Politics & Policy
Philly taxes could figure in paying some Democratic Convention costs
Philadelphia taxpayers will kick in money if the city wins its bid to host the 2016 Democrati ...
12 years ago
ListenPhilippine officials work to help sailors stranded on Delaware River
Philippine authorities are working to get shore leave for 17 Filipino seafarers whose ship has been stranded for months in Philadelphia d ...
12 years ago
A funny thing happened on the way to the Pa. debate …
The first gubernatorial debate may not be for another month, but Pennsylvania’s candidates for governor will both be trying their h ...
12 years ago
Overheated argument gets in way of good change in Philly drug law
Hey, some Philadelphia elected officials are squabbling. Yes, I know, and the sun also rose this morning. But when bad blood gets in the ...
12 years ago
ListenObama set to begin two-week summer vacation
President Barack Obama is opening a two-week summer vacation in Martha’s Vineyard just as the U.S. is engaged in airstrikes against ...
12 years ago
Long agenda awaits Pa. legislators at session’s end
The fate of hundreds of legislative proposals hangs in the balance when the Pennsylvania Legislature returns from its summer break next m ...
12 years ago
Chamber dinner may include 1st Corbett-Wolf debate
A Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry dinner in Hershey next month is shaping up as the likely venue for the first debate betwe ...
12 years ago
Tom Wolf tours Philly window factory, punches back at Corbett over pensions
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf toured a Philadelphia door and window factory today in his campaign to unseat Republican Go ...
12 years ago
ListenClinton leads Christie in N.J. presidential preference poll
Results of a new poll released Wednesday show New Jersey voters may not back Gov. Chris Christie for president in 2016. While the ...
12 years ago
US judge to review bail granted to Philly officers
A federal judge will reconsider the bail granted to four Philadelphia police officers charged in a violent robbery scheme. Prosecu ...
12 years ago
Why are attack ads flying in the Pa. governor’s race so early?
Political campaigns typically get going in earnest after Labor Day, but you wouldn’t know it if you watch television in the Philade ...
12 years ago
ListenPa. seed library plan dies on vine
A central Pennsylvania library’s plan to start a seed library has died on the vine after the state Department of Agriculture put a ...
12 years ago
House OKs bill to address border crisis
House Republicans passed legislation late Friday to address the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border by sending migrant youths back home with ...
12 years ago