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Nutter creates new office to tackle poverty in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has signed an executive order eliminating the Mayor’s Office of Community Services and establishi ...
14 years ago
Addressing a delegation of representatives from the United States Postal Service, Barnaby Wittels provided a possible overview of communi ...
14 years ago
Lawmakers hear more on Camelot vision for Pa. lottery
More details about a British firm’s plans for the Pennsylvania Lottery have been released, now that the Corbett administration has ...
14 years ago
Philly diocese announces more parish mergers
Fresh off an announcement by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia about plans to merger several West Philadelphia Catholic parishes, the dioce ...
14 years ago
Changes in N.J. Turnpike operations expected to save millions
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has made significant cost-saving reforms in response to recommendations in a state audit. State ...
14 years ago
City pension fund in trouble; Nutter, unions at odds over a solution
A new study of public employee retirement costs by the Pew Charitable Trusts finds that Philadelphia’s pension fund is among the na ...
14 years ago
Intel Science Talent Search taps 6 Philly-area students
With $1.25 million in prize money up for grabs, the Intel Science Talent Search is as big as high school science gets. Six Philade ...
14 years ago
N.J. hears plan to exempt Atlantic City casino-bound buses from tolls
New Jersey lawmakers have come with another way to help bump up revenue at Atlantic City casinos. The take at Atlantic City casino ...
14 years ago
Philly students dress as zombies for school-closings protest [photos]
School-closing protests are nothing new in Philadelphia, but students who stood outside The School District of Philadelphia building toda ...
14 years ago
New Jersey lawmakers try to stall state plan to privatize lottery
Two bills prompted by the state’s effort to partially privatize the New Jersey ...
14 years ago
Sandy aid package moving toward House votes
The House began debate Tuesday on a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeast lawmakers hoped could be approved despite a ...
14 years ago
Delaware Governor Jack Markell starts second term
Markell officially started his second term as Delaware’s governor, taking the oath of office before a packed crowd at Central Middl ...
14 years ago
Pennsylvania program finds family homes for aging veterans in need of care
Many of the country’s millions of agin ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia Mayor proposing principles to pressure gun industry financially
The mayor of Philadelphia is organizing an economic boycott of sorts targeting the gun industry. He’s threatening to pull inve ...
14 years ago
Christie won’t take matching money in primary
Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign says it will not take public matching money for the June Republican primary. Chri ...
14 years ago