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Delaware’s most vulnerable ask for help amid budget cuts
Irvin Levin is worried about his son and the people who take care of him. Levin’s 38-year-old son, Jamie, suffers from seizure d ...
14 years ago
Pennsylvania employment rate rising
Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is at its lowest level in 20 months. The figure dropped to 8.2 percent ...
14 years ago
Pa. auditor general blasts tobacco fund diversion
Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner wants Gov. Tom Corbett and state lawmakers to stop raiding the state’s Tobacco Settlement ...
14 years ago
Christie wants teacher ratings tied to test scores
A task force formed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has recommended that decisions on retaining teachers and principals be linked to st ...
14 years ago
6,000 police, firefighters protest cuts in N.J.
More than 6,000 off-duty and retired police and firefighters rallied outside the New Jersey Statehouse Thursday to protest staff cuts and ...
14 years ago
Corbett: No Wisconsin-style showdown in Pa.
While there was a solidarity rally in Center City sup ...
14 years ago
Making our politicians look good
We’ve had some wild corruption cases in Philadelphia, but I’m not sure we have anything to compare with the crazy trial in Pi ...
14 years ago
Street says he won’t leave PHA board
Philadelphia’s Housing Authority Board is meeting today. The board is down one member and the rest have been asked to resign. ...
14 years ago
Doctors to check on financial well-being of elderly patients
Area physicians will soon be trained to identify and report victims of financial fraud among their elderly patients. New training program ...
14 years ago
Nutter’s budget offers little to unions
For more than a year and a half, the city of Philadelphia’s civilian employees have been working without union contracts. And the f ...
14 years ago
Democrats fail to override Christie’s jobs bills veto
Today’s planned override of N.J. Gov. Chris Christie’s jobs bills veto was a failed attempt. Democratic legislators failed to ...
14 years ago
Encouraging African American jobs in Germantown
Black History Month just ended, but the work of creating jobs and economic development for African Americans in Germantown caries on. ...
14 years ago