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Paying for State Police in Southeastern Pennsylvania: Reasonable fee or double taxation?
Some wealthy towns in Southeastern Pennsylvania are balking at a proposed per-person fee for relying solely on the State Police for publi ...
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ListenPa. students protest anti-sanctuary campus bill
On Thursday, college students rallied outside of nine state representative’s offices across Pennsylvania today, calling for them to ...
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To avoid tax hikes, Pa. officials push to withhold housing subsidies from delinquent landlords
State and federal lawmakers in Pennsylvania want to crack down on landlords who receive federal housing subsidies, but short school distr ...
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Chesco unauthorized immigrants told to make a family plan in case of deportation
Latinos living in Pennsylvania’s rural southern Chester County packed a recent community meeting in Kennett Square to discuss their ...
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ListenPhilly group training hundreds to block immigration raids
In the cavernous basement of St. Thomas Aquinas Community Center in South Philly, a mock immigration raid is underway. From one en ...
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ListenSince Nov. 8, deportation for some at Berks immigrant detention facility accelerates
This week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...
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ListenPhiladelphia home to 50,000 unauthorized immigrations, says Pew report
Philadelphia’s population declined steadily in the latter half of the 20th century. New ...
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ListenSheriff who met with President Trump feels he ‘respects’ law enforcement
President Donald Trump recently met with ten sheriffs from across the country to hear their public safety concerns. The first person he t ...
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ListenChester confronts rising homicide rate with initiatives, pleas for cooperation
This year is off to an especially deadly start for the City of Chester, with seven homicides since Jan. 1. Responding to ...
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ListenBucks County advocates heartened by ‘Right to Try’ support from the White House
When Bucks County health club owner Jim Worthington offered to host a campaign rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, it cam ...
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Delco township votes to welcome medical marijuana growers
Wednesday night, Aston Township in Delaware County unanimously passed an ordinance to welcome medical marijuana growers — with some con ...
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Split over transgender bathroom mandate, two Lehigh Valley families reach across divide
One weekday night, 12-year-old Ari Bowman was sitting in a booth at Applebee’s with his friends in the cast of “Extra Ticket, ...
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