Another Arson Fire Hits High-Rise Dorm Under Construction at Temple U.
There were five arson fires last month at the site.
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There were five arson fires last month at the site.
After a day-long hearing, a Philadelphia City Council committee hasapproved a bill that forces local businesses to offer workers paid sick leave.
If you've heard stories about people coming to the door asking to take a look at your Peco bills, it may not be a scam.
The idea was first debated in 2011, but died after a veto by Mayor Nutter. Now supporters of earned, paid sick leave are trying again.
The US Labor Department halted new enrollment in January, for the third time in six months, say it is trying to make up for cost overruns two years ago.
A coalition of groups is asking Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter to pressure the School Reform Commission to put a one-year moratorium on the plan to close dozens of schools.
According to estimates, 3. 6 million visitors spend a little over $150 million a year and that goes to support 2100 jobs in the local area.
Philadelphia City Council members are up in arms over the mayor's decision to renew a huge contract for prison health care to a company that was recently forced to pay nearly $2 million to settle the city's fraud claim.
It's budget season in Harrisburg, and there's bad news in the form of revenue collections for the month of February.
The issue was prompted by repeated problems with wayward overflowing dumpsters in Center City alleys, but representatives of condos urged Council members to back off on the requirements.
The Defense Department says military sites in Pennsylvania would be heavily affected by automatic federal spending cuts.
Philadelphia schools superintendent William Hite on Friday put himself in the shoes of schoolkids who would have a much longer walk if their school is permanently closed.
Benefits to the long-term unemployed will be cut by 9.4 percent, beginning next week.
A federal judge upheld a 21-year-old law prohibiting sports betting in all but four states, dealing a setback to New Jersey's attempts to revive its struggling casino industry by grabbing a piece of what has become a multibillion-dollar industry, both legal and illegal.
The state university said Thursday that it will ask the state for $410 million for construction and renovation of academic facilities.
