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Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed changes designed to make Pennsylvania’s Medicaid health-care program less expensive. One in si ...

Mayor Michael Nutter has resigned from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority board made some changes in his wake. His resignation is e ...

One arrest has been made in connection with last week’s jewelry heist on Main Street in Manayunk. Raheem Hankerson, 30, turn ...

  For close to a decade, a small vacant lot in Mt. Airy has been a thorn in the collective side of a number of nearby neighbors. ...

Police have arrested Raheem Hankerson in connection with last week’s robbery of a Manayunk jewelry store. Hankerson turned himself ...

Gun control is one of those tricky political subjects that is rarely debated honestly and most often used as a wedge issue to divide vote ...

What great fun it is to behold hypocrisy in action. This is one of those times. As the federal crisis grows more dire, with Republicans t ...

Let’s face it, we’re a town with a narrow reputation: food, sandwiches, baseball. Cue the credits. We know we have goo ...

Thirty-eight White Swamp Oak trees rolled into Philadelphia from a New Jersey nursery on Thursday to be planted at the base of Race Stree ...

I hate to be the one guy sounding a sour note as we trade high-fives over Philly Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey choosing us over Chic ...

Ed Rendell’s got a full plate. And it’s wind-powered. The former Pennsylvania governor is now on the board at New York City ...

Another Philadelphia mayoral candidate has emerged. Truman Lijek can be seen around Rittenhouse Square kissing babies and admiring birds. ...

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter ...

Public school students and their supporters in Philadelphia rallied Thursday to protest budget cuts, especially to arts programs.   ...

The state will now test newborns for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) to start disease prevention as early as possible. Del ...