Girard Interchange exchange
May 9, 2008
PlanPhilly.com reports, “If and when Sugarhouse arrives, PennDot says it will be ready with new, temporary I-95 ramps to handle the predicted flood of casino traffic.”
Source: Girard Interchange exchange
Defying Bush, House Passes Broad Housing Bill
May 9, 2008
The New York Times reports, “House Democrats defied a veto threat from President Bush on Thursday as they approved a broad housing bill that would provide up to $300 billion in federally insured loans to refinance the mortgages of debt-strapped homeowners.”
Source: Defying Bush, House Passes Broad Housing Bill
Nutter against city money for wireless
May 8, 2008
The Metro reports, “Mayor Michael Nutter said yesterday that the city has no plans to spend ‘additional dollars’ to keep alive a citywide wireless Internet program created by former Mayor John Street.”
Source: Nutter against city money for wireless
When Ends Don’t Meet
May 8, 2008
The City Paper reports, “Food prices are going up. Food stamp allowances aren’t.”
Source: When Ends Don’t Meet
City to ask colleges to help boost degrees
May 8, 2008
The Inquirer reports, “Mayor Nutter’s chief education officer is planning a major push to get the region’s more than 90 colleges and universities more closely involved in helping to boost the number of city residents who earn a college degree.”
Source: City to ask colleges to help boost degrees
Citywide Wi-Fi could be shut down
May 8, 2008
The Metro reports, “A citywide wireless Internet network that promised to help bridge the “digital divide” may be shuttered if the city isn’t able to reach an agreement with Earthlink, the company that built the system for free but now wants out.”
Source: Citywide Wi-Fi could be shut down
HUD makes $1 billion in grants available through 35 programs
May 8, 2008
HUD announces that, “The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today published its Fiscal Year 2008 ‘SuperNOFA,’ an annual funding notice that makes available more than $1 billion in grants through 35 programs.”
Source: HUD makes $1 billion in grants available through 35 programs
Transit systems travel ‘green’ track
May 8, 2008
USA Today reports, “‘Carbon footprint’ has become part of the national lexicon, and mass transit systems throughout the country are taking steps to ease their impact on the environment even as they strive to provide more service to a growing number of riders.”
Source: Transit systems travel ‘green’ track
Online directory helps needy locate region’s social services
May 7, 2008
The Daily News reports, “For Philadelphia-area residents in need of counseling, food assistance and other social services, help is now just a mouse-click away.”
Source: Online directory helps needy locate region’s social services
Junk food: bad for students, good for school district budget
May 7, 2008
The Daily News reports, “Banning soda and snack food from the Philadelphia School District in 2006 was meant to make students healthier, but it has also had an unintended effect: the loss of $2 million to $3 million in revenue to the district each year.”
Source: Junk food: bad for students, good for school district budget
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