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 Sharon Ward is the the director of the Pennsylvania Budget & Policy Center. (Matt Satullo/for NewsWorks, file)
Education

3 reasons why you should care about the Pennsylvania school funding crisis

Philadelphia is not the only city in Pennsylvania whose educational institutions are battling a funding crisis. Sharon Ward, executive di ...

13 years ago

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 Philadelphia Treasurer Nancy Winkler and husband John Bryan testify about loss of their daughter in Salvation Army Collapse

Parents: demand more from Philly department regulating demolition

Two parents who lost their daughter in this summer’s fatal building collapse testified before Philadelphia City Council today. ...

13 years ago

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A measure pending in Pennsylvania's Legislature would change possession of a small amount of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a summary offense. Philadelphia already has such an ordinance on its books. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo, file)

Leach offers plan for limited medical marijuana in Pa.

Bipartisan legislation in Pennsylvania’s Senate would legalize some medical uses of marijuana. Sen. Daylin Leach said the me ...

13 years ago

 Subtropical Storm Melissa at 8:30 am EST on November 18, 2013. (Image: NASA)

Subtropical Storm Melissa forms in the Atlantic

Subtropical Storm Melissa, the 13th named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, formed today about 700 miles east of Bermuda. ...

13 years ago

Pruning trees to cut risk of power failures may yield tax break in N.J.

Property owners in New Jersey may soon be eligible for an income tax credit for trimming trees near power lines. The goal of a bil ...

13 years ago

Upcoming Events – Talk at Chemical Heritage Foundation on Covering Complex Science

register onlineThis Thursday, The Che ...

13 years ago

 Joseph Hue, 83, of Jackson is missing.

Jackson Police seek missing elderly man

The Jackson Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing elderly man. Joseph Hue, 83, of Jacks ...

13 years ago

Navy blasts flag ceremony over loudspeakers annoying neighbors

Some neighbors are complaining about noise from the flag ceremony on a navy base in New Jersey. Those living near Weapons Station ...

13 years ago

 Students participate in one of the events at W.B. Saul's first-ever agricultural Olympics. (Kimberly Paynter/for NewsWorks)

First-ever agricultural Olympics organized at W.B. Saul to lift school spirit

On a concrete lot off Henry Avenue, seniors at W.B. Saul Agricultural High School tossed eggs, rolled hay bales and pulled tractors. ...

13 years ago

 (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, file)

If Congress passes LGBT non-discrimination law, the fight must go on at state level

If passed by the U.S. House, the Employment Non-Disctimination Act would prohibit workplace d ...

13 years ago

 Gov. Chris Christie at this town hall meeting in Toms River in Nov 2010 argued for a salary cap for N.J. school superintendents.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Report: Despite salary cap fewer N.J. school superintendents leaving

Gov. Chris Christie’s controversial cap on school superintendent salaries has drawn plenty of questions and criticism since it was ...

13 years ago

PowerCorps debut class shows promise in Philadelphia

You’ve heard of the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, but what about Power Corps?   The Power Corps is an offshoot of ...

13 years ago

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 New Jersey State Superior Court Assignment Judge Faustino Fernandez-Vina, of Camden County, is sworn in to testify as the state Senate's Judiciary Committee meets in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Camden County’s Faustino Fernandez-Vina’s Supreme Court confirmation vote is this afternoon

A Hispanic judge from Camden County is expected to become the newest member of New Jersey’ highest court. The Senate majorit ...

13 years ago

N.J. college official leaves amid plagiarism probe

UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A New Jersey college official has left the school after being accused of plagiarism.   A comp ...

13 years ago

 (Photo courtesy of Delaware State Police)

School bus crash sends five Delaware students to the hospital

Five Nellie Stokes Elementary School students were sent to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries following a school bus crash th ...

13 years ago

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