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Lower Merion schools fight in court to raise property taxes
In Pennsylvania, school boards have tremendous power to tax and spend, designated by state law. In August, Montgomery County ...
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ListenLawyers wrangle over pertinence of 13 sex assault claims to Cosby case [updated]
Should the accounts of more than a dozen women who say Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them have a role in his criminal trial? Prose ...
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Attorneys tussle as judge considers allowing Cosby accusers to testify at June trial [updated]
A Montgomery County judge will continue hearing arguments Wednesday on whether 13 women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual as ...
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Listen13 other accusers could join in testimony against Cosby at June sex assault trial
On Tuesday, a Montgomery County judge will hear arguments on whether 13 women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assaults dat ...
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Texas judge frees hundreds of detained immigrants, bolstering Pa. case for closing Berks center
In the last week, at least 470 women and children have been released from two immigrant detention centers in Texas, on the heels of a sta ...
9 years ago
Upper Merion district considers privatizing school bus service
School bus drivers in Upper Merion are hoping a ...
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Judge considers validity of 14 stray ballots in 156th District
A neck-and-neck state House race in Chester County may have exposed a gray area in Pennsylvania’s election law — leaving 14 provi ...
9 years ago
ListenFunding deal preserves 240-acre Delaware County tract from development
Quaker leaders lived there. Landscape painter Andrew Wyeth captured local scenery. George Washington’s men marched through during t ...
9 years ago
New sites, lawsuits and legislation: Update on water contamination in Philly suburbs
Three hundred more private wells in Bucks County will undergo testing for hazardous perfluorinated chemicals known as PFCs. Three lawsuit ...
9 years ago
Christie reverses position, will keep Pa.-N.J. reciprocal tax agreement [updated]
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reversed his decision to end a long-standing tax agreement with Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Nearly thr ...
9 years ago
ListenUncertainty over LGBT rights under Trump administration spurs ID document changes
Birth certificates, U.S. passports, Social Security cards — these are just some of the official documents on which a trans person’ ...
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Fight continues over construction of mosque in Bensalem
This summer, the Department of Justice filed a religious land-use discrimination suit against Bensalem Township after township officials ...
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