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Michael Lyons has been in the tourism and hospitality industry for years, but you might know him from what he's done along the way.
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Michael Lyons has been in the tourism and hospitality industry for years, but you might know him from what he's done along the way.
A local program that aids fathers who had done prison time readjust to society is being phased out, because state funding has been cut off.
It's been a year since the Borders bookstore closed and left vacant some prime real estate at Broad and Chestnut in Center City. Well, that space won't be empty much longer.
A new report out today from the Fiscal Policy Institute finds that immigrants are more likely than U.S.-born workers to start small businesses.
A hotel chain has some high-tech weapons to battle germs.
Dr. R. Andrew Hicks says the patent is the result of about seven years of research on his slightly curved mirror that provides a wider field of view with a bare minimum of distortion.
The head of the union that represents custodians in Philadelphia public schools says the school district is bargaining in bad faith, trying to dismantle the union while obtaining millions of dollars in concessions from workers.
The warmer-than-usual spring weather has brought New Jersey blueberries to the table nearly two weeks earlier than normal. You can already find the berries on sale.
The organization that runs the Philly Pops wants to end its 33-year run with its founding artistic director and conductor, Peter Nero.
Runs would start in Winslow Township and Deptford, NJ, with 1,800 new park-and-ride spaces built. Bus-only lanes and traffic signal prioritization would speed the ride.
Corbett told a gathering of the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania that he believes the revenue picture has improved enough that the state can spend more than he originally proposed in February.
The Camden-based Campbell Soup Company has announced the end of the line for a landmark, but the beginning, perhaps, of something much better.
While the proposal has some people worried, a township official urges calm.
The report by the Commonwealth Fund says 41 percent of those between 19 and 29 did not get medical care over the past year because of the cost. And among the uninsured, the figure jumped to 60 percent.
Independence Blue Cross is joining several other organizations to reward those who can help improve health care.
