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Bracing for Delaware’s sea level rise
Delaware’s environment secretary has called for a new planning policy that takes into account sea level rise from global climate ch ...
16 years ago
Pa. & N.J. await passage of Medicaid funding
The same federal funding that Pennsylvania says it needs to balance its budget is also needed for the same thing in New Jersey. Unl ...
16 years ago
On Tuesday Mayor Michael Nutter called for an end to the DROP retirement incentive program. The program costs the city more than $20 mil ...
16 years ago
A 24-year old summer science camp for kids is drawing thousands of children across the Delaware Valley indoors. ...
16 years ago
Prison officials killed in 1973 honored
Two heroes from Philadelphia’s prisons who were killed more than a quarter century ago got a fitting memorial today at the scene of ...
16 years ago
Juvenile lifers could get a 2nd chance
Pennsylvania has more juvenile lifers than any other state. The term refers to convicts serving life without parole for crimes committed ...
16 years ago
A city-wide show and tell is being planned for Philadelphia. For ten years, First Person Arts has encouraged people to stand in front of ...
16 years ago
Animals are frequently used as our surrogates in medical research. Rarely do the animals themselves benefit from any of this experimentat ...
16 years ago
Election redo in Delaware City
Delaware City council seat is back up for grabs after possible violations of voter’s rights during an April election. A cour ...
16 years ago
Helping foster kids aging out of the system
Agreement between state agencies designed to provide assistance to teens moving out of their foster homes. As part of an ongoing e ...
16 years ago
N.J. poll: Voters back state budget cuts
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s campaign to reduce state spending is exactly what many voters – say – they want. A ...
16 years ago
Fed funds for Pennsylvania clears key U.S. Senate vote
Congressional action has saved Pennsylvania from some draconian budget cuts. A bill providing about 600 million dollars in federal assist ...
16 years ago
A University of Delaware student will travel to Haiti this year to survey how the health care system there responded to the devastating e ...
16 years ago