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County officials see slight silver lining in Pa. budget plan
County officials across Pennsylvania say Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed cuts in state funding for Department of Public Welfare program ...
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N.J. moves to curtail sick-leave payouts
Municipal leaders in New Jersey are welcoming a proposal to curtail sick-leave payouts for retiring public workers. Legislation in ...
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Monsignor’s lawyer wants judge to step down from child endangerment case
A Roman Catholic church official wants a Philadelphia judge to step down before his child-endangerment trial because of her recent rema ...
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Princeton presents long-silenced Prokofiev work
On Thursday, Princeton University will premiere a lost musical play by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. “Eugene Onegin ...
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A few weeks into the job, N.J. attorney general outlines priorities
New Jersey’s new attorney general has known Gov. Chris Christie for a long time. Jeff Chiesa met Christie in the 1980s at the law f ...
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Falcon Cam returns to Harrisburg state office building
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection has turned its Falcon Cam back on to keep eye on the birds of prey that have ...
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Closer to a health exchange in New Jersey
New Jersey Assemblyman Herb Conaway, D-Burlington, is offering a first look at how a health-insurance exchange might work in the Garden S ...
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Valley Forge Casino gets table games license
The Valley Forge Casino Resort got good news today from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Scheduled for a spring opening, the ...
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Second Camden County trash collection deal expected to save $700k
Another trash collection consolidation plan in Camden County is expected to save $700,000. The first, announced last fall, joined ...
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In this rebuttal to an op-ed statement by New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Service&nbs ...
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New Castle County Exec. orders hold on foreclosures for back taxes
New Castle County Executive Paul Clark has issued an executive order designed to reduce the number of residential foreclosures in the cou ...
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What does ’employment’ mean when assessing access for adults with autism?
A reader had a question following a report from WHYY’s Maiken Scott about a survey pointing to gaps in services for adults in Penns ...
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Imhotep and MLK High basketball playoff games start Thursday
After outstanding regular seasons, two Northwest Philadelphia high-school basketball teams will continue play in the Public League playof ...
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Understanding veterans’ challenges at the end of life
A quarter of Americans facing the end of life today are veterans, and they often experience specific challenges related to their military ...
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