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Nutter team wasn’t ready on Philadelphia property tax plan
I got a complaint last week when I wrote about the city’s failure to adopt a proposed overhaul of the property tax system, and I sa ...
14 years ago
Photos from the Hezekiah Jones concert in Pastorius Park
The band Hezekiah Jones performed Wednesday night in Pastorius Park in the Ches ...
14 years ago
ACA decision leaves health consumers with more questions
About 20 faculty members and students gathered around a conference table at the ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia Orchestra on its way out of bankruptcy
The Philadelphia Orchestra is about to be on the nicer side of bankruptcy. The orchestra was granted approval in bankruptcy court ...
14 years ago
Bill ‘El Wingador’ Simmons: Jail time was ‘life-changing experience’
A week and a half in jail was all Bill Simmons needed to convince him of his greater purpose. Simmons, who goes by “El Winga ...
14 years ago
Supreme Court’s ACA ruling opens next chapter to fix nation’s health care woes
The Affordable Care Act of 2010, one of the most sweeping pieces of legislation ever presented to the American people, stood to profoundl ...
14 years ago
Former N.J. attorney general’s nomination advances
A former New Jersey attorney general’s nomination to become a judge cleared a hurdle Thursday. The Senate Judiciary Committ ...
14 years ago
A patient responds to Supreme Court’s health care decision
In a landmark decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 to uphold the Affordable Care Act on Thursday morning. Cartoonist Tony Auth i ...
14 years ago
Friends of Jenks will appear at tonight’s CHCA meeting
The newly created fundraising arm of the J.S. Jenks Home and School Association will provide an update on its efforts to the full board o ...
14 years ago
Tax cut for Philadelphia’s poor repealed
A tax cut for low-income Philadelphians scheduled to go into effect in 2016 has been repealed. The tax credit was championed by la ...
14 years ago
In ‘true compromise,’ Philadelphia City Council approves budget
Philadelphia City Council has given final approval to its budget. After weeks of debate, Council Thursday passed a budget that inc ...
14 years ago
Reading schools lay off more than 200 workers
The Reading School District is closing five schools, raising taxes and laying off more than 200 workers, including 108 teachers. T ...
14 years ago
Yikes! How annoying were those false reports on the Supreme Court decision?
Anyone trying to follow the news this morning about the Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act was in for a chaotic experience.& ...
14 years ago
Olney man wanted in a pair of GameStop robberies
Philadelphia Police are searching for an Olney man who is believed to be behind two recent robberies at two different GameStop locations ...
14 years ago
Temple Board of Trustees freezes tuition for 2012-13 school year
Citing rising student debt as important issue, Temple University’s Board of Trustees voted today to freeze base tuition and make an ...
14 years ago