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Reps. Roebuck, Brownlee, Bishop, Youngblood, Parker all sworn in to new 2013-14 legislative session in the House.

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Wendell W. Young III, longtime leader of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, died last Wednesday, January 2, 2013 in his home in Lafayette Hill, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 74 years old.

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Funeral services for Sondra DeJuana Johnson, whose professional modeling career under the name “Skye” endeared her to local fashionistas for decades, were held Dec. 22, 2012 at New Hope Temple Baptist Church in South Philadelphia. Mrs. Johnson, died Dec. 17, 2012.

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Although most are writing her off, Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz would most likely be one of the strongest candidates to challenge current Gov. Tom Corbett. Maybe pundits look at her as a liberal Jewish woman and see those attributes as a hindrance.

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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board already has scheduled informational and public input hearings on the six proposals to build a second casino in Philadelphia andstate Rep. Rosita C. Youngblood, D-Phila., applauded the state’s efforts to bring transparency, openness and accountability to the process…

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State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Phila., has been one of the leading voices advocating stronger gun laws since taking office, and she joined the rest of the nation in grief on Friday as the news of yet another mass shooting broke.

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USW Local 10-1 President Jim Savage presented the award at the first annual awards night and celebration dinner to honor the men, women and organizations who worked to save the Sunoco Philadelphia refinery and the thousands of direct and indirect jobs associated with it.

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Stephen Kinsey issued the following statement in response to Superintendent Dr. William Hite’s announcement of the proposed closing of 37 Philadelphia Public Schools. “I recognize the fiscal problems that the district is facing, however, there are way too many unanswered questions…

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By the end of the 2012-2013 school year, the School District of Philadelphia will be 37 schools lighter. That’s because 37 district schools will be closing this year. Superintendent William Hite announced the closings during a news conference on Thursday. 

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The Brothers Network is producing a multidisciplinary festival inspired by the life of Henry “Box” Brown, an enslaved African who shipped himself to Philadelphia in a wooden box to gain his freedom in 1849. The wooden box will serve as an artistic metaphor to explore…

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