A Commonwealth Court judge excused former State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo from a civil suit against Citizens' Alliance for Better Neighborhoods because he was not an officer or director of the South Philadelphia nonprofit that he once said under oath was "my baby."
The last time the federal government tried to count the number of people in Philadelphia, only 56 percent of city residents returned their U.S. census forms - far below the national average of 67 percent, according to Mayor Nutter.
City Controller Alan Butkovitz yesterday accused private tow-truck operators of bilking Philadelphia motorists and of violating city law by refusing to accept noncash payments for towing charges.
SCRANTON - Only one Pennsylvania city can claim to have produced two governors in the last half-century.
Chris Doherty, elected just last week to his third term as mayor of this cradle of governors, hopes to join Republican William W. Scranton (served from 1963 to 1967) and Democrat Robert P. Casey (1987-95) as Scrantonians who made it to the executive mansion.
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HARRISBURG - When it became clear that the state budget was in crisis mode, three industries with much at stake in Harrisburg opened their wallets.
HARRISBURG - When it became clear that the state budget was in crisis mode, three industries with much at stake in Harrisburg opened their wallets.
Seven years ago, I attended the first meeting of the Camden Economic Recovery Board with a raised eyebrow and a poison pen.
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James Reilly sips morning coffee on his new front porch so he can watch the sunrise glow upon the looming Ben Franklin Bridge.
Friends, what have we learned this past week? Plenty.
Pundits will tell you that Chris Christie won New Jersey's gubernatorial race and Jon Corzine lost it because there's a backlash against President Obama's agenda.
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