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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 ...

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USPS officials respond to complaints about East Falls site’s management, appearance and stamp shortage

Addressing a delegation of representatives from the United States Postal Service, Barnaby Wittels provided a possible overview of communi ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Pennsylvania program finds family homes for aging veterans in need of care

Many of the country’s millions of agin ...

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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 ...

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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

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