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By: Tom MacDonald The Federal economic stimulus package contains increased funding for food stamps. The Senate version of the bill ...

With the city facing a projected $1 billion budget shortfall, the region’s business community welcomed Mayor Michael Nutter to the ...

By: Tom MacDonald A new report gives high marks to schools managed by for-profit companies in Philadelphia, and much lower grades ...

Study: Most programs were unable to reduce the number of patients admitted to the hospital. A new study designed to help chronical ...

A new mobile field hospital has been unveiled for use in the Philadelphia region. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald reports now there is a need ...

Philadelphia Mayor Nutter gathered budget officials and City Council members at the Municipal Services Building in Center City last night ...

The new play ‘What You Will’ opens at Bristol Riverside Theater today. It’s the first time the theatre has reached out ...

By: Tom MacDonald Some union and civic groups are not pleased with the format for a series of forums on the Philadelphia budget de ...

By: Scott Detrow Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is one of three Republican lawmakers who support the federal stimulus package, ...

Is Delaware’s proposed wind farm losing steam? Bluewater Wind, the company planning to build a wind farm off the Delaware coast, sa ...

By: Scott Detrow Education is one of the few areas that will receive a spending increase in Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’ ...

Cell phones and other wireless communication tools can be disruptive in relationships, and create stress. WHYY’s Behavioral Health ...