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Nutter says ‘free ride is over’ for tax evaders
The city of Philadelphia is cracking down on tax evaders. The mayor made the announcement outside a business that owes over $100,000 ...
15 years ago
Breaking down barriers for immigrant entrepreneurs
A new pilot program in Philadelphia is designed to support immigrant-owned businesses. A new pilot program in Philadelphia is des ...
15 years ago
A classic Caddy heads to auction straight from Philly’s past
Councilman Frank Rizzo Jr. is selling his father’s last car to raise money for maintaining the statue of Frank Sr. outside the MSP ...
15 years ago
Nature Conservancy Awarded $900,000 Grant
Money will be used to protect wildlife on the Broadkill River. The Nature Conservancy has been awarded a $900,000 grant to protect ...
15 years ago
Were South Philly high school attacks racially motivated?
The principal says it’s unclear whether an attack on two Chinese immigrant teenagers at their South Philadelphia high school had ra ...
15 years ago
Christie says New Jersey fire fighters’ pensions are due for some changes
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie thinks the state pension shortfall of $46 billion is a signal to start making changes to firefighters& ...
15 years ago
It was oh so fitting yesterday that the Senate Republicans’ thumbs-up vote for keeping military gays in the closet was led by that ...
15 years ago
Seth Williams open his first neighborhood DA’s office
Before he became District Attorney, Seth Williams promised to establish neighborhood offices for city prosecutors to increase their conne ...
15 years ago
Christie wants $1 billion to raise a bridge near the Newark port
The Bayonne Bridge that connects New Jersey with Staten Island is 30 feet too short if Newark is to continue to be a competitive port, ac ...
15 years ago
Polls and fundraising favor Corbett in Pa.’s race for Governor
Republican Tom Corbett is running ahead of Democrat Dan Onorato in polls and fundraising in Pa’s gubernatorial race. When it ...
15 years ago
Candidate takes town to court over lawn signs
Richard Orloski, a Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Senate, is taking South Whitehall Township to court over an ordinance that restr ...
15 years ago
Court says Nutter can’t eliminate the BRT
The Pa. Supreme Court decided that Philadelphia cannot dismantle the BRT even though voters abolished it in a referendum last year. The c ...
15 years ago
Historic Philly church, once preserved, now faces demolition
The 160-year old Church of the Assumption on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia last year was a target for preservation, but the Philad ...
15 years ago
Philly’s top cop and top prosecutor want to fight crime using Pre-K classrooms
Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and District Attorney Seth Williams highlighted how important early childhood pro ...
15 years ago