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Fewer elementary schools stock sodas, whole milk
New research suggests that as America fights obesity in ever younger children, more public elementary schools are pulling sugar-sweetened ...
14 years ago
Philly archdiocese’s ex-CFO pleads in $900k theft
A former financial executive of the Philadelphia archdiocese will be sentenced next month in the theft of more than $900,000 from the c ...
14 years ago
$17 million of Pa. tobacco settlement money diverted from medical research
About $17 million earmarked for medical research in Pennsylvania will be diverted in the new state budget to help cover the rising costs ...
14 years ago
N.J. will get $22 million in GlaxoSmithKline settlement
As part of a $3 billion, multi-state settlement, GlaxoSmithKline will pay New Jersey $22.1 million. The deal resolves allegations ...
14 years ago
Sorting out claims on the health care law
Off the top of my head, it’s hard to think of an issue in a presidential election that’s harder to wrap your head around than ...
14 years ago
Del. and Cayman Islands share something special — and it ain’t the beaches
Saturday’s New York Times made a direct comparison between the incorporation laws of Delaware and those of off-shore ...
14 years ago
Trash still a problem at Philadelphia’s Devil’s Pool area
Have you ever wondered where the gated trail just before the bridge to the Valley Green Inn takes you? I have and on Saturday morning I f ...
14 years ago
Sound, fury, but no action on Christie call for N.J. tax cut
Gov. Chris Christie’s admonishment that New Jersey legislators act immediately on a tax cut was ignored Monday by top Democrats who ...
14 years ago
Corbett may enlist Democrats’ help on looming pension crisis
With Pennsylvania’s budget settled, Gov. Tom Corbett said his administration intends to turn its focus on pension reform. And there ...
14 years ago
State budget cuts payments to the disabled and gives legislature a raise
The state has passed a budget — on time and with tax cuts. Oh, and with a raise for state lawmakers. The state House gave itself ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia Police arrest 26 during Occupy ‘National Gathering’
Philadelphia organizer, Justin Thomas spent the night outside Philadelphia police headquarters. Waiting for the release of 26 Occupiers t ...
14 years ago
Christie tells Legislature of his latest tax plan
Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a millionaire’s tax increase and says it is time to give New Jersey residents a tax cut. The ...
14 years ago