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SEPTA uses stimulus money to renovate
The Philadelphia region’s mass transit authority is using $25,000,000 dollars in stimulus money for renovations to two city subway ...
17 years ago
Historic papers document life in slavery
Researchers at a historic house in Germantown have been sorting through 200-thousand original documents from one of Philadelphia’s ...
17 years ago
PECO Energy invests in flourescent lights
PECO Energy is betting big on compact fluorescent light bulbs. A law signed by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell in October requires the u ...
17 years ago
Sestak faces concern with "public option"
Joe Sestak faced a friendly crowd in Philadelphia. But there was concern when it came to the"public option" in healthcare. ...
17 years ago
County leaders frustrated by budget delay
Pennsylvania’s county leaders are expressing their frustration with the state’s budget impasse and its mounting financial and ...
17 years ago
Federal prosecutors file Fumo appeal
Federal prosecutors have filed an appeal of former state Senator Vince Fumo’s 4 1/2 year sentence. The Solicitor General still need ...
17 years ago
Table games may be part of budget
Supporters of an effort to bring table games to Pennsylvania casinos say the measure will likely end up as part of the budget process. ...
17 years ago
IBC narrows its plan choices for Medicare recipients
Independence Blue Cross won’t offer two popular Medicare Advantage plans The regions largest health insurer is discontinuing ...
17 years ago
The health care reform proposals being considered by Congress have revived an old fight among pharmaceutical companies. Drug compa ...
17 years ago
Bioscience leaders meet in Newark
The Greater Philadelphia area, including Delaware, is one of the most robust bioscience communities in the nation. But there’s always r ...
17 years ago