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Twenty-seven Pennsylvania counties are now covered by federal disaster declarations from recent floods. But most declarations involve damage either from Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee – not both.
"We feel very confident that we did exercise the proper discretion and did the right thing," an attorney representing the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said afterward.
New Castle County's police chief says he is resigning and will soon become a member of state Sen. Chris Coons' staff.
A state legislative committee is deciding whether to recommend mandatory trash collection on a statewide basis in Pennsylvania. The broader problem is how to stop illegal trash dumping.
Jenny Brown and Bruce Castor laid out their management reforms designed, they say, to get the county back on solid financial footing.
The current zoning code was written in the 1930's and was last revised back in the early 1960's.
Philadelphia will get $2 million to encourage small business start-ups. The money comes from a new program by the Small Business Administration.
The US Census Bureau reports that in 2010, more than 46 million people were living in poverty -- an increase of 3 million in just one year, and a 27-year high.
The first year of the "Graduation Coach Campaign" saw 1,500 volunteers tutor city teens on how to succeed in high school and college. They are hoping to match that level this year.
"This study shows that there has to be a real partnership, that people have to give people a second chance," said Mayor Michael Nutter.
On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be making history two ways.
On the agenda in Philadelphia City Council this fall: at least two new plans to ease the tax burden for businesses in the city.
City Council members this week may decide to override the mayor's veto of a bill that scales back the controversial pension perk known as DROP.
Outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, people gathered around the county's 9/11 memorial on Friday to mark the upcoming tenth anniversary of that terrible day.
The Nutter administration has extended its new weekend curfew for teens, even as it works with City Council to tweak the permanent curfew law.
