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Pa. to borrow $4.5 billion to settle debt from unemployment pay
Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a law giving Pennsylvania the authority to borrow $4.5 billion. The money will be used to pay another ...
14 years ago
Plan to move billboards along I-95 advances in Philly City Council
A Philadelphia City Council committee has approved moving some billboards along Interstate 95. The bill would eliminate two billbo ...
14 years ago
Corbett sees $1.7 billion tax break for Shell as key to new industrial base in Pa.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett says doling out $1.7 billion in tax breaks to Royal Dutch Shell is a way to “build a new industrial b ...
14 years ago
Your guide to the 2012 Mt. Airy Artz and Groove Festival
Is Mt. Airy ready to embrace its newest festival? Recently renamed the Mt. Airy Artz and Groove, the art and music fair ...
14 years ago
Frustration grows over priest-abuse jury questions
Jury questions and lengthy deliberations in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse case in Philadelphia are causing some frustration. Juror ...
14 years ago
Northwest Philadelphia to celebrate Juneteenth this Saturday
This Saturday, Historic Germantown and the Germantown Avenue Business Alliance will join forces to host the 147th ...
14 years ago
Former N.J. governor Whitman urges EPA to step up safeguards against chemical attack
Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman is urging the federal government to require the chemical industry to do more to safeguard against ...
14 years ago
Quiet but not forgotten: Delaware River piers awaiting changes
A growing Philadelphia is rediscovering spaces most of the city has largely forgotten. One of those overlooked places is the stret ...
14 years ago
A joyous scene greeted Germantown High School’s Class of 2012 grads
Jubilation filled the air at New Covenant Church of Philadelphia as 193 cap-and-gown sporting Germantown High School students became the ...
14 years ago
Opponents of Rutgers merger heartened by N.J. high court ruling on parallel issue
Opponents of New Jersey Gov, Chris Christie’s plan to merge Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University have long argued that he lacks the ...
14 years ago
Poll: Approval for Corbett on the decline
Chris Christie is having a better day than Tom Corbett. ...
14 years ago
Pa. lawmakers again consider oversight of struggling Chester Upland schools
Legislation under consideration in Harrisburg would place Chester Upland and other financially distressed school districts under state ov ...
14 years ago
New bus line could bypass traffic from N.J. to Pa.
A new bus service from Winslow Township in New Jersey to Philadelphia may eventually ease a daily traffic nightmare for up to 6,000 commu ...
14 years ago
Old, overgrown, and in the way
Early flowering shrubs are what makes springtime in Philly so magical. For a few short weeks our area is lush with the blooms of spirea, ...
14 years ago