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Students show their hard work at Philly’s WorkReady Expo

More than 500 of Philadelphia’s career-minded youth showcased the fruit of their summer jobs and internships Monday at the ...

13 years ago

 Former State Sen. Vince Fumo delivers remarks at City Hall, in Philadelphia. Fumo, a long-powerful Pennsylvania senator was sentenced to prison in a sprawling corruption case. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

How will former Sen. Fumo adjust to life on the outside?

Vince Fumo.  Remember that name?  The one time kingmaker convicted of multiple counts of corruption will be released from priso ...

13 years ago

Food stamp benefits set to dip by $29 a month

Families on the food stamp program known as SNAP will receive an average $29 less each month starting in November.   T ...

13 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Philly finance director says Council should move on sales tax; Clarke: Council will OK it

Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke’s office said Monday that legislators will make permanent a 1 percent sales tax ...

13 years ago

Staying positive about our ‘do nothing’ Congress

The Republican Party, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tea Party Movement, can’t govern, but they can make sure nobody else can gov ...

13 years ago

(AP Photo, file)
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What Vince Fumo needs to do

When the feds nailed Vince Fumo in a massive corruption case, they asked the judge to give him 15 years. The former state senator reports ...

13 years ago

Money

Our first income tax was created today in 1861

We can thank Abraham Lincoln for the income tax.  President Lincoln levied the first national income tax on August 5, 1861, b ...

13 years ago

 Monday's forum is in the auditorium of Edge Hall.

How should we rebuild New Jersey’s coastline?

One often heard complaint at the first two NewsWorks’ forums on how we should rebuild after Sandy is that what difference will my i ...

13 years ago

Excessive heat not expected through mid-August

Hoping for a heat wave? It’s just not in the cards for at least the first half of August. “So, we didn’t have a ...

13 years ago

Poverty hurts kids more than being born to moms on crack, Philly researchers find

It was an unexpected discovery. Poverty had a more substantial impact on children than exposure to crack cocaine in utero. Dr. Hal ...

13 years ago

Delaware Art Museum director is Philly-bound

After leading the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington for the past eight years, Dr. Danielle Rice has accepted a position at Drexel Univers ...

13 years ago

 Money Island Marina on the Delaware Bay. (Photo: Money Island Marina)

Sandy damaged Delaware Bay marina offers free slips to veterans and volunteer firefighters

After recovering from damage inflicted by Superstorm Sandy, a Delaware Bay marina is giving back to the community, NBC40 ...

13 years ago

 Liz Perkins and her son John Perkins, who died from an overdose in 2011. (Image courtesy of the Perkins family.)
Speak Easy

Speaking honestly and openly about death from overdose

Losing a child to the disease of addiction carries many facets of shame, blame and stigma. I felt that that aspect of our loss neede ...

13 years ago

 Stakeholders observe a demonstration of the smartcard system. (Photo courtesy of SEPTA)

SEPTA delays smartcard fare system field trial

SEPTA is delaying a test in its New Payment Technology (NPT) system — that’s the name for a planned smartcard based fare system.< ...

13 years ago

 (Cartoon by Rob Tornoe)

Chris Christie’s 2016 presidential ambitions kill N.J. open space vote

New Jerseyans overwhelmingly support both marriage equality and open space funding, but Chris Christie remains a one-man speed bump, sing ...

13 years ago

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