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Three Philadelphia schools have been added to the city’s Community Schools Program, a hallmark of Mayor Jim Kenney’s education plan. There are now 20 in Philadelphia.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas were the two top negotiators and both hailed the measure.

The last lantern festival in Franklin Square was in 2019. The large-scale illuminated spectacle returns with an undersea fantasy.

COVID-19 pushed the Philadelphia Flower Show outside the last two years. In 2023 it will return to its traditional indoor setting and start just before spring.

The fire has caused an almost complete shutdown of the Chinatown business area because of closed streets and hoses stretched to douse the flames.

State House Republicans are blocking a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education.

President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the next two fiscal years.

The hearing was punctuated throughout with accounts of the personal attacks faced by state and local officials.

Action News reports that there was a partial collapse at the building.

Negotiations will continue this week between Atlantic City casinos and the union, whose workers have authorized a strike on Fourth of July weekend.

In an effort to encourage young people to participate in city government, Wilmington City Council members move to lower the age for candidates.

The Greater & Greener conference brought close to a thousand park leaders and professionals from six countries to check out Philly’s parks.

Test strips to help drug users identify fentanyl and other potentially deadly chemicals would no longer be classified as illegal paraphernalia under a bill passed unanimously.

Raffensperger, along with his deputy Gabe Sterling and Arizona’s Rusty Bowers, are scheduled to be the key witnesses.