Philadelphia Group Says US House Isn't Budget-Cutting In Public's Interest
Megan DeSmedt of the organization PennPIRG calls the US House-passed spending resolution "wrongheaded" and hopes that the Senate will take a different path.
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Megan DeSmedt of the organization PennPIRG calls the US House-passed spending resolution "wrongheaded" and hopes that the Senate will take a different path.
Philadelphia city controller Alan Butkovitz is quizzical about HUD's request for the resignation of the entire Philadelphia Housing Authority board, two of whom Butkovitz appointed.
A bill that would create a tuition voucher program in Pennsylvania has cleared its first legislative hurdle, passing the state Senate Education Committee.
The loss leaves about 41,000 working people in Pennsylvania looking for affordable health insurance.
Major changes made on the Pennsylvania side of the table at the board of the Delaware River Port Authority are being welcomed by at least one person who sits on the New Jersey side.
The bill does not include restrictions on cell phone use. That will be considered separately.
Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter says he wants federal officials to come up with documentation on why the five-member board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority should resign.
Governor Tom Corbett's budget secretary today prepared Pennsylvania residents for some pain in next week's budget address.
At Community College of Philadelphia, US labor secretary Hilda Solis (far left) addressed a gathering of community college presidents from across the East Coast.
Representatives of up to 58 unions rallied in the wind and rain outside New Jersey's Statehouse in support of collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin.
I-Team reporter Jim Osman went undercover with $40 and asked for a high capacity clip and in a few minutes he walked out with one.
Pennsylvania could save millions on prison costs if the state made better use of alternative sentences for nonviolent offenders, according to state auditor general Jack Wagner.
Organized labor in Philadelphia officially entered the "Battle of Wisconsin" today with a boisterous rally across from City Hall.
Pennsylvania lawmakers openly wondered if the Southeastern Pennsylvania market was already saturated with Harrah's, Sugarhouse, and Parx casinos. City commerce director Alan Greenberger said that may be, but putting the casino in a more rural location might not make sense.
