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Five school districts in the Philadelphia area have ranked in the top 10 for their scores of the Pennsylvania School of Assessment Exams. ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia weighs plan to encourage neutering pets
While dogs will do almost anything for a treat, Philadelphia is trying financial incentives to get more dog owners to register Fido, Budd ...
15 years ago
The renovation of SEPTA’s Allen Lane train station will be finished by late May
It’s been a long, expensive and complicated overhaul of the Allen Lane Regional Rail station, but it’s nearly over, SEPTA officials s ...
15 years ago
National plan aims to close health gap
The United States now has a national plan to level health inequities across the country. WHYY/Newsworks joined local health advoca ...
15 years ago
Mayor Nutter endorses Cindy Bass in the Eighth District Council race
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter today endorsed one of the seven Democratic candidates vying to fill the open Eighth District City Counc ...
15 years ago
Early morning closures on Turnpike Sunday
If you had thoughts of speeding up and down the empty Pennsylvania Turnpike early Sunday, this might throw a wrench in your plan. ...
15 years ago
Penn’s ‘Holy Experiment’ mixed principle and business savvy
What might you do if you found yourself with almost 50,000 square miles of seemingly virgin land in a place you have never seen, far from ...
15 years ago
Delaware Job Fair saved with federal budget agreement
Monday’s job fair at the Chase Center in Wilmington WILL go on. That was assured with a budget agreement that kept the federa ...
15 years ago
Worries and woes about federal budget cuts
Just before midnight on Friday, President Obama and elected officials avoided a government shutdown with an ...
15 years ago
Jerry Brown: Why I am a Philadelphia Republican and not a National Democrat
I am a Philadelphia Republican while my neighbors are National Democrats. Whether their affiliation results from an aggressive advertisin ...
15 years ago
Multiple people reported injured in Chester shooting, one dead
Nine people were shot, one person is dead from a shooting at the Minaret Temple in Chester during a birthday party late Friday night, rep ...
15 years ago
Breaking through the blue wall of silence
“The bad apples get right back on the job,” said the woman in a community meeting about police misconduct. “Many [people] are afrai ...
15 years ago