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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 ...
9 years ago
ListenDelCo 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 ...
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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
Taking fiscal temperature of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
An annual fiscal health outlook by state ranks Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delawa ...
9 years ago
ListenAAA 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
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 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
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, ...
9 years ago
ListenJudge 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