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Senate Republicans, upset over an offshore wind bill, had threatened to deny support for a budget bill.

New Jersey’s new state budget includes property tax relief, new taxes on cigarettes and gambling and billions for the surplus fund.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority expects the rate increase to generate an additional $4 million in revenue.

The difficulty it took for Republicans, who have the majority hold in Congress, to wrestle the bill to this point is not expected to let up.

Retail weed will be available first at 13 medical dispensaries that received conversion licenses. Thirty other retail stores are in the pipeline.

Parents are split on whether city schools are improving, but that’s better than 2022, when their take was decidedly negative.

Regulations demanding Delaware water providers test for PFAS would take effect a year before federal requirements.

AFSCME District Council 33 represents 9,000 employees ranging from sanitation workers to crossing guards. Trash pick-up, pools and 911 calls are among the services impacted.

The criminal justice graduate student was arrested in Chestnuthill Township, roughly 90 miles north of Philadelphia, weeks after the killings.

Anna Paulson will become president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on July 1. She replaces Pat Harker.

The union represents 9,000 blue-collar city employees ranging from sanitation workers to crossing guards.

“For WHYY to really take a chance and really take an approach like this is important,” said Perry Shaw III, director of the Trenton Community Street Team.

Evans, who had a stroke last year, won’t leave office until 2027. His announcement will likely set off a primary scramble to find his successor.

AFSCME DC33, which represents Philly’s blue-collar workers, is vowing to strike at midnight if there isn’t an agreement with the city.

Nicole Sweeney brings her signature storytelling and soulful presence to Evening Jazz at WRTI, connecting Philly listeners to jazz’s rich legacy.