Baseball cliffhanger: 300 kids ready — will Philly repair field?
March 26, 2008
The Daily News reports, “But the safe summer that he and like-minded neighbors have planned for 300 children, ages 4 to 14, is at risk, and Washington is praying for an urban angel — hopefully one with a backhoe — to save the day.”
Source: Baseball cliffhanger: 300 kids ready — will Philly repair field?
HUD chief responds to Casey, Specter about Phila. housing agency
March 26, 2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, “The legal dispute between HUD and the Philadelphia Housing Authority - putting at stake more than $40 million in federal funding - took another turn last week when HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson provided a written reply to questions he had declined to answer at Senate hearings.”
Source: HUD chief responds to Casey, Specter about Phila. housing agency
Office created to oversee Phila. government internships, fellowships
March 26, 2008
The Phila. Business Journal reports, “Internship and fellowship programs within the city of Philadelphia’s government will be coordinated by a newly created office announced Tuesday.”
Source: Office created to oversee Phila. government internships, fellowships
Millions of Jobs of a Different Collar
March 26, 2008
The New York Times reports, “Presidential candidates talk about the promise of “green collar” jobs — an economy with millions of workers installing solar panels, weatherizing homes, brewing biofuels, building hybrid cars and erecting giant wind turbines. Labor unions view these new jobs as replacements for positions lost to overseas manufacturing and outsourcing. Urban groups view training in green jobs as a route out of poverty. And environmentalists say they are crucial to combating climate change.”
Source: Millions of Jobs of a Different Collar
2010 high-tech census at ‘high risk’
March 26, 2008
USA Today reports, “Big worries for the nation’s first high-tech census should have been obvious when the door-to-door headcounters couldn’t figure out their fancy new handheld computers.”
Source: 2010 high-tech census at ‘high risk’
HUD moves to simplify terms of mortgage loans
March 25, 2008
The Government Indicators Network reports, “Addressing a fundamental cause of bad home loans that are now crippling the national housing market, the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Friday proposed a new standard to force lenders to explain clearly to borrowers, on a single page, the complicated terms of mortgages being offered.”
Source: HUD moves to simplify terms of mortgage loans
Housing authority asks court to bar HUD cutoff of $50M program
March 25, 2008
The Daily News reports, “The Philadelphia Housing Authority last week asked a federal judge to issue an injunction to stop HUD from terminating a $50 million PHA program set to expire March 31.”
Source: Housing authority asks court to bar HUD cutoff of $50M program
Nutter urges discussion of urban issues
March 25, 2008
The Daily News reports, “MAYOR NUTTER said yesterday that he wants to get presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Philadelphia for a public discussion of urban issues before the April 22 Democratic primary.”
Source: Nutter urges discussion of urban issues
New public safety czar’s broad role
March 25, 2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, “Everett A. Gillison’s new job as the city’s public safety czar is his reward for years of bending Michael Nutter’s ear about a broken criminal justice system.”
Source: New public safety czar’s broad role
Opponents of Barnes Foundation move urge judge to reopen case
March 25, 2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, “It has been more than three years since a Montgomery County judge ruled that the Barnes Foundation’s $6 billion art collection could move to Philadelphia. But opponents of the relocation yesterday implored the judge to reconsider his decision, contending a variety of new developments make it financially possible for the museum to stay in Merion.”
Source: Opponents of Barnes Foundation move urge judge to reopen case
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