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Tax credits for Pa. families worth billions of dollars are on the table this budget season
The Pennsylvania legislature may expand the state’s child care tax credit and create a new program for working families based on the federal earned income tax credit.
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Philadelphia University graduate Shahzada Dawood among those on board missing submersible
The billionaire father earned a Master of Science degree in Global Textile Marketing from Philadelphia University in 2000.
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‘We don’t have to be in jeopardy’: Philly gardeners cheer city deal to buy back liens
Community gardens on tax-delinquent land with privately held liens are considered particularly at risk for development.
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Delaware’s 1st female and 1st Black member of Congress is now running for U.S. Senate
Outgoing U.S. Sen. Tom Carper has already endorsed U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester to replace him in the seat he has held since 2001.
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Bradford-Grey says she wants to look at public safety holistically, and address housing insecurity, climate, and access to quality health care.
3 years ago
The U.S. Coast Guard is bringing in new ships and underwater vessels to search for lost submersible
Coast Guard officials said underwater noises were detected by a surveillance aircraft and officials are searching an area twice the size of Connecticut.
3 years ago
Former top cop and corrections chief poised to become Delaware’s 1st weed czar
Marijuana legalization foe Gov. Carney adopted an “old-fashioned’’ approach by naming a law enforcement veteran to regulate the new legal industry.
3 years ago
Listen 1:58How clinics in the Philadelphia area are dealing with a national shortage of penicillin
This injectable form of penicillin is a critical treatment for infections like syphilis, and could be in short supply for the rest of the year.
3 years ago
Listen 1:38Probe blames Pa. county’s November ballot paper shortage on inexperience, poor training
The report released by Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce blames inexperienced supervisors for not providing enough of the right kind of paper.
3 years ago
Pa. House passes $15 minimum wage bill
It has an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled Senate.
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Pa. House passes tax credit for new police officers, teachers and nurses
The bill would provide a $2,500 annual tax credit for three years for residents after they become certified, or after they move to Pa. with a state-recognized credential
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Trump adviser faces possible disbarment over his efforts to overturn 2020 election
Disciplinary proceedings began Tuesday for John Eastman.
3 years ago
Temporary lanes of I-95 to reopen this weekend, Gov. Shapiro says
Damaged section of I-95 will reopen this weekend to six lanes of traffic, after Gov. Shapiro announced an accelerated timeline.
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Spot dangerous debris while driving? Here’s what to do
A woman was killed in Philly last week after an object on the highway pierced her windshield.
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Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence trial scheduled for Aug. 3
A Manhattan judge issued the schedule Tuesday, casting the star in a real-life courtroom drama as his idled Hollywood career hangs in the balance.
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