Politics & Policy
Philly region Republicans weigh in on severance tax, budget deadlock
Sweating under the mid-day sun, nine Republican lawmakers from southeast Pennsylvania took Gov. Tom Wolf to task on the steps of Montgome ...
11 years ago
Small planet, big-time visitor — connecting Pluto and the pontiff
Pope Francis will soon be flying to Philadelphia. And just last week, the questioning spirit of science did a flyby of Pluto. Our ...
11 years ago
ListenUS proposing rules for streams near coal mines
The Obama administration is proposing new regulations Thursday designed to reduce the impact of coal mining on the nation’s streams ...
11 years ago
Judge rejects government argument in No Fly List lawsuit
A federal judge has rejected the U.S. government’s effort to invoke its state-secrets privilege to quash a lawsuit challenging the ...
11 years ago
Obama to announce high-speed Internet help for homes
President Barack Obama set a goal of bringing high-speed Internet to most schools by 2017. And on Wednesday, he’s going to O ...
11 years ago
On the campaign stage, pants are on fire all over the place
Once upon a time, there was a president. On this president’s watch, the American economy added nearly 8 million jobs. ...
11 years ago
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New Jersey catching glimpses of post-Christie era
Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential bid comes as he enters the final years of his second term as governor, and is accompanied by spe ...
11 years ago
Obama administration announces new housing segregation rules
President Barack Obama’s chief of urban housing policy has announced new nationwide rules aimed at fulfilling the 1968 Fair Housing ...
11 years ago
When tempted to equate business and government, remember the Maine (experience)
Up in Maine, they have a governor who’s been able to pull off a rare feat. Paul LePage has united the usually quarrelsome Re ...
11 years ago
Cuba confirms defection of two baseball players during US trip
Cuba is confirming that two baseball players have defected while in the United States for a series of friendly games against U.S. collegi ...
11 years ago
Bond granted for release of doctor linked to Sen. Menendez
A federal judge has approved bond to allow the release of a Florida doctor charged with corruption alongside New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez ...
11 years ago
‘Rogue’ clerk’s Pa. legal woes over same-sex marriage licenses coming to an end
Montgomery County clerk Bruce Hanes said he felt vindicated when the country’s highest court last week legalized same-sex marriage. ...
11 years ago