New Biography About Obama Focuses On His Life In NYC
A new biography about Barack Obama has some people asking if anything in a president's past is off-limits.
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A new biography about Barack Obama has some people asking if anything in a president's past is off-limits.
As always there's a guessing game on vice presidential nominees, but this year our region is right in the middle of that game.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says Americans should discount President Obama's opponents and get behind the administration's vision for the economy.
With millions of dollars in campaign debt and just two Republican primary victories under his belt, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich finally called it quits Wednesday.
Public-Private Ventures says it is a victim of the economy.
Supporters of the change that would allow people to bring their own wine and beer to restaurants off the boardwalk are holding their third and final informational meeting on Wednesday night.
Gov. Chris Christie has promised to close a loophole in New Jersey's 2 percent property tax cap law by ending a practice by some municipalities of imposing "user fees" for certain services that are beyond the cap.
The US secretary of Health and Human Services paid a visit to Philadelphia on Tuesday to make a major announcement regarding one of the results of President Obama's health care legislation.
Mayor Nutter helped inaugurate the new salad bar at the Global Leadership Academy, the result of a grant to promote the HBO documentary "The Weight of the Nation," premiering May 14th.
One of the plaintiffs in the suit says she's spent the last 10 years trying to prove her identity, and has been voting legally in Philadelphia for nearly 40 years.
With a cash-starved government and 10 percent unemployment in the city, the mayor is clinging to hope that the state legislature doesn't yank away what was to have been a second casino license in the city.
"I want to apologize to her directly, on behalf of the city government and our administration," Mayor Nutter said of a "tweet" by press secretary Mark McDonald about a Daily News columnist.
Prompted by large buyouts for school superintendents in Philadelphia and several other districts, the state Senate has passed and sent to the House legislation that would place new restrictions on contracts with top school administrators.
The new overseer of Philadelphia elections went before City Council with hat in hand asking for more money to pay the people who man the polls.
Anne Marie Ambrose, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, was testifying at a city council budget hearing when one lawmaker asked about the Khalil Wimes case.
