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This year, the state Agriculture Department issued 324 growing permits, compared to 37 issued just for research last year.

The stars of “Royal Geek” are setting an example for their classmates.

More and more school districts are adding propane buses to their fleets and switching from diesel. They cite financial and environmental benefits.

The local site had been around since 2012.

"It’s a Monday," said a transit authority spokesperson.

Local school districts have also filed federal complaints against the e-cig giant.

This week: auditing Philadelphia City Council's effectiveness, the declining rate of childhood obesity in NJ, and extending the statute of limitations on clergy sexual abuse.

The head of this city’s largest organization for Black-owned businesses believes African-American owned companies are doing better than previously reported.

In her office at Boulder High School, the assistant principal has a large cardboard box where she can toss the spoils of her ongoing battle with the newest student addiction.

New Jersey officials announced a commercial travel ban Sunday evening ahead of a storm that is likely to drop several inches of snow and some ice across inland New Jersey.

State transportation officials in Pennsylvania have announced travel restrictions with wintry weather bearing down on the commonwealth.

This is the third year farms have fewer trees to sell because they planted fewer during the recession. Ten and 12-foot trees are the most scarce.

Officials say a clown sign that has smiled on motorists at a now-demolished New Jersey drive-in for two-thirds of a century will be preserved.

Eleven people were shot in New Orleans' French Quarter early Sunday morning, according to police.

Elsie McGrath is an unlikely renegade. For much of her life, the 81-year-old tried to avoid confrontation and follow the rules.