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Philly legal aid group urging colleges to stop asking applicants about criminal record
Community Legal Services, one of Philadelphia’s largest legal assistance organizations, is pushing area colleges and universities t ...
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On ‘Radio Times’: Young immigrants who are used to DACA may face a difficult change
President Trump is expected to announce a decision on whether or not he will continue the five-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arr ...
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Bensalem targets Big Pharma with suit to recover millions it’s spent dealing with opioid crisis
Bensalem is poised to become the first local government in Pennsylvania to sue pharmaceutical companies in an effort to recover ...
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Normally, the loudest noise you might hear on Ryan Pownall’s sleepy Northeast Philadelphia block is the occasional roar of a lawnmower. ...
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Trump’s craven Joe Apraio pardon, translated
On Friday night Trump pardoned Joe Apraio, the racist Arizona sheriff whose “pervasive culture of disriminatory bias against Latino ...
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Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants
After months of delays, President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of young immigrants who were brought into the count ...
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What will the House do? It’s Pennsylvania’s $2B question
The question of what Pennsylvania’s House Republican majority will do about a $2.2 billion hole in the state budget is sending ripp ...
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New Pa. DUI law increases penalties on first-time offenders
A new Pennsylvania law going into effect Friday aims to cut down on drunken driving by requiring first-time offenders to have Breathalyze ...
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Christie signs bill to regulate, tax daily fantasy sports
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie has signed into law a measure to regulate and tax daily fantasy sports. The law imposes ...
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First Person: U.S. Senator Chris Coons
From the President’s new plan on Afghanistan to his latest address to the nation, Coons shares his thoughts on the President and hi ...
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Philly mural artists seek employment after spending time in custody
Some ex-offenders and men and women on work release are teaming up to paint a mural in Philadelphia’s Feltonville neighborhood. &nb ...
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After immigration judge frees kids from 22-month detention, ICE fights to bring them back
On a video-conferencing screen at an immigration court in York County Prison, a 4-year-old boy appears, sitting in a white plastic chair ...
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Immigration crackdown reaches deep into New Jersey communities
New data reveals that more than 90 percent of the state’s municipalities have cases pending in immigration court, the fifth-largest cas ...
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Allentown council amplifies efforts to oust indicted mayor
The city council in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is taking additional steps to remove its indicted mayor from office. Federal authorit ...
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‘Millionaire’s tax’ likely to pass, if Dems hold Legislature and win gov’s race
Political analysts believe it’s likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy’s proposed tax increases will be approved ...
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