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83,000 Pennsylvanians on brink of losing jobless benefits
Thousands of Pennsylvania residents will lose their unemployment benefits in December unless Congress extends emergency funding for the f ...
15 years ago
Poets help hone HIV testing message
A mobile HIV testing station will be set up in Love Park Wednesday, World AIDS Day. The voluntary AIDS screening will be accompanie ...
15 years ago
After a contentious back-and-forth and opinions flying in from all around the city, McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon and a bartende ...
15 years ago
Debating business taxes at Phila. City Council
A marathon hearing will resume in Philadelphia City Council today over a proposal to overhaul business taxes in the city. Mayor Nut ...
15 years ago
Mayor Nutter’s team never got to testify in a City Council hearing Tuesday on far-reaching proposals to overhaul the city’s b ...
15 years ago
Salvation Army hopes for generosity, volunteers
As they ring bells by those familiar red kettles from now until Christmas Eve, members of the Salvation Army are concerned about how the ...
15 years ago
Many Pa. lawmakers decline raise
Pennsylvania lawmakers and other government officials got a pay raise Tuesday, but many legislators insist they don’t want the extr ...
15 years ago
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Philadelphia has charged a doctor in connection with a scheme to submit fake damage claims related to ...
15 years ago
The secretive practice of the natural gas industry may soon see the light of day. The Associated Press reports officials are weigh ...
15 years ago
N.J. business leader says the worst is over
While their own prospects are improving, New Jersey companies have big doubts for the overall economy in the coming year.The New Jersey B ...
15 years ago
Governor-elect Tom Corbett says he won’t take the pay increase for his new job that was recently passed by the state legislature.&n ...
15 years ago
Open mike night at City Council
Actually, you’re welcome to say your piece to City Council every Thursday now, as long as you can finish in three minutes. ...
15 years ago
PILOT programs could mean big(ger) bucks
Cash-strapped cities like Philadelphia should take a closer look at their payment-in-lieu-of-taxes programs, or PILOTs, says a new study ...
15 years ago
Delaware teachers being hired too late, according to report
Delaware is trying hard to upgrade the quality of their education. Their success in securing “Race to the top” funds ma ...
15 years ago