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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks in Philadelphia

Fed chief generally upbeat on economy in visit to Philadelphia

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was in Philadelphia on Monday where, in a speech to the World Affairs Council, she was mostly opt ...

9 years ago

From left: Delaware Capitol in Dover (Shana O'Malley/WHYY); Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg (Kevin McCorry/WHYY); New Jersey Capitol in Trenton (NewsWorks file photo)

Taking fiscal temperature of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

An annual fiscal health outlook by state ranks Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delawa ...

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AAA Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey gas prices rise sharply

Motorists are seeing sharply higher prices at the pumps in New Jersey. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regu ...

9 years ago

AAA Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey gas prices rise sharply

Motorists are seeing sharply higher prices at the pumps in New Jersey. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regu ...

9 years ago

AAA Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey gas prices rise sharply

Motorists are seeing sharply higher prices at the pumps in New Jersey. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regu ...

9 years ago

Company: No contamination found from Western Pa. pipeline explosion

Spectra Energy says third-party soil and water tests have turned up no contamination from a massive natural gas pipeline explosion in wes ...

9 years ago

Vermont to require drug makers to explain price increases

Vermont is poised to be the first state requiring drug companies to explain their price increases. A bill passed by lawmakers in t ...

9 years ago

Pfizer says it’s blocking use of drugs for lethal injections

Pfizer says it’s blocking use of its drugs for lethal injections, an announcement with limited immediate impact that nonetheless me ...

9 years ago

 City Council President Darrell Clarke wants to make sure projects getting tax breaks and other subsidies are making enough of an effort to hire city residents. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Clarke: float $100M in bonds to help low-income homeowners renovate

About two-thirds of homes in Philadelphia are roughly a century old and many poor residents can’t afford to make repairs, he said. ...

9 years ago

Demonstrators led by the Earth Quaker Action Team and Philadelphians Organized to Witness

Demonstrators again pressure PECO to step up purchases of solar power

Urging PECO to buy 20 percent of its power from solar sources by 2025, advocates for solar energy and green jobs rallied in Philadelphia ...

9 years ago

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With ‘virtual’ shareholders meeting, Comcast joins growing trend

When shareholders gather for Comcast’s annual meeting next Thursday, they won’t be inside Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, ...

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Judge tells Philly Gas Works to stop targeting landlords

A federal judge has told Philadelphia Gas Works to stop targeting landlords whose tenants don’t pay their utility bills. ...

9 years ago

Sophran Sok demonstrates the use of an electronic vaping device at Exclusive Vape Shop on South Street. New federal rules regarding e-cigarettes will have a distinct effect in Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

After state efforts go up in smoke, U.S. brings vape rules to Pennsylvania

Over two years, state lawmakers from ...

9 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams accompanied by investigators Marc Costanzo

City Council members renew call for dismissing 3 Philly prosecutors linked to ‘porngate’

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams faced harsh criticism on Wednesday for keeping three city prosecutors on staff after it ...

9 years ago

(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Uber attempts to block suit by Philly drivers over employment status

Ride-hailing service Uber recently settled ...

9 years ago

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