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Governor Rendell urges lawmakers to pass spending plan early
By: Scott Detrow Three months ahead of Pennsylvania’s budget deadline, Governor Rendell is urging lawmakers to do everything ...
16 years ago
Influence of Annenberg's Foundation may be dwindling
In 2007, Leonore Annenberg received the Philadelphia Award, the city’s highest civic honor. But following the matriarch’s dea ...
16 years ago
Hospitals say they're suffering financially
Pennsylvania’s hospital associations says the governor’s plan to provide health insurance to more people won’t work wit ...
16 years ago
Bombshell in Fumo trial as juror post deliberation updates on Facebook
WHYY will have coverage of this story throughout the day. Additional details and a chance to comment on this new twist to the Fumo trial ...
16 years ago
Budget address looming, Mayor Nutter gives previews of choices
By: Tom MacDonald Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter makes his budget address to City Council this week. Much of the address will ...
16 years ago
Tobacco – the next vaccine factory?
An indoor tobacco farm is under construction in Newark, Delaware. Only these plants don’t carry nicotine, and they aren’t mea ...
16 years ago
City turns to eBay model to sell its used cars
By: Tom MacDonald The city of Philadelphia announced this week it has removed close to 250 vehicles from the fleet. Those vehicle ...
16 years ago
Sugarhouse casino process souring relationship between city, state
By: Tom MacDonald Philadelphia’s Mayor says the city is not the impediment to casino construction. The first construction p ...
16 years ago
Francisville/ Fairmount go on their own to save pool
So far, fund raising efforts to open all of Philadelphia’s pools this summer have fallen short – Mayor Nutter’s Splash ...
16 years ago
PA official cited for drunkenness to take leave for treatment
By: Scott Detrow A member of the Rendell Administration is voluntarily entering a treatment program two days after an arrest for p ...
16 years ago
Fumo trial costing nearly $9000 per day
A federal jury continues their sixth day of deliberations on Monday in the corruption trial of former state Senator Vincent Fumo. Jurors ...
16 years ago
Nutter requests study of controversial city pension program DROP
Mayor Nutter wants to examine the city’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Commonly referred to as the “DROP” program, i ...
16 years ago
Councilman proposes dedicated funding for Philly libraries
Mayor Nutter is not expected to cut funds to libraries when he presents his budget to City Council next week. But some council members wa ...
16 years ago
Foreclosures down in NJ, rising in PA
By: Tom MacDonald A new survey shows the number of foreclosures in Pennsylvania is going up while New Jersey’s rate is dropp ...
16 years ago