Part 1: The Balkanization of Philadelphia
Think of the most important areas of public life: housing, transportation, education, tourism, budgeting. In Philadelphia, there is no direct, exclusive local control of any of these.
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Think of the most important areas of public life: housing, transportation, education, tourism, budgeting. In Philadelphia, there is no direct, exclusive local control of any of these.
Why would a state senator from western Pennsylvania care about parking spaces in Philadelphia? He probably doesn't, yet he has more say over who runs the Philadelphia Parking Authority than our mayor does.
It's been ten years since the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania took control of the Philadelphia school system, but even those who initially supported the state takeover acknowledge a seemingly neverending torrent of problems.
"I don't think anybody else wanted the task of regulating the taxi industry," says the owner of a Philadelphia cab company who thinks the Parking Authority is doing a pretty good job of it.
Tens of thousands of Pennsylvania residents will soon be eligible for an additional several weeks of unemployment benefits.
The Federal Communications Commission is now considering whether to appeal a federal court ruling yesterday that CBS cannot be fined for Janet Jackson's notorious "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl.
It's meant to serve not just the college crowd, officials say, but neighbors as well.
Secretary Ray LaHood, accompanied by officials from SEPTA, stood near the Bridgeport Viaduct in Montgomery County -- which carries the Norristown High Speed Line over the Schuylkill River -- and urged lawmakers to put aside politics.
City Council has tackled what some residents say is a growing problem in Philadelphia: increasingly aggressive raccoons getting into trash, and even chasing after children.
In Atlantic County New Jersey, Vince Polistina, A Republican Assemblyman is running for State Senate against Jim Whelan, incumbent and former Mayor of Atlantic City. I talked to both candidates on Wednesday, and I asked them what was so unique about this contest.
Officials at the Philadelphia School District today unveiled the first step in a plan to downsize the district substantially by closing schools across the city.
Nine "Occupy Philly" protestors were arrested Wednesday afternoon after entering the Comcast Center and refusing to leave.
The parking lane along the Market Street side of 30th Station was closed to create the 50-foot-wide sidewalk for a public space which will feature new plantings, a farmer's market, even occasional yoga classes.
It's been more than a year since New Jersey eliminated most aspects of automobile inspections.
A Pennsylvania House committee has approved a bill with wide-ranging provisions addressing natural gas drilling in the commonwealth.
