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A report on Philadelphia’s “ban the box” legislation going into effect on Jan. 13 had some NewsWorks readers confused: ...

A collection of 150-year-old photos, etchings and books, the historical library’s exhibition “Capitalism by Gaslight: The Sha ...

The very person who slipped a small park onto an unsuspecting block of Chestnut Street was honored today with a name change — for the p ...

Pennsylvania’s effort to clean up its Medicaid rolls has resulted in bitter complaints that some recipients have been improperly bo ...

Congressmen Bob Brady, D-Pa., Jim Gerlach, R-Pa., and Donald Payne, D-N.J., are among the lawmakers who have added their support to a bil ...

The Philadelphia Revenue Department’s official number for questions about paying your taxes is always busy. Does the city want yo ...

So here’s a quick and grisly quiz, culled from America’s recent college sports scandals. What merits harsher repercussions, k ...

As a new report shows the cost of interest rate swaps to the city of Philadelphia and the school district, public interest groups are urg ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is allowing live broadcast of next week’s hearing on appeals regarding the newly drawn district li ...

As Kraft splits its business into separate deli and snack entities, the company will lay off as many as 1,600 people. Cuts are exp ...

Environmental advocates are calling on Pennsylvania lawmakers to start over on legislation that would establish an impact fee on natural ...

Gov. Chris Christie delivered his State of the State address to the New Jersey Legislature Tuesday. In his State of the State add ...

Students, know-it-alls and time-killers alike, take notice. ...

New Jersey residents can now have wines from state vineyards and small out-of-state wineries sent directly to their homes. They ha ...