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What makes struggling schools better? It’s a big subject, but it seems a common denominator of high-achieving schools in poor neigh ...

A Pennsylvania think tank is coming out against privatizing liquor sales with an old argument backed up by some new analysis. The E ...

It’s opening day. No, not for the Phillies. We already did tha ...

Welcome to the end of NewsWorks Tonight’s third week. Tonight’s broadcast features some weekend previews and late-breaking ne ...

Michelle Saul-Yamasaki is a senior at Girard Academic Music Program in South Philly, and she also happens to be one of 15 winners of the ...

Political analysts do not expect any real competitive legislative races in Tuesday’s primary election in New Jersey. All 120 ...

This week marked the 1,000th free ride from the PhillyPatientRide program. The service began in January as a partnership between PhillyCa ...

If the Delaware River is worth $20 billion to the economies from the Catskills to Cape Henlopen, would a coordinated conservation effort ...

4:20 p.m. The Associated Press corrects the child’s age. She is 11. 3:45 p.m. The Associat ...

The “brownfields” program that helps New Jersey towns and developers clean up contaminated properties has run out of money. ...

Philadelphia City Council is sitting on a bill that would block the city from painting new bike lanes, unless Council approves.  ...

Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards will appear in federal court today for charges he faces for allegedly mishandling the money ...

With all the focus on the bike lanes coming to 10th and 13th streets later this month, it occurs to us something may have been overlooked ...

Philadelphia City Council has approved hiring outside lawyers to sue the state of Pennsylvania for cuts to education funding. Coun ...

The bill to mandate sick leave for all Philadelphia workers is scheduled for action this week. It has been amended 18 times already. ...