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Supporters and foes of the drink tax in Philadelphia fill Council Chambers during a Wednesday hearing at City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly Council advances 1.5 cents-per-ounce soda tax

A Philadelphia City Council committee has voted to approve an amended version of a soda tax proposal that would set a tax on sugary drink ...

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Chester Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland speaks against a proposal that would allow video game gambling at bars. The mayor and other opponents of the measure spoke during a press conference at Harrah's casino in Chester. (Harrah's Philadelphia)

DelCo officials rail against bill to put gambling in restaurants, bars to fund Pa.’s coffers

Lawmakers in Harrisburg are thinking about rolling the dice on expanding gambling opportunities to create more revenue to help plug Penns ...

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A toll worker gives a motorist a thumbs-up after waving a car past the ticket booth in Carlisle, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

Blowing through E-ZPass lane, scofflaws cost road authorities millions

Trucker Javier Marte got creative earlier this year when he tried to duck a $126 toll in an E ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 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

The Comcast Center

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. ...

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