Sale of University City High School To Drexel U. is Completed
Drexel paid $25 million for the school building, which the district closed last June.
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Drexel paid $25 million for the school building, which the district closed last June.
Protecting the Jersey shore from the next superstorm is one goal of a $100-million grant program announced today by Sally Jewell, secretrary of the US Department of the Interior.
The coffee chain is partnering with Arizona State University to make an undergraduate degree available at a steep discount to 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week.
The money comes from a group called the Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia -- from businesses who get Pennsylvania corporate tax credits for contributing.
While Philadelphia wasn't included in the study, the report found that food carts fared as well or better than restaurants in all seven cities.
Philadelphia is hosting the 2014 Library Management Institute Summer Conference.
KYW Newsradio social media editor Melony Roy reports daily on what's trending around the region and the world.
Nutter twice, in 2011 and 2013, sided with the business community by vetoing measures that would have required local companies to offer workers paid sick leave.
The report, by the Policy Lab at Children's Hospital, says 17 percent of Philadelphia school students have been involved with DHS or the juvenile justice system, and 20 percent of those in high schools.
The mayor has no direct role in the labor dispute, but he says his people are monitoring developments.
One rider says she's very concerned that a walkout will shut down the rails, leaving her with very little in the way of options to get to work.
Philadelphia's overall employee satisfaction rating was 3.2 out of 5, putting it in the bottom half of the list.
A survey by The Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association finds that one-third of job applicants are eliminated by mandatory drug tests, either because they refuse to take them or fail to pass them.
Veterans and their friends came to find out what's available.
The nonprofit self-help organization started small but has grown into a movement, with 44 programs in 22 states.
