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Lawmakers making early plans for Pa. gaming legislation

The 2017 legislative session has yet to begin, but some Pennsylvania lawmakers are already making plans for the New Year, and casino-rela ...

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Mortgage issues spur Philly consumers’ financial complaints

The No. 1 consumer problem in Philadelphia involves bad interactions between mortgage borrowers and banks. That’s according ...

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Feds back ambitious plan to speed up Northeast rail service

Federal rail regulators are endorsing an ambitious and costly plan to rebuild the congested Northeast Corridor over the next 30 years. ...

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Pennsylvania's gas taxes are the highest in the country

Pa. gas tax to rise 8 cents in January

Pennsylvania’s gas taxes are the highest in the country, but come Jan. 1, people will be paying even more at the gas pump. T ...

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Unnecessary incarceration costs U.S. taxpayers $20 billion a year, Brennan Center study says

A new report from the Brennan ...

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ConAgra to finalize plea deal in tainted peanut butter case

ConAgra is heading to court to finalize an $11.2 million plea deal in a federal criminal case stemming from a salmonella outbreak that si ...

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Republican state Sen. Scott Wagner is filing a right-to-know request over the layoffs of several hundred employees of Pennsylvania. (Pennsylvania Senate)

Wagner vows to investigate Pa. layoffs

Republican state Sen. Scott Wagner is filing a right-to-know request over the layoffs of several hundred employees of Pennsylvania. ...

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Patrice Banks is the owner of The Girls Auto Clinic Repair Center which caters to women and aims to empower them. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

From brake linings to pedicures, Upper Darby garage run by women caters to women

Wearing a backwards red ball cap, skinny jeans and high-heel boots, Patrice Banks is doing her thing at the Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Da ...

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A political sticking point is leading to more than 500 state layoffs in Pa.

On Wednesday night, it was raining heavily in downtown York, Pennsylvania. But the weather did not deter about a dozen people carrying un ...

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Giving Tuesday serves as stepping stone to long-term philanthropy

Have you checked your email yet? You might notice your inbox is filling up with requests for donations. This is “Givi ...

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King of Prussia residents brace for 500,000 shoppers this weekend

Black Friday madness signals the start of the holiday shopping season. This year, over the four-day Thanksgiving  weekend more than ...

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Transit workers to vote on contract that ended SEPTA strike

A tentative contract that put an end to a weeklong transit workers strike in Philadelphia is to be voted on by workers amid concerns that ...

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Pa. utility asks state for help to keep coal and nuclear plants going

A power company called FirstEnergy wants Pennsylvania lawmakers to once again regulate the electricity market in the state. Twenty ...

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