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Philadelphia County Sheriff Jewell Williams is busy. Really busy. But it’s a good busy. It’s a busy that includes helping people find a home through the Sheriff’s Sale process. It’s a busy that includes helping people hold on to their homes.

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State Representative Elect Jordan Harris was inaugurated into the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on January 1st, 2013 in Harrisburg, PA at the State Capitol Building.

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DA Seth Williams has charged four people for the fraudulent conveyance of over 20 properties in the City and County of Philadelphia. 55-year-old Zachary Stokes, 42-year-old Oscar Ketter, 48-year-old Elhadi Ibrahim, 49-year-old Steven Johnson were all arrested today after a three year investigation…

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Reps. Roebuck, Brownlee, Bishop, Youngblood, Parker all sworn in to new 2013-14 legislative session in the House.

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Wendell W. Young III, longtime leader of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, died last Wednesday, January 2, 2013 in his home in Lafayette Hill, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 74 years old.

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Funeral services for Sondra DeJuana Johnson, whose professional modeling career under the name “Skye” endeared her to local fashionistas for decades, were held Dec. 22, 2012 at New Hope Temple Baptist Church in South Philadelphia. Mrs. Johnson, died Dec. 17, 2012.

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Although most are writing her off, Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz would most likely be one of the strongest candidates to challenge current Gov. Tom Corbett. Maybe pundits look at her as a liberal Jewish woman and see those attributes as a hindrance.

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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board already has scheduled informational and public input hearings on the six proposals to build a second casino in Philadelphia andstate Rep. Rosita C. Youngblood, D-Phila., applauded the state’s efforts to bring transparency, openness and accountability to the process…

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State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Phila., has been one of the leading voices advocating stronger gun laws since taking office, and she joined the rest of the nation in grief on Friday as the news of yet another mass shooting broke.

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USW Local 10-1 President Jim Savage presented the award at the first annual awards night and celebration dinner to honor the men, women and organizations who worked to save the Sunoco Philadelphia refinery and the thousands of direct and indirect jobs associated with it.

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