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Politics & Policy

Is the hunt for the ‘purple squirrel’ stalling job growth?

Have you ever seen a purple squirrel? Probably not. But rest assured it’s better to be than see one. “Purple sq ...

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See how property tax delinquency affects you

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Ravaged by Neglect, Part Two: A broken property tax system where everyone loses, except investors

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How we estimated the economic value and neighborhood impact of tax-delinquent properties in Philadelphia

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Part One: Lax property tax enforcement and brazen deadbeat investors have depressed Philadelphia’s property-tax base by $9.5 billion

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Gun-control group tries to pressure Pa. congressmen with poll numbers

Mandatory background checks for gun buyers seem to be the one thing the public can agree to support.   And supporters ...

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AVI community meetings in March [updated]

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Taxes can be badly done, but they are not theft

Somewhere, Murray Rothbard is smiling. Some of the rest of us are scratching our heads, though. Late last week, the Speaker ...

13 years ago

Area airports scan skies for news of sequester

With the impending onset of the federal sequester, airport officials are scanning the horizon for impacts of budget cuts. Federal ...

13 years ago

Obama’s fiscal cliff tax deal led us into sequestration

I believe President Obama genuinely opposes the sequestration spending cuts now going into effect. I don’t believe the cynics who t ...

13 years ago

Why the proposed immigration amnesty should and will fail

The so-called comprehensive immigration reform proposed by a group of Senators and President Obama amounts to immediate amnesty for milli ...

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State AG’s office seeks OARC lawsuit dismissal

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Roxborough community petitions against proposed Wendy’s at former Bunting House site

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A view of the sequester from Independence Mall

There may be no better place in the Delaware Valley to view the effects of the sequester than from Independence Mall. Sandwiched b ...

13 years ago

Toomey says sequester won’t be that bad

Congress designed the “sequester” — the set of across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect in March — to be s ...

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