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Small businesses offered help in providing health care
About 150 Philadelphia-area small business owners, non-profits and entrepreneurs gathered today at Temple University to learn about tax c ...
15 years ago
Hoeffel says arts would be center of economic development
Cites Philadelphia and Norristown of examples of how to tie economy to the arts With only a week left before the primary election, ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia award goes to dance company founder
Joan Myers Brown has trained famous dancers since the 1970s Philadelphia honors its own with what is sometimes called the local ve ...
15 years ago
N.J. Democrats push tax surcharge on millionaires
Governor Christie says he will veto the measure Democrats in the New Jersey legislature are proposing to restore an income tax sur ...
15 years ago
Delaware group ready to help oil soaked birds in Gulf of Mexico
It’s the calm before the storm for workers with the Newark, Delaware based Tri-State Bird Rescue who are responding to the Gulf of ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate round-up
This year Pennsylvania voters will pick the commonwealth’s next governor. WHYY-FM interviews the candidates and asks why voters sho ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia schools Superintendent says progress is far too slow
At current pace it would take 100 years to meet standards The head of Philadelphia’s public schools says slow but steady pro ...
15 years ago
Supreme Court nominee’s Delaware connection
President Obama has nominated Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court. President Obama has nom ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia voters to decide fate of BRT
Agency assesses property tax bills and hears appeals A move to abolish the Board of Revision of Taxes or BRT is up for a vote in n ...
15 years ago
How did water originate on earth?
Water, water everywhere — there are a number of theories of how water got to this planet. A popular theory was that water came from vol ...
15 years ago
Mindfulness meditation and health
In Western countries, mindfulness meditation was long regarded as a fringe practice. But over the last decades, scientists have studied t ...
15 years ago
Proposed N.J. law requires rebates at the register
If you shop in New Jersey, you might soon be able to get a rebate right at the cash register when making a purchase. If you shop i ...
15 years ago