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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
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
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
ListenHunger 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
ListenN.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
Penn panel advises hiring educator to focus on safety, student drinking
In their first six weeks at the University of Pennsylvania, the number of students who engage in high-risk drinking more than doubles fro ...
13 years ago
Teen asks charges against him be dropped in aggressive Philly ‘stop and frisk’
The family and supporters of a Philadelphia high school student are seeking to have the assault charges against him dropped. They ...
13 years ago
ListenNew Jersey Bridgegate panel goes to court to enforce subpoenas (Documents attached)
The New Jersey legislative committee investigating the September lane closures on the George Washington Bridge is hoping a court will com ...
13 years ago
Few Pa. taverns ready to take a chance on barroom gambling
What if you threw a gambling party and nobody came? Pennsylvania lawmakers are nervous they’re about to find out. Small game ...
13 years ago
David Samson: Port Authority is sorry about the inconvenience
The chairman of a bistate authority at the center of a political payback scandal has apologized to the public for traffic jams orchestrat ...
13 years ago
Pennsylvania fifth in the nation in hazardous spills
In January and February, a deluge of events has reminded us of the consequences of chemical spills. Every year, thousands of hazar ...
13 years ago
PECO has a PR problem: Its leaders are lousy in a crisis
PECO has a problem, and I’m not talking about all the people who were still without power a full week after the last ice storm. Aft ...
13 years ago
