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Camden libraries saved from budget axe
Come meet some of the characters who rely on the libraries in one of the nation’s poorest cities. Camden New Jersey official ...
16 years ago
Councilman goes after illegal parking lots
Says the city is losing tax revenue and legal businesses are getting undercut. A Philadelphia City Councilman says there is a boom ...
16 years ago
Winner picked in North Philadelphia primary
State Representative Angel Cruz fends off a strong challenge by Jonathan Ramos. Nearly three months after the May Democratic prima ...
16 years ago
High temperatures trigger agency heat alerts
After the heat-related deaths of several men in the Philadelphia region, some advocates are wondering who’s checking-in on resident ...
16 years ago
USDA officials want to ID animals to quickly contain disease
Federal agricultural officials are looking for a better way to identify and track sick livestock. Federal agricultural officials a ...
16 years ago
Rendell pushes for increased transportation funding
Governor Rendell continues to beat the drum for transportation funding, but his statewide media blitz has had little impact on legislator ...
16 years ago
Natural Gas drillers want to “pool” around hold-outs
Drillers say it’s better for the environment. Lawmakers are skeptical it’s good for anything other than the industry’s ...
16 years ago
Philadelphia doesn’t know DROP worst case scenario
City says it would take pension officials two weeks to figure out how many workers could opt into the program and at what cost Jus ...
16 years ago
How much unpaid bail could Philadelphia collect?
The head of the Court of Common Please says it would be at most three percent of the one billion dollars the courts are owed on paper. ...
16 years ago
A lifelong Philly baseball fan says the city should make a pitch to the city’s former American League team to return to Philadelphi ...
16 years ago