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Philadelphia Orchestra principal tuba Carol Jantsch When you think of the Philadelphia Orchestra, you might envision row after row of the "Fabulous Philadelphians" — all those strings. But a little further back, out of the limelight, are some less well-known instruments, with More »
State Senate Democrats are trying to compel Pennsylvania to participate in a Medicaid expansion by using what's called a discharge resolution. More »
 

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New skate park opens in late May for freestylers and Sunday strollers
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May 17 - Peter Crimmins, @petercrimmins

Ten years in the making, $4.6 million spent, and over 70,000 square feet of skateable surface: Paine's Park is unique among American skate parks in that it is designed to solve multiple programming challenges: move More »

Reporter's Roundtable
On the Gosnell conviction and Philadelphia school budget woes
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May 17 - Shai Ben-Yaacov

Convicted West Philadelphia abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell will spend the remainder of his life in prison; and as the city's budget deadline looms, Philadelphia City Council's efforts to craft a budget blueprint are complicated More »

Charter schools accused of ignoring Pa. Right to Know Law
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May 17 - Mary Wilson

The head of Pennsylvania's Office of Open Records is pointing a finger at public charter schools for being the biggest violators of the commonwealth's Right-to-Know law, now 5 years old.  More »

What many Philly kids experience can hurt them as adults
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May 17 - Maiken Scott, @maikenscott
Howard Shapiro
Reviews: "The Misanthrope" and "Othello" -- thoroughly modern, thoroughly not :
Who says you have to be old-fashioned to be classic? More »
Nicole Juday
Garden Rx:
It's been a lovely spring; the dogwood and azalea flowers More »
Tony Auth
Got a problem with leaks? Obama needs to call in the pros.:
The Obama administration now supports a national shield law that More »
Dave Davies
Emergency plan for Philly schools :
Seen this movie before? I know I have. The Philadelphia school More »
Solomon Jones
Going beyond Mother's Day:
I celebrated Mother's Day as I do every year — More »
Dick Polman
Can gun reformers sway the next election?:
Midterm elections, which typically draw only one-third of the electorate, More »
Chris Satullo
Philly pols' empty rhetoric leaves city's kids behind:
If they ever make hypocrisy an Olympic sport, I think More »
Faye Flam
Historian: Voyager spacecraft marked new age of discovery:
Some are baffled and others saddened by the fact that More »