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Starting Jan. 1, tax deadbeats need not apply for building permits in Philadelphia. City contractors will be required to prove tha ...

An appeals court has overturned the landmark conviction of Monsignor William Lynn, the first person in the Catholic hierarchy to be convi ...

Philadelphia police officers are making major changes in the way they interrogate suspects and present mugshots. The modifications ...

More than 100 advocates for the homeless gathered in Philadelphia Thursday evening to memorialize people who died on the streets this yea ...

“No vacancy.” Abused women looking for emergency shelter in Philadelphia are hearing that phrase more and more often t ...

The Philadelphia City Council adopted an ambitious plan last week to create a “land bank” as a clearinghouse for thousands of ...

Before this week, Philadelphia airport workers probably had little reason to envy the tiny Washington city of SeaTac. That changed ...

U.S. Judge Steven Rhodes approved Detroit’s bankruptcy filing last week, allowing city worker pensions to legally be slashed even t ...

A Pennsylvania GOP lawmaker has finished the first part of his mission to learn more about the nearly 1.8 million people in the state liv ...

A task force created by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to look at city-owned buildings and leases has completed a ...

Would children’s advocates in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs be better off if they joined forces? The Philly-based ...

The number of residents in the Delaware Valley seeking help from a local nonprofit to feed their families has risen for the fourth straig ...