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After Medicare ends aid for drugs to sustain new kidney, N.J. woman back on transplant list
Crystal Perkins is on the waiting list for a kidney for the second time. Experts say the Camden woman’s story illustrates a ...
14 years ago
N.J. Assembly adds another layer of oversight for federal Sandy relief funds
The New Jersey Assembly has voted to provide additional oversight of Hurricane Sandy recovery and rebuilding projects. One of the ...
14 years ago
New Jersey’s Lautenberg won’t run again for U.S. Senate seat
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg says he will not seek re-election. The last remaining veteran of World War II in the U ...
14 years ago
Look who’s on the other side of the ‘digital divide’
Smartphones are the most popular communication tool among immigrants. That may help explain why a new study finds that they tend to ...
14 years ago
Conshohocken steelworker sues for health insurance for gay spouse
It’s a case that highlights the uncertainty of laws surrounding same-sex couples: A steelworker in Conshohocken has sued his union ...
14 years ago
N.J. voters will decide on raising minimum wage
The New Jersey Assembly has given final legislative approval to a measure allowing voters to decide in November whether to raise the mini ...
14 years ago
U.S. Labor secretary talks to Philly minimum-wage workers about a raise
The debate over increasing the national minimum wage came to Philadelphia as a member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet listened ...
14 years ago
Some Northwest Philadelphians got chocolate, roses and cable for Valentine’s Day
While most people don’t want to spend their Valentine’s Day waiting at home for a cable-installation crew to arrive, some Ver ...
14 years ago
New beginnings at the Reading Terminal
Seven couples were united in matrimony over Valentine’s Day lunch at the Reading Terminal Market’s Center Court at noon.  ...
14 years ago
Delaware state portfolio improving
After a nearly $20 million decline from 2009 to 2011, Delaware’s investment portfolio is in its second year of increase, according ...
14 years ago
AG calls private contract for Pa. lottery illegal
Pennsylvania’s attorney general has deemed the Corbett administration’s contract to privatize the state lottery a losing tick ...
14 years ago
Another year, another try for Delaware’s national park
If at first (or second) you don’t succeed, try try again. That’s the motto of Delaware’s Congressional Delegation ...
14 years ago