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$27.7 billion budget plan taking shape in Pa.
House and Senate Republicans have released the final details of the GOP-negotiated $27.7 billion Pennsylvania budget. Several educ ...
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In wake of ruling on Arizona immigration law, revision likely for similar Pa. bill
A Pennsylvania lawmaker says a bill he’s introduced in the state House could be revised after the Supreme Court’s ruling on A ...
14 years ago
Del. firefighters help battle Colorado wildfire
Twenty Delaware firefighters were dispatched to Colorado over the weekend to battle the “Weber Fire” in the southwest region ...
14 years ago
N.J. set to vote on plan to use foreclosed properties as affordable housing
Sponsors of a measure that would allow New Jersey towns to convert foreclosed homes into affordable housing expect the Legislature to tak ...
14 years ago
Slow start to legal proceedings against Mt. Airy dentist accused of selling painkillers
East Mount Airy residents will have to wait a bit longer to find out if a neighborhood dentist will stand trial in connection to allegati ...
14 years ago
Del. House to vote on broadening child abuse laws
A bill aimed at strengthening prosecution of child abuse cases in Delaware is headed for a House vote despite concerns that it may affe ...
14 years ago
‘Visitability’ can be a welcoming addition to home design
If your mother-in-law uses a walker and you invite her over for dinner, it would be nice if she could get to the bathroom without assista ...
14 years ago
Scam alert: Man impersonating tow-truck driver in West. Mt Airy
The Philadelphia Police are warning Mt. Airy residents to be alert for scam involving a man claiming to be a tow-truck driver. 14th Distr ...
14 years ago
Supreme Court will take up Philadelphia’s class issue in suit against Comcast
Comcast and its Philadelphia-area cable customers will meet in U.S. Supreme Court. The court will consider whether those customers ...
14 years ago
Turning foreclosed homes into affordable housing in New Jersey
A bill introduced in February that would allow New Jersey towns to purchase foreclosed homes and turn them into affordable housing is now ...
14 years ago
A last look, and a last trip down the aisle at St. Lucy’s
Nobody said it at the time — I mean, who wants to be a downer on a holiday — but we all assumed that the Christmas Eve Mass last Dece ...
14 years ago
‘Cops in Shops’ targets underage drinking down the Shore
Almost 10,000 underage drinkers have been arrested since the 1996 inception of “Cops in Shops” and police departments at the ...
14 years ago