FDA Introduces New, Graphic Warnings For Cigarettes
New cigarette warning labels are unveiled today. They have graphic images in the hopes of keeping people from smoking, but will they really make a difference?
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New cigarette warning labels are unveiled today. They have graphic images in the hopes of keeping people from smoking, but will they really make a difference?
The latest Quinnipiac University poll finds that, for the first time, more respondents disapprove of Christie's performance in office than approve of it.
More than $200 million have been spent since 1999 to protect Pennsylvania's natural resources, as part of a little-known initiative called "Growing Greener," which is set to expire at month's end. Supporters gathered at Yards Brewery in Philadelphia Monday, calling for the program's renewal.
Another week, another entry in the Republican race for president.
The Pennsylvania House has begun debate on legislation that would require voters to show a photo ID when they show up at polling places to vote.
Governor Corbett is expected to sign a controversial bill now headed to his desk that will expand the right to use deadly force in self-defense.
The New Jersey Senate has approved changes to the state's pension and benefits system for public workers. That vote is being hailed by Governor Chris Christie as a "watershed moment" of bipartisan cooperation. But unions do not agree.
Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held Monday in North Philadelphia for long-awaited streetscape improvements for a Latino business corridor.
A new, pricey system will allow companies and groups to apply for their own suffixes beyond the most common address endings, but some critics are calling the development troublesome.
Legislative leaders continue to predict that Pennsylvania will have an on-time budget for the first time in years, even though the deadline is just eleven days off now, with a lot of unknowns still in the mix.
Members of former Governor Rendell's transition team have spent the last few months poring over 300 boxes of correspondence, speeches, videos of public events and other materials, getting them ready to be viewed by the public, and quickly.
Governor Corbett has signed a bill sent to his desk Friday that will allow 45-thousand Pennsylvanians to receive another 13 weeks of federally-funded unemployment compensation benefits.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is expected be put in line to become a major advocate for cities and urban areas across the country during the 2012 Presidential election.
Medicare and Medicaid fraud were at the top of the agenda at the sixth annual regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit, at the University of the Sciences, in West Philadelphia.
The bill, passed by the House on Thursday and the Senate on Friday, will not only preserve unemployment benefits for 45,000 Pennsylvanians in the short-term, it will also provide additional benefits for 90,000 others through the end of the calendar year.
