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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 ...

9 years ago

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 ...

9 years ago

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. ...

9 years ago

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 ...

9 years ago

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Pennsylvania Sen. Scott Wagner

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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Band students jam at Settlement Music School's Germantown branch. In four years

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 ...

9 years ago

Officer Harry Nuskey of the Upper Merion Police Department points to monitors used to keep an eye on parking lot outside the King of Prussia Mall (Rob Zawatski for NewsWorks)

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 ...

9 years ago

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 ...

9 years ago

A portion of FirstEnergy Corporation's Bruce Mansfield electricity generating plant is seen behind the sign at the main gate in Shippingport

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 ...

9 years ago

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Voters should look for candidates who will raise their pay

In one of the most divisive elections in U.S. history, the ongoing revelations and carnival atmosphere make it easy to forget an importan ...

9 years ago

New Jersey drivers see sharply higher gas prices due to gas tax boost

Motorists in New Jersey are feeling pain at the pumps. A 23-cents-per-gallon increase in the state’s gas tax took effect Tue ...

9 years ago

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Ride-hailing services law ends Pennsylvania regulatory fight

A new Pennsylvania law allows ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate legally in the state. That’s after years of regu ...

9 years ago

Uber app redesign to mine personal information

Uber is taking its ride-hailing app down a new road in an effort to make it smarter, simpler and more fun to use. The redesigned a ...

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Charter expansion bill is all tricks, no treats for Pennsylvania taxpayers

Halloween is just around the corner, but there is something far scarier in the halls of the Pennsylvania Capitol than any zombie that com ...

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