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Mayor Nutter says it will be difficult to avoid tax increases
While Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is a longtime critic of the city’s high taxes, he says it is “virtually impossible ...
16 years ago
By: Tom MacDonald Philadelphia officials are satisfied with their response to a test of the city’s Emergency Operations Cent ...
16 years ago
City trying to help would be homeowners
By: Tom MacDonald Philadelphia is expanding a program seeking to help workers employed in the city buy homes. WHYY’s Tom Mac ...
16 years ago
Nearly universal health coverage
What will Americans have to give up to get the health system they want? This week President Obama shared his healthcare-reform ide ...
16 years ago
Tobacco plants as protein factories
A Delaware biotech company is building a tobacco factory. Their product isn’t a cigarette, but rather an injection. A Delawa ...
16 years ago
Advocates protest Eagles owner over money owed to city
By: Tom MacDonald One of the options on the table to balance the budget during the recent budget forums was an outstanding eight m ...
16 years ago
Explainer: Why you can't divide city's billion dollar five-year budget gap by five
It turns out what may seem like a math problem a 5th grader could solve, isn’t as simple as dividing by five. The city’s esti ...
16 years ago
WHYY’s website, including the Health+Science page, utilizes different internet technologies to enable our visitors to access t ...
16 years ago
Health and Science Advisory Committee
Bernard S. Arons, M.D. Director of Medical Affairs / Department of Mental Health, St. Elizabeth ...
16 years ago
More trash talk about PhillyStat budget meeting
Trash was a hot button issue for top city officials at a meeting last night. The Mayor and City Council discussed the citizen feedback th ...
16 years ago
Penn announces plan for green space along Schuylkill
The University of Pennsylvania is building Penn Park, a $40 million green space on what used to be U.S. Postal Service parking lots. It ...
16 years ago