Perhaps Signaling Unions, Philadelphia Gives Some Nonunion Workers 2.5% Hikes
The mayor's aides deny the move is meant to ratchet up pressure on the two municipal unions that have been without a contract since 2009.
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The mayor's aides deny the move is meant to ratchet up pressure on the two municipal unions that have been without a contract since 2009.
"The turnpike, quite frankly, isn't going to survive if this continues," Pennsylvania auditor general Jack Wagner told legislators.
The School District of Philadelphia has launched a series of public meetings as it explores permanently closing dozens of school buildings.
Tourism officials are touting some special -- and possibly spooky -- events coming up next month in Old City.
Our calendar shows we're in the midst of Fashion Week, which followed on the heels of the Live Arts and Philly Fringe festivals and precedes the Philadelphia design festival and the film festival.
"Debt protection" is an insurance offered by some credit card companies. If, for example, you lose your job or have a health problem and can't make your minimum payment, they'll cover it -- for a fee.
Keeping or finding a job in this economy is a challenge, but one Georgetown professor says the quest for that perfect job does not start with passion.
Facebook is looking at using details to place targeted ads for other companies - not on its smartphone apps, but on others, and on mobile web.
Kevin Keppel, executive director, says the aquarium has a long-term plan to expand its penguin exhibit.
The new laws give beer makers some of the same privileges enjoyed by wineries in the state.
At an Apple store on Walnut Street in center city Philadelphia, those waiting in line got a number and waited for hours.
The agency -- which already operates the New York area's three major airports plus bridges and tunnels and the World Trade Center -- will look into environmental, financial, and legal issues involved in a possible takeover.
Physicians at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children are helping patients battle both illness and hunger.
State labor commissioner Harold Wirths isn't ready to go as far as his counterparts some other states who have criticized how the Bureau of Labor Statistics is calculating the unemployment rate.
