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There’s something really depressing about watching Philadelphia City Council debate a tax increase to fund the school system. The d ...

The Star-Ledger is reporting that the ramp is ...

Well, that should do it. When most of a presidential candidate’s campaign staff quits on him, saying he’s not taking h ...

The latest turn in U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s Twitter scandal appears at first blush to be among the less troubling details to surf ...

The Friends of the Wissahickon began work this week on the Warming Shed at Valley Green Inn. The shed, which is used for horses, bur ...

The Gorgas Park Summer Concert Series takes off this weekend with the King of Rock and Roll.  Now in its 12th year, summer wi ...

A U.S. diplomat recently explained to me why the U.S. went to war in Libya, a country in which the U.S. has no interests at all. The dip ...

Theater performers producing work with little or no money are using the cheapest venues they can find. This week, the SoLow theater festi ...

Lack of access to Philadelphia’s stretch of the Delaware River has long been a source of ire for those who love the water. On Mond ...

Negotiations between the Corbett Administration and 17 unions representing Pennsylvania’s state employees are heating up as the Jun ...

After a New Jersey student aid agency denied grants and loans to a top high school student because of her mother’s immigration stat ...

A California fuel-cell manufacturer announced this week that it will build its East Coast manufacturing facility at the former Chrysler p ...

The New Jersey Senate Budget Committee plans a hearing next week on a measure to require New Jersey public employees to pay more for thei ...

A former crack house in Mantua has been transformed into an art installation by the Mural Arts Program. Addressing issues about homelessn ...

Could the Sixers be sold? And to a young billionaire based in New York? Talks of a sale haven’t been confirmed, but ESPN has said a ...