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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter says he’s not wild about the budget sent to him by City Council, but says it has some good points ...

In the series “Teen Sanctuaries,” Philly Youth Radio asked students to show us their safe spaces.  ...

Delaware’s new operating budget has passed both houses of the General Assembly a full 53 hours before the start of Fiscal Year 2013. ...

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 ...

The band Hezekiah Jones performed Wednesday night in Pastorius Park in the Ches ...

About 20 faculty members and students gathered around a conference table at the ...

The Philadelphia Orchestra is about to be on the nicer side of bankruptcy. The orchestra was granted approval in bankruptcy court ...

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 ...

The Affordable Care Act of 2010, one of the most sweeping pieces of legislation ever presented to the American people, stood to profoundl ...

A former New Jersey attorney general’s nomination to become a judge cleared a hurdle Thursday. The Senate Judiciary Committ ...

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 ...

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 ...

A tax cut for low-income Philadelphians scheduled to go into effect in 2016 has been repealed. The tax credit was championed by la ...

Philadelphia City Council has given final approval to its budget. After weeks of debate, Council Thursday passed a budget that inc ...

The Reading School District is closing five schools, raising taxes and laying off more than 200 workers, including 108 teachers. T ...