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Tom Wolf issues statement supporting Uber bill as ride-share debate looms in 2015

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 (Image via the ad sent out by the Pennsylvania Republican Party)

New Pa. GOP flier associates Tom Wolf with Gosnell

A new political ad is popping up in Pennsylvania mailboxes, depicting Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf with the notorious abor ...

12 years ago

DRPA watchdog quitting, cites hostile work environment

The Delaware River Port Authority’s independent watchdog is quitting because he claims a hostile work environment has prevented him ...

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Senate passes bill to expand Pa. open-records law

A proposed overhaul of Pennsylvania’s 6-year-old Right-to-Know Law will require state-related universities to make more financial i ...

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Medical marijuana bill heads to Pa. House

A bill to legalize medical marijuana has passed in Pennsylvania’s Senate with overwhelming support and now heads to an uncertain fu ...

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New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia joins 9 cities to provide sanctuary to immigrants in civil disobedience. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly congregations join to harbor undocumented immigrants

A coalition of Philadelphia congregations has pledged to provide “sanctuary” to undocumented immigrants imminently facing dep ...

12 years ago

 Philadelphia City Controller presents a report stating that the city could save money by hiring more people. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Butkovitz says city workers’ overtime is inefficient but mostly legitimate

Overtime paid to Philly city workers is out of hand and unnecessarily costing taxpayers money. That’s the thrust of a new ...

12 years ago

AG refuses to release sexually explicit emails

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office is refusing to release internal, sexually explicit emails that were found on state compu ...

12 years ago

GOP links Wolf to abortion doc convicted of murder

The Pennsylvania Republican Party is attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf over his support for abortion rights and pictu ...

12 years ago

 (Mary Wilson/for WITF)

Pa. Senator Jim Ferlo comes out during press conference on LGBT hate crimes

The tally of openly gay lawmakers in the Pennsylvania General Assembly just went up to three. Outgoing Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-Allegheny ...

12 years ago

DC considers ban on American Indian nicknames

The D.C. Council will consider banning racially based nicknames for public schools in the nation’s capital. Democratic Counc ...

12 years ago

 Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, left, and Democrat Tom Wolf shake hands at the end of a gubernatorial debate hosted by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Sept. 22 in Hershey. The tow will meet again Wednesday for the second of three planned debates.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Corbett shows spunk in debate, perhaps too late

The stakes were high for Republican Governor Tom Corbett going into his first debate with Tom Wolf, his Democratic challenger. An ...

12 years ago

 This image from NBC10 video shows Bethany Children's home in Womelsdorf, Pa., one of four shelters where unaccompanied Central American children are being housed. (NBC10 video)

Muted controversy follows unaccompanied minors to Pennsylvania

While they’re no longer the top story on CNN, the federal government is still processing large numbers of Central American children ...

12 years ago

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 Officials try to break up a scuffle between the Washington and Philadelphia players during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Can’t shake an addiction to something bad — the NFL

I have got to stop watching football. I can’t stop watching football. I mean, really … How can I continue to su ...

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Tracing shift from everyday American to jihadis

A college dropout from Florida. A nurse’s aide from Denver. The owner of a pizza-and-wings joint from upstate New Yor ...

12 years ago

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