Suspect arrested after officer pinned between vehicles

PhillyTrib.com (News) 12/16 7:41A Associated Press

Police say a Philadelphia officer was injured during a traffic stop when she was pinned between a U-Haul van and a patrol vehicle. A suspect was quickly arrested.

Philadelphia Bail Fund assists arrested with 24-hour bail marathon

PhillyTrib.com (News) 12/15 9:30A John Mitchell Tribune Staff Writ

Special election date

After Lowery Brown's resignation, no date for special election in 190th District

PhillyTrib.com (News) 12/14 10:41P Michael D’Onofrio Tribune Staff

West Philadelphia residents living in the 190th District will have to wait a few weeks to find out when they will get to vote for their new state Representative and who the candidates are.

Homeless vet in alleged GoFundMe scam released on bail

PhillyTrib.com (News) 12/14 11:26A jgoodwin@phillytrib.com (Jasmine

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — A judge ruled a homeless veteran from Philadelphia who allegedly schemed with a New Jersey couple to scam GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 can be released from jail pending trial.

Camden's new microgrid will be the first of its kind thanks to new 'green' financing bond

Philadelphia Business Journal 12/14 7:49A Michelle Caffrey

It's the first municipality in the country to use an 'Environmental Impact Bond' to support an energy project.

Comcast reportedly to spend big on Universal's theme park expansions

Philadelphia Business Journal 12/14 7:40A Richard Bilbao

The cable giant is not being coy about its mission to dominate the theme park industry.

Lincoln Financial hires latest general counsel from Genworth Financial

Philadelphia Business Journal 12/14 7:31A Jeff Blumenthal

Insurance industry veteran Leon Roday has become Lincoln Financial Group’s fifth general counsel in the past eight years.  The Radnor-based life insurer and retirement investment company said, effective Friday, that Roday would succeed Kirkland...

Penn Medicine, four others, to create Allen Institute for Immunology

Philadelphia Business Journal 12/14 6:25A John George

Penn Medicine is teaming up with four leading clinical research organizations to form the Allen Institute for Immunology, which will seek to gain a better understanding of how the human immune system works. The Allen Institute of Immunology will...

Jefferson picks director for its bioprocessing institute

Philadelphia Business Journal 12/14 6:19A John George

Jefferson's 25,000-square education and training facility is expected to open in the spring.

Philadelphia public schools will start after Labor Day in 2019

PhillyTrib.com (News) 12/14 4:16A Ryanne Persinger Tribune Staff W

Students in the School District of Philadelphia will start the 2019-20 school year on Sept. 3, the day after Labor Day.

A day in the life ... Nancy Schmalz, Christmas Village in Philadelphia

Philadelphia Business Journal 12/14 3:38A Kenneth Hilario

On travel days, Schmalz may get up around 6 a.m. when she's in Philadelphia to go to the cold storage to pick up food for the markets. She then has to be at the Christmas Village in Baltimore by 9:30 a.m. to open that market.

New Rhein opens US headquarters in Philadelphia and expands investment team

PhillyTrib.com (News) 12/14 3:38A lpoirot@phillytrib.com (Lissa Po

PHILADELPHIA -- New Rhein Healthcare Investors, an international private equity firm has announced moving its global headquarters from Chicago to Philadelphia, complementing its other offices in Brussels and London.

Bill gives Philadelphia schools more lead paint protections

PhillyTrib.com (News) 12/14 3:37A lpoirot@phillytrib.com (Lissa Po

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia's city council has passed legislation to safeguard students from lead paint, months after a newspaper investigation found that more than half of the city's public elementary schools have serious environmental hazards...

City Council tables bill calling for greater oversight of drug company sales reps

Philadelphia Business Journal 12/14 3:09A John George

Philadelphia City Council tabled action on a controversial bill aimed at addressing the opioid addiction crisis by providing for more oversight of pharmaceutical industry sales representatives. The bill, introduced in October by City Councilman...

Bible Museum breaks ground at Independence Mall

PhillyTrib.com (News) 12/14 1:57A Peter Crimmins

Construction has started on a new museum on Independence Mall in Philadelphia.