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Penn to serve as smoking research center
Federal regulators are looking for better evidence to make decisions about the sales and marketing of cigarettes and emerging tobacco pro ...
13 years ago
Possibility of vesting Philly SRC with taxing power raised in Harrisburg
Could the state-controlled Philadelphia School Reform Commission soon decide how much city residents pay in sales taxes? Gov. Tom ...
13 years ago
Fighter jet sightings startle many in Monmouth County
Fighter jets chased a small plane away from restricted United Nations airspace over Monmouth County Monday afternoon, NBC New York ...
13 years ago
Corbett asked to end rumors of link between Pa. liquor privatization, transportation funding
Two legislative leaders are calling on Gov. Tom Corbett to dispel the rumors once and for all that two of his top priorities from the spr ...
13 years ago
Penn Prof. John Jackson tackles race relations at Lightbulb Cafe
Eagles Wide Receiver Riley Cooper’s derogatory comments about African Americans kicked off a conversation about race. Univers ...
13 years ago
ListenPerformance art teaches Philly students basic principles of physics [video]
Students at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School in North East Philadelphia experienced a special performance called, “FMA Live! For ...
13 years ago
Four things to know as Pennsylvania awaits key details of health care marketplace
With a week to go before a new health care marketplace launches in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, health entities and even state officials a ...
13 years ago
Lonegan gaining on Booker in race for U.S. Senate seat
Just three weeks until the special election for a U.S. Senate seat from New Jersey, the latest Quinnipiac University poll shows the race ...
13 years ago
Another Democrat joins the rumble for Pa. governor — are there too many?
Today, Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord will join the crowded field of Democrats hoping to unseat Governor Corbett next year. &nb ...
13 years ago
Another House vote on massive Pa. transportation bill likely
The leader of the Pennsylvania House Republicans plans to seek a floor vote on a transportation funding proposal passed by the Senate las ...
13 years ago
Eric Cantor tells Philly school vouchers and charters are the future of American education
As the cash-strapped Philadelphia school district began its third week of classes operating under a severely reduced budget, House Majori ...
13 years ago
Giving West Girard Ave. businesses a special look
Every business needs a sign. Hand-painted, retro ones have sprung up along West Girard Avenue and they’re looking to do more than j ...
13 years ago
ListenCoalition accuses Pa. of failing historically black Cheyney University
Affiliates of Cheyney University are accusing Pennsylvania of failing its obligation to support the first of the nation’s historica ...
13 years ago
