Politics & Policy
Presbyterians to divest as protest against Israeli treatment of Palestinians
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has narrowly voted to divest from three companies in protest over Israeli treatment of Palestinians.
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Pa. veterans say VA problems are nothing new
The hot topic among the 300 people attending Pennsylvania’s Veterans of Foreign Wars convention was the falsification of appointmen
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Philadelphia gets $5 million federal grant to assist juvenile offenders
Philadelphia has received a $5 million federal grant to support reintegration and employment services for ex-offenders.
The region
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HHS takes Va. child-immigrant plan ‘off the table’
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it is abandoning a plan to temporarily house hundreds of Central American children
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Immigrant detainee who led hunger strike in Pa. released
A Norristown, Pennsylvania, man who went on a 19-day hunger strike earlier this year to protest his prolonged immigration detention has b
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Obama administration to open family detention at US border
The Obama administration is opening new detention facilities to house immigrant families caught crossing the border together illegally. T
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Corbett nets nine insurers for Medicaid alternative
Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration says it is getting strong interest from insurers in the Republican’s plan to cover hundreds
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10 years ago
Corbett raised $1.4M, spent $3M, around primary
Gov. Tom Corbett’s re-election campaign spent money twice as fast as it came in during the weeks surrounding Pennsylvania’s p
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10 years ago
Talking about urban gateways, and how to groom and use them
On Netflix, orange is the new black. Along the Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Expressway, orange is the new “what the
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10 years ago
Justices reject appeal over graduations in church
The Supreme Court has left in place a court decision that said public high school graduations in a church adorned with religious symbols
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Fire on the fringes creates a tough climate for compromise
Eric Cantor strikes most people as an exemplar of conservative attitudes. Yet voters in his Virginia congressional district just booted h
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10 years ago
ListenLawmakers fume over lost emails in IRS tea party probe
Congressional investigators are fuming over revelations that the Internal Revenue Service has lost a trove of emails to and from a centra
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135 children expected at ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ facility in Oklahoma
Federal officials say 135 children who were detained while trying to enter the U.S. illegally are expected at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, this w
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No shortage of suggestions for Corbett from fellow GOP
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is trailing badly in the polls and running out of time to balance the state budget.
So it’s no
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Obama: Much more needed to help Native Americans
President Barack Obama says the relationship between the U.S. government and tribal nations is stronger today than ever. But he says ther
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