Focus on the details, and the cases seem very different. One was killed by virulent white racists, the other by a part-Hispanic neighborhood watchman who insists he faced a vicious attack. One was weighted down…
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Lawmakers in Harrisburg took another step last week toward dismantling the scandal-ridden, corruption-driven Philadelphia Traffic Court when the Senate e unanimously approved a bill to abolish the court and transfer its duties to Municipal Court.…
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Gov. Tom Corbett’s recently announced legislation to improve funding for the commonwealth’s special education students, hasn’t stopped the chorus of criticism coming from House Democrats, railing Republican lawmakers for failing to restore education funding in…
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A group pushing for increased funding for Philadelphia’s public schools began fasting along South Broad Street, just before noon on Monday. The demonstrators rallied outside the Bellevue Building to draw attention to deep funding cuts…
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WASHINGTON — States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating…
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Gov. Tom Corbett in a letter to Pennsylvania residents, and subsequently released to the media, laid bare his plans for implementing of supporting pension reform. Corbett, long a proponent of pension reform, and the governor’s…
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