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Congress feeling the heat after approving the $1.2 trillion budget in March that included billions in pet projects like biking trails and walking paths.

As the founder of many organizations and nonprofits, her business mind has often led her toward helping vulnerable communities.

Veterans Village, a 47-unit building in Northeast Philadelphia, will provide low-cost, high-quality permanent housing for new vets and those in transition.

VBCGF can build 50, maybe 100, units a year, but that just scratches the surface.

Do you know how the smiley face got its start? Did you realize that West Michigan is the home to a couple of pretty big smiley faces?

Do you know how the smiley face got its start? Did you realize that West Michigan is the home to a couple of pretty big smiley faces?

Do you know how the smiley face got its start? Did you realize that West Michigan is the home to a couple of pretty big smiley faces?

Pa. man who owned smiley face copyright, launched dollar stores dies at 86 Updated Jan 08, 2021; Bernard Spain, 86, a successful retailer who founded a popular card shop, held the copyright for the iconic smiley face, and launched the Dollar Express chain that grew to more than 100 stores, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at his home in Philadelphia. A lifelong Philadelphia resident, Spain and his brother, Murray, sold 50 million buttons with the yellow smiley face after obtaining th...