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WHYY will have coverage of this story throughout the day. Additional details and a chance to comment on this new twist to the Fumo trial ...

By: Tom MacDonald Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter makes his budget address to City Council this week. Much of the address will ...

An indoor tobacco farm is under construction in Newark, Delaware. Only these plants don’t carry nicotine, and they aren’t mea ...

By: Tom MacDonald The city of Philadelphia announced this week it has removed close to 250 vehicles from the fleet. Those vehicle ...

By: Tom MacDonald Philadelphia’s Mayor says the city is not the impediment to casino construction. The first construction p ...

So far, fund raising efforts to open all of Philadelphia’s pools this summer have fallen short – Mayor Nutter’s Splash ...

By: Scott Detrow A member of the Rendell Administration is voluntarily entering a treatment program two days after an arrest for p ...

A federal jury continues their sixth day of deliberations on Monday in the corruption trial of former state Senator Vincent Fumo. Jurors ...

Mayor Nutter wants to examine the city’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Commonly referred to as the “DROP” program, i ...

Mayor Nutter is not expected to cut funds to libraries when he presents his budget to City Council next week. But some council members wa ...

By: Tom MacDonald A new survey shows the number of foreclosures in Pennsylvania is going up while New Jersey’s rate is dropp ...

Is Congress doing a good job these days? Well, America certaintly thinks so. Dave and Frank discuss the polling numbers on Congressional ...

Federal stimulus money is flowing, and everybody wants to dip their cup in that stream. Arts and culture groups are no different. Their ...

By: Scott Detrow While officials with Pennsylvania’s state-sponsored college savings program say they’ve taken a hit i ...