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  • NJ SPOTLIGHT

    As Gov. Chris Christie yesterday celebrated the groundbreaking of a new power plant in New Jersey, the administration simultaneously ordered scores of other power plants to close down or make major upgrades to reduce air pollution.  More »

     
  • After Gov. Tom Corbett laid out his budget plans Tuesday, the head of Pennsylvania's Department of Welfare reiterated concerns about the rising cost of providing health care to poor and disabled residents and the critical need to slow spending.  More »

     
  • NW PLAYLIST

    This February might be unseasonably warm, but that's not stopping nearly 20 artists from getting ready to carve frozen sculptures along Main Street this weekend.  More »

     
  • Dozens of Tibetan supporters gathered Wednesday on Independence Mall in Philadelphia to protest what they see as ongoing Chinese oppression in the region.  More »

     
  • PLANPHILLY

    Marking roughly the halfway point in the delivery of its new Silverliner V regional rail fleet, SEPTA has rolled out an advertising campaign to pump riders up about the new train cars.  More »

     
  • A state report says child-protection workers in New Jersey could have done a better job of investigating domestic violence complaints before the death of an Ocean County girl. Child-welfare officials in New Jersey failed to connect concerns of child abuse and domestic violence in the case of a 2-year-old whose father is accused of tossing her to her death still strapped in her car seat in Novembe...  More »

     
  • County officials across Pennsylvania say Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed cuts in state funding for Department of Public Welfare programs will hurt a little bit less if they have more control over how they spend those dollars. Although the governor's plan is to basically flat-fund the Department of Public Welfare, programs administered by counties will see cuts of about 14 percent. But Corb...  More »

     
  • Municipal leaders in New Jersey are welcoming a proposal to curtail sick-leave payouts for retiring public workers. Legislation introduced by Senate President Steve Sweeney would allow workers to keep the value of unused sick time they've already built up. But it would eliminate future accumulations. Mount Arlington Mayor Art Ondish, president of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, sai...  More »

     
  • On Thursday, Princeton University will premiere a lost musical play by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. "Eugene Onegin," based on the novel in verse by Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, tells the story of the titular 19th-century dandy who carelessly wanders through the affections of a country girl named Tatyana.  More »

     
  • New Jersey's new attorney general has known Gov. Chris Christie for a long time. Jeff Chiesa met Christie in the 1980s at the law firm where they both worked. When Christie was appointed the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, Chiesa followed him there. After being elected governor in 2009, Christie tapped Chiesa to be his chief counsel.  More »

     

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New generation breaks ground just as N.J. reels in aging plants
February 9 - Tom Johnson

As Gov. Chris Christie yesterday celebrated the groundbreaking of a new power plant in New Jersey, the administration simultaneously ordered scores of other power plants to close down or make major upgrades to reduce air More »

Corbett looks to state programs to trim Pa. health spending
February 9 - Taunya English

After Gov. Tom Corbett laid out his budget plans Tuesday, the head of Pennsylvania's Department of Welfare reiterated concerns about the rising cost of providing health care to poor and disabled residents and the critical More »

Manayunk to get cool as ice this weekend
February 9 - Jimmy Viola, for NewsWorks

This February might be unseasonably warm, but that's not stopping nearly 20 artists from getting ready to carve frozen sculptures along Main Street this weekend.   More »