Sacred Heart Academy's Robin Nolan is ready to bring the school to the next level with a renewed sense of energy.

SEPTA is piloting the program, which allows free fares for tenants at a handful of apartment buildings.

Advocacy network cites the financial institution's ties to private prison companies that support ICE detention centers.

The journey of the Jada System is a parable of the business of women's health care.

In the state Senate, the Republican majority voted unanimously to kill a Democratic-led effort to vote on raising it  to $15 an hour with an annual cost of living increase.

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From public parks to open source software, Philadelphia’s wealth of donated labor needs a professional boost to really thrive

Council should pass legislation extending a zoning change from the Market-Frankford El to other SEPTA rail lines and our busiest bus corridors.

The success of a simple idea at Cootes Paradise Marsh has since inspired a string of new carp-exclusion systems across the country

Donald Trump’s authoritarian drift in his second term places the country on a par with Hungary or Turkey, according to a ranking by Sweden’s V-Dem Institute

Every time you go online, businesses are collecting your data. A new bill before the Legislature would put limits on what they can do with it.

Pennsylvania's laws make it easy for parents to opt-out of vaccines. We took a look at 1,800 schools to find communities most at risk.

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Annapolis, MD — April 13, 2026 — Families for Safe Streets (FSS) applauds the Maryland legislature for passing the Stop Super Speeders legislation (HB 107/ SB 366), a critical step toward reducing tra...

In a time when many kids are glued to screens, Highlights thrives.

Two decades after a breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive—an astonishing result for metastatic disease. Scientists found their immune systems retained long-lasting memory…

Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.

Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.