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Climate change spares no region
The federal government’s latest report on climate change describes how each region of the country will be affected by global warmin ...
17 years ago
Program that helps young gun shot victims counting on state funds
While Pennsylvania lawmakers are haggling over how to handle the state’s projected $3.2 billion budget shortfall, supporters of a o ...
17 years ago
N.J. Republicans release their version of a state economic stimulus plan
By Phil Gregory A group of Republican New Jersey lawmakers announced a 12-point economic stimulus plan they say would help the Gar ...
17 years ago
PA lawmakers may be too far apart to meet budget deadline
Now that Governor Rendell has called for a personal income tax increase, Democrats and Republicans are further apart than ever on budget ...
17 years ago
PA governor commutes sentence for convicted murderer
Governor Ed Rendell has commuted the life sentence of a man convicted of 2nd degree murder. The pardon is only the second commutation gra ...
17 years ago
N.J. colleges may have to limit tuition hikes to get federal stimulus dollars
By Phil Gregory If New Jersey’s public four-year colleges want their share of $32 million worth of federal stimulus money, t ...
17 years ago
Teachers in Philadelphia told to ignore any pressure to pass unqualifed students
Philadelphia schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman says her administration is not pushing teachers to pass unqualified students. SheR ...
17 years ago
PA Gov says income tax hike needed to plug bigger than expected shortfall
Reaction to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s call for an income tax hike is falling along strict party lines. The two sides appea ...
17 years ago
Medical device company indicted
The United States attorney today charged a West Chester-based medical products company for illegally conducting human experiments. ...
17 years ago
Pushing coal plants to capture and store CO2
Pennsylvania lawmakers are debating a plan to reduce the carbon dioxide spewed from coal-fired power plants. A Pennsylvania House ...
17 years ago