Laura Benshoff
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GOP tax plan calls for levy on endowment-rich universities, colleges
Republicans have criticized the nation’s wealthiest universities for accruing billions of dollars while avoiding most taxes due to their nonprofit status.
8 years ago
Airbnb rental leads to squabble, new regulations in Bucks County
Zoning laws that restrict hotels or boarding houses often don’t apply to short-term rental arrangements. But pending changes in Buckingham Township echo a national trend.
8 years ago
Listen 5:54As U.S. House GOP gets ready to talk taxes, Pa. Dems lobby to keep local deductions
Getting rid of the state and local tax deduction known as SALT would be "a tax increase on the middle class, pure and simple," said Gov. Tom Wolf.
8 years ago
For some immigrant kids, claiming asylum leads to indefinite detention in Pennsylvania
If immigrants claim they’re afraid to return to their home countries, federal detention facilities can hold them, at times indefinitely, while authorities decide their cases.
8 years ago
Listen 17:59Toomey assures Pa. businesses, officials that GOP will prevail on tax overhaul
Over coffee and fruit salad in a conference room in Pottstown, Toomey reassured the Republicans in the room that the party can deliver.
8 years ago
Coatesville parents, students confront school officials over response to racist incidents
School district officials in Coatesville held a special meeting where they got an earful from students and parents about recent racist events that rocked the high school.
8 years ago
On brink of deadline, several Philly suburbs develop Amazon fever
Bensalem and Bristol Township — both in Bucks County — and Delaware County join the long line of suitors for Amazon second headquarters.
8 years ago
After almost a year’s sanctuary in Philly church, immigrant opens door on new life
Facing deportation, Javier Flores found refuge in Philly's Arch Street United Methodist Church. Now he has a visa, and he's ready to take up life with his two young sons.
8 years ago
Listen 0:00At Delco ‘Safe Schools’ event, lessons from Sandy Hook shooting
A woman who lost her daughter in the Connecticut elementary school massacre still steels herself to tell the story. She does so to help others prepare for the next tragedy.
8 years ago
After ICE arrests her husband, Philly woman wonders why she was left behind
In the early morning hours of May 11, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents waited outside Juana's home in North Philadelphia.
8 years ago
Why health care providers are pressing Trump to keep DACA
As the Trump administration moves to end DACA, health care providers rally behind the roughly 20,000 recipients they say fill important needs in the medical industry.
8 years ago
Listen 0:00Paul Ryan brings tidings of tax change to Delaware County factory workers
Employees of Penn Machine pressed the speaker for more details on how the framework would improve their lives.
8 years ago
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