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School property tax alternatives win approval in Pa. House
A proposal to provide school property tax relief in Pennsylvania passed Wednesday in the state House. The measure, which would let ...
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Transportation funding linked to Pa. wage concessions from unions
Negotiations over a transportation funding plan for Pennsylvania are alive in the state House — for now. Seeking to extend t ...
13 years ago
A scene from today at the Jersey Shore by Robert Siliato. By all acc ...
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Can area congressmen restart the government?
As the country wrestles with the federal government shutdown, some area Republican congressmen are showing signs they’ll buck party ...
13 years ago
Tobacco expert makes a case for banning the butts at Penn
Nearly 2,000 colleges and universities across the country have become smoke-free campuses, prohibiting smoking inside and outsid ...
13 years ago
A sign of change for Philadelphia: the first female chair at the Morgan Lewis law firm!
Congratulations to Jami Wintz McKeon on her appointment as the first female chair of the venerable Philadelphia law firm Morgan Lewis &am ...
13 years ago
Review: ‘Parade’ passes by, then and now and all at once
The Arden Theatre Company’s stage bursts with talent in its meticulously delivered production of “Parade,” but the pers ...
13 years ago
ListenScrabble prodigy OUTDOES Philly councilman [photos]
A ninth-grade Scrabble prodigy and a Philadelphia councilman kicked off Philly Plays Scrabble, a citywide campaign aiming to get students ...
13 years ago
When you know that the boy with a gun doesn’t really want to shoot you
Each month, NewsWorks presents a story from the First Person Arts Podcast. In this edition, a Temple grad and Philadel ...
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ListenPaulsboro businesses sue over 2012 train derailment
Small businesses are the latest to sue over last year’s train derailment in Paulsboro, N.J. The businesses are suing Conrail ...
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Superstorm Sandy homeowners unhappy with insurance payouts get more time to appeal
Sandy survivors still battling over their flood insurance claims will now have more time to appeal their settlements. In a ...
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In new book, Bill Bryson revisits marvelous and mundane summer of 1927
The summer of 2013 has come and gone, but Bill Bryson wants to tell you about the summer of 1927. “It was the most magical a ...
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