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This week the School Reform Commission will be asked to approve an ambitious plan for the Philadelphia School District. Advocates say Wed ...

If Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield courts stockholders what’s the outlook for policyholders and health care in New Jersey? Ne ...

One of the premiere bike races in the world could be canceled because of a lack of funding. A decision will soon be made, and the scrambl ...

An aging, little used prison facility could be revived under a proposal by the Nutter Administration to help relieve prison overcrowding. ...

Twenty years after Congress demanded it, the Environmental Protection Agency is set to release regulations on mercury emissions from ceme ...

A shift of the proposed Foxwoods Casino to the former Strawbridges department store in Center City will be considered by the Planning Com ...

Governor Rendell is making headlines with a renewed push for a federal ban on assault weapons. But a man expected to be the stiffest comp ...

It’s not September, but twenty one Philadelphia residents have started school this week. City officials welcomed the first class at ...

Philadelphia’s Planning Commission is expected to accept the waterfront vision developed by Penn Praxis and the Central Delaware Ad ...

The Civil War Museum of Philadelphia has been homeless since August, and it will continue to be into the indefinite future. A long-planne ...

A measure barring Philadelphia from sharing gaming revenue until its casinos are up and running has cleared a Senate committee. But Gover ...

Pot smokers use April 20th – Four-Twenty Day – to raise awareness about the benefits of cannabis. Thirteen states have ...

The plan would expand health insurance coverage by having state government pay for all health care across the Commonwealth. Advoca ...