Unions Rally Opposition Ahead of Nutter's Budget Speech
More than 15,000 city workers, including firemen, have been working without a contract for four years, and private-sector union workers came out Tuesday to show solidarity.
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More than 15,000 city workers, including firemen, have been working without a contract for four years, and private-sector union workers came out Tuesday to show solidarity.
The lines are clearly drawn on this controversial issue, and a coalition of groups has delivered 60,000 signatures urging Council to, as they put it, "stand with families, not corporate lobbyists."
Kevin DeSanctis, the man who guided Atlantic City's Revel casino-hotel through its tortuous development, only to see it struggle in the cutthroat East Coast gambling market, is stepping down as head of the $2.4 billion resort.
Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett is holding out the prospect of a billion-dollar shot in the arm for schools if the state gets out of the liquor sales business.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is defending his record in the wake of a published report that found he has fared worse than previous mayors in going after tax deadbeats.
"Ethisphere does quite a bit of research and scrutiny on companies for you to be included on this list," SCA vice-president Amy Bellcourt says.
Local, state, and federal emergency responders are among those participating in the drill at the postal service's Philadelphia Mail Processing and Distribution Center, on Lindbergh Blvd. in Southwest Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania state senator Daylin Leach, who represents portions of Montgomery and Delaware counties, has introduced a bill to require label notification.
But it will take time. This is a nine-year, four-phase, $900-million project.
At the PPA's fleet garage in Southwest Philadelphia this morning, CEO Samuel Burlum of North Jersey-based Extreme Energy Solutions pointed to one of the devices they are retrofitting in six PPA vehicles.
The meeting of the CEO Council for Growth attracted ten members of Congress and more than 40 corporate and university heads for a frank and private discussion on how the region can propser with the right moves.
Local jobseekers can get help from a new website.
It's like the Auto Show or the Flower Show, but for scientists!
Dozens of residents filed into the auditorium at Neumann-Goretti High School in South Philadelphia to have some of their AVI questions answered at a public outreach session.
Amid a much less than robust economy over the last few years, the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center in Doylestown has been quietly generating hundreds of millions of dollars for the local economy.
