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Pension board has savings plan
By: Tom MacDonald
Philadelphia’s Pension Board has voted to do some creative financing in order to help the city balance its
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16 years ago
Students learn about Arab culture
A Philadelphia-based nonprofit group is educating elementary and high school students about Arab culture. Today, they’re bringing a
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16 years ago
Restaurants hope Cupid fills their seats
By: Tom MacDonald
Valentines Day is tomorrow and it’s one of the biggest days of the year for restaurants. WHYY’s Tom
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16 years ago
Penn students stricken by meningitis
Two University of Pennsylvania students are being treated for bacterial meningitis, and dozens more have received pre-emptive treatment.
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16 years ago
Crisis temporarily averted, stimulus restores money to states
By: Scott Detrow
The final version of the federal stimulus restores much of the funding the Senate had cut out, according to Gover
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16 years ago
Nutter hears info from Recreation, Health on budget cut impact
By: Tom MacDonald
City officials are reviewing a wide array of options in their effort to close the budget gap while keeping servi
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16 years ago
Breaking down the stimulus plan
Is the federal stimulus plan making you head hurt? Dave and Frank break it down for us mere mortals, and make it easier to understand. Pl
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16 years ago
Governor Rendell promotes video poker plan
By: Scott Detrow
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell is promoting his plan to permit video poker this week. WHYY’s Scott Detrow re
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16 years ago
Community members build mock budget
The first of four Philadelphia community budget forums attracted around 500 participants last night. They broke into small groups to reac
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16 years ago
New Jersey Supreme Court reviews Governor’s executive privilege in the case of e-mail privacy
By: Mary Fuchs
The New Jersey Supreme Court may decide whether Governor Corzine can invoke executive privilege to keep his emails
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16 years ago
PSE&G asks to charge for $700 Million
By: Mary Fuchs
PSE&G has asked New Jersey power regulators for the right to charge customers for installing 700 million dollar
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16 years ago