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 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 ...

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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 ...

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Politicos eye broader effect of anti-Corbett vote

A growing number of polls indicating that Gov. Tom Corbett is headed toward a significant election-day loss are shifting the political co ...

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Pa. AG ponders release of emails after judge rules

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office is considering whether to release a set of internal emails described as “pornograp ...

11 years ago

Obama’s non-enforcement of immigration law and its consequences

I was walking past city hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts recently. I looked up and saw this inscription just above the main entrance at 7 ...

11 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania

Why does Pa. have so many local governments?

Seeking a better understanding of Pennsylvania’s issues and proposed solutions? S ...

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Is Philly too quick hitting delete key on employee emails?

Emails have shone a light on some of our public institutions’ darkest recesses. Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vince Fumo ta ...

11 years ago

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Economic Development
Explainers
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State lawmakers face hurdles to expanding economic development program for cities

State legislators have been pushing to increase the number of CRIZ designations, but financial and political factors could keep these str ...

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Pelosi, Christie to attend ribbon-cutting ceremony at prisoner re-entry center

Drug addiction is drawing Gov. Chris Christie, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and former Govs. Jim McGreevey and Tom Kean together. ...

11 years ago

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Tony Auth: An appreciation

What I’ll miss most – and there is so much that I’ll miss about Tony Auth – is the joy. The buoyant joy th ...

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Change in Pa. laws sought after woman gets jail term for giving daughter ‘abortion pills’

A Montgomery County lawmaker wants to see Pennsylvania reform its abortion laws. State Sen. Daylin Leach said Wednesday that abort ...

11 years ago

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Voting machine challenge goes before Pa. Supreme Court

Pennsylvanians who dislike the electronic voting machines used in much of the state had their day in court on Wednesday.   ...

11 years ago

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Six policies that help Philadelphians stay in their homes

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Philly education advocates, kids press for more Pa. school funding

As Philadelphia students returned to school, children’s advocates rebuked Gov. Tom Corbett for not spending more on education. ...

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