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Senate Committee approves charter school reform bill
Scandals have plagued Philadelphia’s charter schools and have led to a federal probe of 18 seperate schools. Scandals have ...
15 years ago
New Jersey library services in jeopardy
Local libraries in New Jersey may have to cut some services because of state budget cuts. Governor Christie’s budget plan calls for ...
15 years ago
First round of negative ads surface in race for PA Governor
As polls show Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato moving away from the pack, his opponents in the Democratic gubernatorial primary are ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia man sentenced to death for killing witness
A 28 year old Philadelphia man has been sentenced to death for killing a federally protected witness and an innocent bystander. ...
15 years ago
Health experts discuss implications of Medicaid expansion
The biggest changes of the new health law become a reality in 2014, that’s when tens of millions of additional Americans will quali ...
15 years ago
Rendell tours ancient railroad substation to push for transit funding
Governor visits Philadelphia the day after offering his plan on transit Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell visited Philadelphia Wedn ...
15 years ago
Delaware may extend statute of limitations for abuse
The latest attempt to extend the time frame victims have to report abuse is a direct response to the case against a Lewes pediatrician ac ...
15 years ago
Hoeffel speaks out against school vouchers
With less than two weeks to go before the Pennsylvania primary election, one of four Democratic candidates for Governor took a field trip ...
15 years ago
Inspector: Fumo non-profits should not get more money
Hundreds of thousands of dollars now in escrow Even though former State Senator Vincent Fumo is in jail, two non-profits that were ...
15 years ago
In Onorato’s campaign for governor, echoes of Rendell’s run
The Pennsylvania primary is just two weeks away, and the candidate leading the four-deep Democratic field in money and polls is a man fro ...
15 years ago
New medical providers for Delaware inmates
The Delaware Department of Correction has signed contracts with three vendors to provide health care to state prisoners. The Delaw ...
15 years ago
Despite webcam privacy issues, supervisors never raised red flags
A report commissioned by the Lower Merion School District says staff were overzealous in using surveillance technology but that there is ...
15 years ago
Nomination to New Jersey Supreme Court riles senate Democrats
Governor Chris Christie’s nomination of Anne Patterson to replace John Wallace on the New Jersey Supreme Court may not get very far ...
15 years ago
New Jersey’s doctors-in-training plan to leave the state
A survey conducted by the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals finds 68% of newly trained doctors plan to work outside the state afte ...
15 years ago
Rendell suggests new taxes, fees to fill state budget gap
Governor Ed Rendell has kicked off a special legislative session by urging lawmakers to address Pennsylvania’s funding gap. ...
15 years ago