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Delaware state senators attend first meeting of 147th General Assembly
2013 is here for the newly elected members of Delaware’s state senate. They were called in to their first meeting of the 147 ...
14 years ago
Corbett keeps campaign promise on ‘walking around money’
Tom Corbett campaigned for office on a promise to eliminate the use of “walking around money” known as WAMs. But Penns ...
14 years ago
A writer walks into a Jersey Shore bar…
This essay is adapted from a talk I gave at “Philadelphia Loves the Jersey Shore,” a fundraiser held on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at ...
14 years ago
Pa. budget chief predicts state layoffs next year
Five months into Pennsylvania’s fiscal year, revenues are higher than expected — thanks mostly to above-estimate corporate ta ...
14 years ago
N.J. utilities get F on communication after Sandy outages
The New Jersey Senate Budget Committee held a hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday to examine how the state’s utility companies resp ...
14 years ago
Ethics complaint filed on Philly school district deal
Education activists and the Philadelphia NAACP have filed what is almost certainly the first complaint with the City of Philadelphia Boar ...
14 years ago
Paulsboro residents getting help but not always answers
As the evacuation zone around the Paulsboro chemical spill grew, a steady stream of residents went to the community center in nearby ...
14 years ago