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Appropriations weighs PA senate budget
By: Scott Gilbert The measure calls for nearly one-point-seven billion dollars less in spending than Governor Rendell’s blue ...
17 years ago
NJ passes new procedure for hiring supers
By: Phil Gregory The measure comes after some large payouts caused controversy, including more than seven hundred thousand dollars ...
17 years ago
Sustainable food advocates serve up ideas
City representatives are swapping ideas with Milwaukee and London about farming inside city limits. Food activists from across the ...
17 years ago
NJ reps renew talk on escapee controversy
By: Phil Gregory New Jersey lawmakers and police officials are urging the U-S government not to resume normal diplomatic relations ...
17 years ago
City budget now needs state approval
If legislators do not approve the sales tax hike, or some of the pension re-financing plans, the city would be facing drastic service cut ...
17 years ago
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, is preparing to spend two federal stimulus grants of almost $130 millio ...
17 years ago
The compromise worked out between Council and the Mayor is designed to plug a projected budget gap of more than $1 billion dollars over f ...
17 years ago
Winning city-wide mural unveiled
The people have spoken, and they have elected a mural to represent them. After months of community discussions all over Philadelphia, two ...
17 years ago
Friends of Barnes still trying to stop move
The Friends of the Barnes Foundation are the kind of friends who will go to some lengths to keep their friend from moving away. The advoc ...
17 years ago
Williams would be first African-American D.A.
The likelihood that Philadelphia will have its first African American District Attorney increased when Seth Williams won the Democratic p ...
17 years ago