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 Tom Knox is shown at a 2007 debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/George Widman, file)

Tom Knox weighs in on Philly mayor’s race, instead of jumping into it

Millionaire Tom Knox may be endorsing Democratic state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams for Philadelphia mayor next year, but that doesn’ ...

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Corbett pushing ahead with health plan

Though Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett leaves office in just five weeks, he’s not giving up on his alternative to expanding Medicaid ...

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Two millennials running for Philly City Council

Two Philadelphia millennials are running as Democrats for at-large City Council seats. Isaiah Thomas, a 30-year-old adjunct profes ...

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With one episode left, will ‘Serial’ land well, or crash and burn?

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My Senate testimony on Obama immigration executive order

Testimony of Jan C. Ting Professor of Law, T ...

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Pa., NJ rated corrupt by journalists in Harvard study

A recent survey from Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics ranks Pennsylvania and New Jersey among the most corrupt states, while Delaw ...

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 Terry Mutchler discusses politics and keeping her lesbian relationship secret in her new memoir,

In new memoir, PA Open Records chief talks about keeping her lesbian relationship secret

Terry Mutchler served as Pennsylvania’s first executive director of the Office of Open Records, but she knows how to keep a secret. ...

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College students who explore Philly are more likely to stay. Could free* transit help?

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Block that will host new cop shop, morgue and ME office gets zoning go-ahead

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 Minister Rodney Muhammad pictured here during the 'Justice for Trayvon' rally, Saturday July 20, 2013, outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. (Joseph Kaczmarek/AP Photo)

Philly NAACP elects new North Philly Nation of Islam leader president

The Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP has elected a new president. Minister Rodney Muhammad has led North Philadelphia’s Mos ...

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Committee approves plan to restructure local government amid pleas for more time

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Planning Commission opposes bid to limit home occupations, supports waiving fees for daycares

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The partisan view of ‘principle’ is a principal cause of the mess we’re in

When it comes to politics, Americans increasingly brook no compromise. According to a recent ...

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Hearing scheduled on consolidation of planning and development agencies

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Bill permitting new Center City hotel on hold until next year

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