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Budget proposal for more preventive measures as anniversary of Delaware teen suicide cluster near
Just days before the one year anniversary of the first of 11 youth suicides that took place in the state in 2012, the Department of Child ...
14 years ago
GOP lawmaker dreams a little ‘Dream Act’ for Pa.
A Pennsylvania lawmaker is hoping the state will join the roughly dozen other states that have extended in-state tuition to undocumented ...
14 years ago
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