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Local museums display Realist art
There are big blank spots on the walls of some prominent homes in Philadelphia. Twelve of the 15 American landscape paintings now on view ...
17 years ago
Philadelphia police to get some federal stimulus dollars
Philadelphia will be getting 13-point-five million dollars in stimulus money for police and public safety efforts. The funds resulted fro ...
17 years ago
PA Gov announces more cuts to his proposed budget
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is updating his budget, and proposing more cuts to nearly every executive department’s spending pl ...
17 years ago
Mixed reaction in Harrisburg to Philadelphia's sales tax hike request
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is a frequent visitor to Harrisburg these days, lobbying lawmakers to allow the city to raise the sales ...
17 years ago
Immigrants increasingly the target of hate crimes
Two Pennsylvania teenagers were sentenced to up to 23 months in prison Wednesday in the beating death of an illegal Mexican immigrant las ...
17 years ago
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