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A Philadelphia City Councilman is looking to tax some tobacco products to help the city work its way out of a $150-million hole in its bu ...

A federal appeals court is considering whether or not those taken into custody for a minor offense should be subject to a strip search. ...

Students’ health insurance at the University of Pennsylvania will include an unusual benefit starting this Fall – sex change ...

Opposing parties in Temple’s nursing strike will return to the negotiation table tomorrow afternoon. Opposing parties in T ...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder received a warm welcome in Philadelphia Thursday. Holder spoke to top police brass from across the cou ...

New Castle County has struck a deal with one of three unions holding out for restoration of pay rollbacks. County Executive Chris Coons ...

Anti-poverty advocates hope they can change the Governor’s mind. Programs that help low income residents in New Jersey are ...

Philadelphia City Council has mitigated Mayor Nutter’s edict that salaries for members of the Board of Revision of Taxes be reduced ...

Health experts say: Flu viruses are hard to predict. A year after most of us started hearing about the H1N1 virus; health official ...

At Dobbins High School on April 14, a top public safety official urged students, who are studying the hospitality industry, not to partic ...

The Dad Vail has been a fixture in Philadelphia since 1953, but financial issues threatened to take the race to New Jersey. Now the race ...

The Philadelphia Parking Authority is hated for how efficiently its employees issue tickets. Now a city Councilman thinks he may have ano ...

The move by casino mogul Steve Wynn to pull out of the Foxwoods project in Philadelphia has prompted a State Senator to propose legislati ...