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Pa. wants to help you buy an electric car
Buying an electric car? Pennsylvania can help. If you act now, you can get a $3,500 rebate. That offer ends soon, though: the ...
13 years ago
Philly Council considers closer review of contracts
A Philadelphia councilman wants to out an end to extending city contracts without approval from City Council. Councilman Jim Kenne ...
13 years ago
Huge billboard halted in Philly
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has officially vetoed a bill that would have allowed a 10,000-square-foot electronic billboard on a Cal ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia Council calls for moratorium on school closings
As Philadelphia City Council got back to work for the first time in 2013, one of its first actions was approval of a nonbinding resolutio ...
13 years ago
Deadline for Hurricane Sandy loans only a week away
As New Jersey continues to mend from Hurricane Sandy, there is only a week left to register for disaster assistance from the ...
13 years ago
PSU names college official as integrity officer
Penn State University has named an eastern Pennsylvania college administrator to be its first athletics integrity officer. Julie D ...
13 years ago
City Council recognizes nationally honored Oak Lane Youth Association cheerleading teams
Ninth District City Councilwoman Marian Tasco honored the Oak Lane Youth Association at Thursday’s meeting for “their outstan ...
13 years ago
Defense expert: It’s not science fiction, it’s modern warfare
Dr. P.W. Singer, one of the world’s leading experts on 21st century warfare, spoke at the Kimmel Center on Monday for Weidner Unive ...
13 years ago
Biologists, Physicists Cooperate on the Mystery of Cooperation
For the next few weeks I’ll be writing from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at ...
13 years ago
N.J. men sue Subway over size of sandwich
Two New Jersey have filed a lawsuit alleging Subway’s footlong sandwiches are smaller than advertised. The suit, filed by Jo ...
13 years ago
Markell budget proposal preserves some ’09 Delaware tax increases
Delaware Governor Jack Markell revealed his $3.7 Billion budget for Fiscal Year 2014 this afternoon in Dover. The spending plan re ...
13 years ago
It’s time for Chris Christie to evolve on marriage equality
”Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are tru ...
13 years ago
Green seeks change to tax policy toward non-profits
Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Green introduced on Thursday legislation that would direc ...
13 years ago
Port of Wilmington oversight bill up for vote
As the state considers privatizing or leasing all, or part, of the Port of Wilmington to bidder Kinder Morgan, state lawmakers are poised ...
13 years ago
Flu linked to deaths of 4 children in N.J.
Health officials say the flu has been linked to the deaths of four children in New Jersey this flu season. Testing showed a 12-yea ...
13 years ago