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Unions, council vow to fight mayor on budget
By: Tom MacDonald Mayor Michael Nutter has presented his budget to City Council and the public. One union leader isn’t pleas ...
16 years ago
Increased EMS fees, concessions by city workforce key to Nutter budget
By: Tom MacDonald Mayor Nutter has officially presented his budget to Philadelphia City Council. It’s full of service cuts, ...
16 years ago
Council angered over Nutter's call to give up city cars
By: Tom MacDonald The battle lines are already being drawn between members of Philadelphia City Council and Mayor Nutter over the ...
16 years ago
Feds seek Fumo property to make up for fraud
Former state Senator Vincent Fumo is fighting the government’s attempts to have him forfeit more than $4 million. At a hearing toda ...
16 years ago
The new Temple Gallery at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art is open today. It’s the first show since the art school mov ...
16 years ago
Crowded field of candidates striving to replace Abraham
With Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham concluding her final term in office, a crowded field of candidates is vying to replace ...
16 years ago
Environmentalists want regulations for expected increase in natural gas drilling
By: Scott Detrow Pennsylvania officials are banking on a boom in natural gas drilling over the next few years. But environmental a ...
16 years ago
Treating traumatic brain injury
Defense Department officials say they are stepping up their efforts to provide “best-in-class” treatment for traumatic brain ...
16 years ago
Mayor tells Council: We're in bad shape
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter gives his budget address to City Council this morning. The effort to plug the large budget gap includes ...
16 years ago
India, China, Ukraine, and others have become appealing trial sites to pharmaceutical companies. Every drug that gets approved has ...
16 years ago
People in South Jersey who have Aetna health insurance can get a peek into what their doctors are being paid. The insurer hopes it can he ...
16 years ago
Property tax abatement: necessary incentive or giveaway to wealthy?
Philadelphia’s ten-year tax abatement is credited with spurring new developments in the city. But with the city facing a $1 billio ...
16 years ago
Close to 30 percent of Americans say they lose sleep a few night a week because they are stressed by the struggling economy – accor ...
16 years ago