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2008 gun law has had little effect
Legislation passed after the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting was supposed to ensure that people with a record of severe mental illness couldn ...
14 years ago
Ackerman: King decision up to SRC
With controversy swirling around the role played by State Rep. Dwight Evans in the selection of a new charter operator for Martin Luther ...
14 years ago
Appeal planned in ruling for city officials’ re-election bids
Three Philadelphia elected officials can remain on the ballot despite their participation in a controversial retirement plan kn ...
14 years ago
Pick your Elite 8 of U.S. presidents
If you’re not into college basketball but are dying of jealousy watching your friends fill out brackets, this might be more your pa ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia toughens law on discrimination
Philadelphia is enhancing its laws against discrimination. Mayor Nutter signed a bill Thursday giving more teeth to the city’ ...
14 years ago
It’s amazing what you can find on your own shelves. Staring upward last night, I spied a forgotten book that I had last scanned in ...
14 years ago
Moderate increase in New Jersey’s homeless population
Essex, Bergen, Union, Burlington and Mercer counties have the highest homeless populations in New Jersey, according to numbers from the N ...
14 years ago
Does the Archdiocese owe Lynne Abraham an apology?
Sparked by revelations in other cities across the country, then-District Attorney Lynne Abraham led an investigation into the Archdiocese ...
14 years ago
MTV’s ‘Real World’ casting in Philadelphia
Because we have not yet embarrassed ourselves enough, Philadelphians are being called for casting to The Real World. This is one ...
14 years ago
Target eyes Philadelphia for smaller-scale store
Target’s small-scale store in Los Angeles is something we could be seeing here soon. The retailer is eyeing Philadelphia as its nex ...
14 years ago
“Major milestone” in off-shore wind effort
U.S. Interior Department is prepared to issue a lease for NRG Bluewater Wind’s commercial wind development in federal waters off th ...
14 years ago
Spectrum bricks among most popular souvenirs
The Spectrum is almost gone. After seats and other inside souvenirs were sold off before demolition, there are still plenty of people wil ...
14 years ago
You could hear laughter and cheers blocks away from the Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD) wher ...
14 years ago
More than two weeks after filing to run for Philadelphia City Council, nearly half the 60 candidates in the May 17th primary st ...
14 years ago