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It’s not too late to apply for thousands of dollars in scholarships for K-8 education in Philly.

The discussions have tackled everything from voter turnout and preservation to ATVs and motorbikes.

Members of the UAW union disrupted a meeting of a state Assembly committee that had been scheduled to take a preliminary vote on a bill to ban smoking in the casinos.

Swift’s impact as a woman, and on young women specifically, can’t be understated, lawmakers said.

"Safety is important, but there is no evidence to suggest ski masks cause or encourage violent crime," said Solomon Worlds, of the Philadelphia ACLU.

After a three-year campaign, immigrant advocates are one step closer to banning the practice of medical deportation.

Paulo Garcia used to sleep in the baseball dugout and empty homes. He found help and housing a year later, motivated by his 2-year-old.

Eyewitnesses and Philly sports writers say that the infamous Santa snowball barrage was misrepresented in the national media.

Both bills passed the House and Senate with large majorities Wednesday amid a flurry of end-of-year action.

The vote came four days after Penn President Liz Magill resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing.

The court intervention is the latest development amid an ongoing saga to sell the largest hospital system in Delaware County.

The development sits on Germantown Avenue in the neighborhood’s central business district.

Environmentalists have been calling for improved water quality for the endangered Atlantic Sturgeon for more than a decade.

The group, with Jewish Voice for Peace, could be seen hanging banners that read "Let Gaza Live" and "Ceasefire Now."

Mayor Jim Kenney says goodbye and Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker says hello in address to City Council’s final meeting of the year.