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Christie announces education legislation, state environmental chief visits Philly
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie was in Camden today where he announced legislation for public-private education partnerships for some of New Jer ...
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In Camden, Christie pushes school transformation idea
New Jersey has struggled for years to turn around its urban public schools. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was in Camden today ...
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Philadelphia Weekly interviews a gay Philadelphia Police officer
Philadelphia Weekly is celebrating pride week, and has an interesting interview leading up to the weekend’s big events. ...
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Guilty plea in Delaware campaign donation scheme
A politically-connected businessman who headed Delaware’s largest alcohol distributor has pleaded guilty in federal court to charge ...
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Heat stroke likely not the cause of police dog’s death
Vets in Galloway Township, N.J., say the death of a police dog there doesn’t appear to be heat-related. Blaze, a 6-year-old German ...
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Health-care advocates object to Pa. plan on tobacco fund
With final state budget negotiations set to kick off this week, health-care advocates are making one last pitch to save Pennsylvania̵ ...
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Lincoln Drive traffic pattern shift throws off drivers’ routines
Every neighborhood’s got one: the bad intersection people avoid because the light’s too long, no one obeys the stop sign or t ...
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S. Africans’ lively faith impresses touring Roxborough teen
By the time Kyle Bone got up to tell his story, he was tired. It was the first weekend of a two-week trip with the Salvation Army’s ...
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Philadelphia pushing to license tobacco sellers
Philadelphia City Council has passed a bill mandating a license to sell tobacco products in the city. The bill mandating a license ...
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Archdiocese names new abuse victim advocate
Update: NewsWorks’ Dillon Buckley spoke with Johanna Berrigan of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. ...
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Nutter’s shotgun wedding with the school district
At 10 minutes before noon, I saw Bob Archie, the chair of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (the body that everywhere else would ...
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Philadelphia City Council moves to revise sick days bill
As Philadelphia City Council continutes its discussion over the paid sick days bill, a revision developed today that would exempt small b ...
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More changes for Philadelphia’s proposed sick leave law
Philadelphia’s mandatory sick leave bill has been amended again. The bill mandating sick leave for workers in Philadelphia h ...
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Burlington County lowers cat adoption prices to relieve crowded shelter
Similar to an effo ...
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