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Expansion and relocation plans for Green Woods in limbo
Spring is in bloom all around the Roxborough campus of the Green Woods Charter School, but the fate of the school and its proposed new ho ...
15 years ago
Law will bar employers from asking about criminal past
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is expected to sign legislation Monday prohibiting employers from asking prospective workers about crim ...
15 years ago
Ethics board ready to enforce new limit on PAC contributions
The Philadelphia Board of Ethics will soon develop regulations clarifying a new restriction on political contributions enacted by City ...
15 years ago
Are we overtaxing parking lot owners?
If we say the words “Philadelphia” and “parking fight,” you probably picture a ruthlessly efficient Philadelphia ...
15 years ago
Pa. lawmaker urges registry of animal abusers
After the Pennsylvania SPCA broke up the biggest dog-fighting ring in its history last week, the gruesome images of the abused animals ar ...
15 years ago
Changes may finally ease taxing situation
Today is Tax Day, three days later than usual due to a Washington, D.C., holiday. Last year, about 142 million individuals filed tax retu ...
15 years ago
Garden State Republicans see jump in fundraising
New Jersey’s GOP is encouraged by a big jump in their fundraising. State Republican Party officials say the nearly $1 millio ...
15 years ago
It might be a bit of a reach to compare Philadelphia’s Democratic and Republican leaders to Moammar Gadhafi, but mayoral hopeful Jo ...
15 years ago