Morning News Roundup – January 20th, 2013
36 Philadelphia school teachers receive National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification, reports the Philadelphia Tribune. NBPTS certification is among…
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Afternoon News Roundup – January 19th, 2012
Philadelphia City Councilman Clarke favors a one-year moratorium on school closings until more information and community feedback is received, the…
City Workers and Labor Unions Rally Against Mayor Nutter’s “Final Offer”
Hundreds of Philadelphians, representing many of the area’s labor organizations, gathered in the Mall in front of the Constitution Center…
Morning News Roundup – January 19, 2013
Governor Corbett was at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Elementary School in Northeast Philadelphia yesterday, touting the new system of…
Philadelphia Police Officer and His Brother Arrested for Tax Fraud
Jose Tirado, 38, an officer in the 25th District of the Philadelphia Police Department, was arrested this morning. He and…
Evening News Roundup – January 18, 2013
The US Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Landsdale, PA woman who was convicted under an anti-terrorism law for…
Updated: Stagehands Revolt at Philadelphia Theater Company
UPDATE: The Inquirer’s Peter Dobrin reports that talks between IATSE Local 8 and the Philadelphia Theater Company management broke down at…
Afternoon Roundup – January 18, 2013
Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region waned unexpectedly in January, according to Bloomberg news. “The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s general economic index dropped…
Morning News Roundup – January 18, 2013
Philadelphia was one of eleven cities to score 100 on the inaugural Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index, reports the…
Evening News Roundup – January, 17 2013
(photo credit Hopewell Police) Police in Hopewell Township, New Jersey are searching for a missing man who suffers from bipolar…
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