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Non-profits could drain their reserves
A new statewide study claims the impact of the Pennsylvania budget impasse goes beyond the nonprofit agencies waiting for funding. ...
16 years ago
Phila. Schools will begin with nearly full staff
In the past, many Philadelphia public school students started the school year without a permanent teacher in place on the first day. ...
16 years ago
NJ Insurers to pay maternity benefits
By: Phil Gregory A new law in New Jersey requires health insurance companies operating in the Garden State to pay maternity benefi ...
16 years ago
Christie loan issue may linger or fade
There is some disagreement on how long that issue will continue to attract the attention of the candidates, or voters. By: ...
16 years ago
Daggett may draw from Corzine or Christie
By: Phil Gregory While recent polls show no more than 10 percent of New Jersey voters backing independent candidate Chris Daggett ...
16 years ago
Free library displays local folk art
The Free Library in Philadelphia has been busy making digital scans of their collection of fraktur, a unique Pennsylvania-Dutch form of f ...
16 years ago
Council won’t take vote on budget plan C
Philadelphia City Council will not vote on Mayor Michael Nutter’s so-called “doomsday” budget. Council President A ...
16 years ago
President’s house has new design
Preliminary work has already begun for a memorial structure erected on the site of the first President’s House on Independence Mall ...
16 years ago
Recent signs of life for shipping are carrying optimism to Philadelphia’s port. Like most other industries, the global shipp ...
16 years ago
First-stop docs could get a pay raise
Specialists don’t want to sacrifice pay to primary care docs Despite bitter disputes over the best ways to overhaul the heal ...
16 years ago
Facing back to school concerns
Many families and kids dread the end of summer and going back-to-school, and don’t like to think about it until Labor Day. P ...
16 years ago