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On Thursday, January 16, 2014, Members of the U.S. Senate, led by Sen.Patrick Leahy (VT) and the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Cong. James Sensenbrenner (WI) introduced bipartisan legislation, S. 1945 / H.R. 3899, the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014.

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All but nine members of the Pennsylvania House voted for a bill creating a Commission to study Pennsylvania’s flawed system for funding public education. If approved by the Senate and signed by the Governor, the Commission will have a year to provide recommendations…

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As I enter my third year as Sheriff, I am encouraged by the successes of the past two years, and looking forward to even more positive changes to the office in 2014. Last year was a busy one as we began our much-anticipated transition from a system that depended mostly on the physical filing of papers and forms…

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The Philadelphia Jazz Project seeks the creation of a local songbook in the tradition of the Great American Songbook, which celebrates the most important and influential American popular songs of the 20th century. The Philadelphia Songbook Concert will take place at Temple Performing Arts Center…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell will join the local chapter of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Board of Realists (PMBR) at a Meet and Greet on Wednesday January 15, 5:30-8:30 PM at Conestoga Bank located at 1632 Walnut Street. Realtist are members of The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) which is the oldest…

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Kevin Hart and Ice Cube hit the Pearl Theatre red carpet for their new comedy, ‘Ride Along’ Today is the era of texting and social media. Calls, love letters, and asking permission to date a woman seem to be outdated ideals. In the film Ride Along, we get back to the basics. High school security guard…

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NEW YORK–Funnyman Kevin Hart returns to Comedy Central in the original 30-minute special “Kevin Hart: Serve & Protect,” premiering on Saturday, January 11 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT, [see your local cable provider for Comedy Central channel.] In the special, leading up to Universal Pictures’ upcoming action-comedy “Ride Along,” Hart brings his signature humor to the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens and CSFP ED Ina Lipman pose with a CSFP scholarship recipient. With hundreds of families and students, school representatives, CSFP supporters, The Phillie Phanatic and Wawa’s Wally Goose, Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) opened its scholarship application season for the 2014-2015 school year, and announced that as part of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: City Controller Butkovitz at the swearing-in ceremony for his third term. (Photo: City controller office) In an inauguration address marking the beginning of his third term, City Controller Alan Butkovitz last week put forth a bold plan to harness the economic power of Philadelphia’s leading institutions to create thousands of new jobs for City…

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Rep. W. Curtis Thomas in cooperation with the African American United Fund will hold a workshop on “Obamacare” at 6:00PM, Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the African American United Fund Conference Center, 2231 N. Broad Street. Come learn more about the Affordable Healthcare Program and how to enroll. Representatives from Resources for Human Development (RHD)…

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