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Pa. lawmaker wants tracers on frack fluid, baseline water well tests
Big oil continues to buy natural gas leases in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. ExxonMobil Corporation paid almost $1.7 billion for ...
15 years ago
N.J. lawmakers question TV station move
Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to transfer state-owned New Jersey Network television to public broadcasting station WNET will go to the ...
15 years ago
Pa. Senate moves worry abortion rights advocates
Abortion rights advocates say the Pennsylvania Senate is trying to drastically scale back the number of procedures in the state. E ...
15 years ago
Philly drug company accused of price-gouging
Philadelphia-based drug company URL Pharma is accused of price-gouging after raising the price of a drug used to treat gout, an inflammat ...
15 years ago
Pa. lawmakers go down to the wire on unemployment changes
Saturday’s federal deadline for Pennsylvania to pass an unemployment compensation reform bill will come and go without a new law on the ...
15 years ago
Last Sunday, an angry Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter put his foot ...
15 years ago
Fire breaks out at old Camden tire factory
Update: Firefighters were still on the scene early this morning in what became a 12-alarm fire at the abandoned tire fac ...
15 years ago
Plan to expand Fairmount Park into East Mt. Airy faces final vote
A privately owned patch of wild forest in East Mount Airy will likely become part of Fairmount Park by the end of summer. A bill t ...
15 years ago
Weather like we’ve been experiencing this week isn’t ideal for most of us. Furry pets, transplanted shrubs, anyone who works ...
15 years ago
Even in the greenest homes, AC is on this week
Air conditioners around the Delaware Valley are humming this week as temperatures in the region hover around 100 degrees. DJ Starr ...
15 years ago