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By: Peter Crimmins Pennsylvania ranks above the national average when it comes to teaching english as a second language in public ...

By: Brenda Jorett WHYY’s Brenda Jorett talks to Inquirer columnist Jim Salisbury who has been covering the 50-game suspensio ...

By: Kyle Schmoyer Newcastle police report after seeing more than 40 robberies last year, there have been four mor ...

By: Tom MacDonald The city of Philadelphia has three new red light cameras that are up and running. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald rep ...

By: Peter Crimmins Beginning Monday SEPTA will offer a designated quiet car on the R5 rail line. Riders are discouraged from using ...

Philadelphia’s government watchdog agency supports the mayor’s authority to close 11 libraries despite a recent court ruling. ...

By: Tom MacDonald With the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama on the horizon, a stimulus program won’t be far behi ...

By: Tom MacDonald A program that brought discount fuel oil to thousands is becoming a victim of the difficult financial times. WHY ...

By: Tom MacDonald The Nutter administration lost its effort in court to defend closure of 11 city library branches. Now the Mayor ...

By: Tom MacDonald The Nutter administration has made a proposal to the Police and Firefighters unions as part of the arbitration p ...

Leaders of cultural organizations in Philadelphia are concerned about how the city will make future appropriations. The Philadlephia Orch ...

Several Philadelphia area judges are making news for a recent string of unrelated legal actions and accusations lodged against them. On M ...

By: Peter Crimmins While Governor Rendell will push for a tougher sentencing law for repeat violent offenders, Northeast Philadelp ...