemical that leaked into the Elk River, is shown at Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va., Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. The ban on tap water for parts of West Virginia was lifted on Monday, ending a crisis for a fraction of the 300,000 people who were told not to drink, wash or cook with water after a chemical spill tainted the water supply. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)
National Interest

Tea party nirvana in West Virginia

Why have tea-partying conservatives stayed mum about the hazardous chemical spill in West Virginia? Maybe because they’d look monum ...

12 years ago

(File/NewsWorks)

Two Delaware men found dead in Millsboro home

Delaware State Police are investigating a double murder after the discovery of two bodies inside a Sussex County home. A family me ...

12 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Democratic candidates for Pa. governor on display and unrehearsed

Has Chris Christie tanked his presidential hopes with the bridge scandal? Will Hillary get in or not? We’re endlessly fascin ...

12 years ago

 A scene from the Old Academy Players' production of 'Something Intangible.' (Courtesy of Old Academy Players)

Local playwright brings ‘Something Intangible’ to East Falls’ Old Academy Players

In 1942, East Falls native Grace Kelly stepped onto her first stage at the Old Academy Building when she was 11-years-old. Today, the the ...

12 years ago

 Second Street in Philadelphia's Queen Village neighborhood where homeowners are facing a median tax hike of more than $1,000 (Emma Lee/NewsWorks Photo, file)

With land value tax, Philly could grow economy and balance tax burden for residents

If the city really wants to make our tax structure better for everyone, it should focus on reforming property taxes. Specifically, it sho ...

12 years ago

 George Yancopoulos,  Regeneron's chief scientific officer; Dr. Scott Mellis; and John Overton are shown in the DNA sequencing labs at the Regeneron Genetics Center in Tarrytown, N.Y. (Image courtesy of Doug Abdelnour)

With genetic data, Pa. medical center joins effort to forge ‘personalized’ approaches

Geisinger Health in Danville, Pa., and New York biotech firm Regeneron Pharmaceuticals are partnering to hunt for new breakthroughs in pe ...

12 years ago

 States colored in light blue received a D in the latest Studentsfirst report card.

New Jersey gets D in StudentsFirst State Report Cards

This morning StudentsFirst, the take-no-prisoners-education reform organization headed by former D.C. Chancellor of Education Michelle Rh ...

12 years ago

 Eight Democratic Pa. gubernatorial candidates are shown at a debate focused on environmental sustainability held at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia. They disagreed on little but tried to distinguish themselves based on electability and personal style. (Holly Otterbein/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Democrats running for governor try to out-green one another

Eight Democratic candidates for Pennsylvania governor sought to out-green one another last night at a debate focused on environmental sus ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Manayunk Bridge closer to getting a second life

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

More than $1 million floods Wissahickon Valley Park

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

January 14: Land Bank signed | PATCO problems, upgrades | Trash truck in sinkhole | Marriott sold cheap | 410 at Society Hill selling | Mt. Airy BID goals | Kling’s legacy

12 years ago

 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. (PRNewsFoto/Local Search Association)
Money

Apple co-founder Wozniak looks back and forges ahead

The Philadelphia Speakers Series resumes Monday evening at the Kimmel Center with a lecture by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak. H ...

12 years ago

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 Heroin from a closed criminal case, marked with a dealer's stamp, in a 2013 photo taken at the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. (Photo: Tracey Samuelson/for NewsWorks)

Ocean County official issues warning about heroin

Ocean County authorities have issued a warning about what may be a tainted batch of heroin that’s being sold in the region. ...

12 years ago

 Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman pictured here in a July, 2008, file photo (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo, File)

Philadelphian returns from N. Korea with first-hand account of Rodman-Kim bromance [video]

When Philadelphia music promoter Sean Agnew walked into a stadium packed with 12,000 people, during a recent strange but enligh ...

12 years ago

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