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Dance exchange program brings more exposure to Philly scene
This year, local nonprofit Philadelphia Dance Projects has created a pilot performance series for bringing dancers from across the countr ...
16 years ago
Efforts to put Philadelphia in the "Green Belt"
The manufacturing jobs that once kept Philadelphia’s economy up and unemployment down, may soon be replaced with green jobs. At an ...
16 years ago
City delays again fix to property assessment system
In Philadelphia there are two factors that determine how much tax people pay on their home: the dollar value assessed by the Board of Rev ...
16 years ago
City Council holds private budget meeting
Philadelphia’s City Council held a private meeting this week to discuss public budget hearings. Legal experts are now asking whethe ...
16 years ago
President Obama takes an active roll in trying to improve the economy this week, and What Are We Thinking? takes an active interest in hi ...
16 years ago
Protestors urge insurance agreement
Temple doctors and Keystone Mercy health insurance continue to work on a contract A dozen members of the advocacy group ACORN prot ...
16 years ago
Council not keen on shrinking itself
Philadelphia City Council members are not happy with a suggestion to shrink their legislative body to cut costs. The city’s politic ...
16 years ago
Employee Free Choice Act pushed in Philly rally
By: Tom MacDonald Organized labor’s effort to change the 1935 National Labor Relations Act has sparked a major struggle betw ...
16 years ago