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A SEPTA worker walks through the 69th Street SEPTA repair shop
PlanPhilly
Employment
Pennsylvania
Transportation

Who gets paid more than $200,000 at a part-time job? Some former SEPTA managers

The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.

5 years ago

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Pennsylvania
Politics

Pennsylvania Senate OKs $912M pandemic recovery aid bill

Most of the $912 million being directed by the bill is federal aid approved by Congress in last month's coronavirus recovery package.

5 years ago

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks with a dog, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Northeast Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Economic Development
Employment
Pennsylvania

Delays and glitches with latest stimulus have slowed relief to Pa.’s unemployed

Some problems stem from a lag between when the first pandemic stimulus funds expired and the time it took to get the second relief package up and running.

5 years ago

Supporters rallied outside the U.S. Treasury Department in 2019 to demand that American abolitionist Harriet Tubman's image be put on the $20 bill. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Biden administration will ‘speed up’ efforts to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

The Biden Administration will resume efforts to redesign the $20 bill to feature abolitionist Harriet Tubman, the White House said Monday.

5 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Employment
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Pa. unemployment update: How gig workers can file for benefits and get the extra $300

Known as PUA, the 11-week compensation program can be backdated to the beginning of January.

5 years ago

$10 bills in US currency (AP Photo)
New Jersey
Politics
NJ Spotlight

What it has cost NJ to borrow billions during a health crisis

Last year, New Jersey borrowed about $4 billion to sustain the budget amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and to make that happen, the state was charged more than $12 million in fees.

5 years ago

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks with a dog, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Northeast Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Business
Economic Development
Philadelphia

Apply now: Pa. resumes unemployment for freelancers, self-employed and gig workers

Businesses who qualify may use the funds as needed to keep open after a brutal year of pandemic-related closures and losses.

5 years ago

(Delphine Lee/NPR)
NPR
Higher Education
National
Politics

President Biden will extend student loan payment freeze through Sept. 30

President Joe Biden plans to ask the Education Department to extend pandemic relief for about 41 million federal student loan borrowers through September 30th.

5 years ago

slot machines at a casino
Business
Philadelphia

Take a look at South Philly’s massive new casino, opening in the middle of the pandemic

Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia will open its doors to the general public next month in South Philadelphia. It will become the second major casino within city limits.

5 years ago

Gamblers count their money before starting to make bets at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City
Business
New Jersey

A record year for N.J. sports betting; casinos, not so much

Over $6 billion worth of bets were placed last year in New Jersey, which won a Supreme Court case in 2018 that cleared the way for the expansion of legalized sports betting.

5 years ago

Members of the Personal Touch crew undergo a training at the Workplace Hub in Harrisburg, Pa. (courtesy of Shariah Brown)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Economic Development
Race & Ethnicity

‘Level up’: Equity investors boost Pa.’s entrepreneurs of color during pandemic

“There is a disconnect between the world of capital … and Black-owned companies,” said Social Venture Circle Philadelphia Network Manager John Moore.

5 years ago

The Parler website home screen on a smartphone
NPR
Business
Public Safety

Amazon and Apple drop Parler

Amazon said it was removing Parler from its web hosting service, while Apple said it suspended the social media app from its store.

5 years ago

The new ad campaign to support Center City restaurants evokes WWII posters of Uncle Sam and Rosie the Riveter. (Courtesy of Center City District)
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Center City District ad campaign aims to help restaurants survive

With images evoking battles of the past, the promotion encourages people to order takeout meals directly from the restaurants.

5 years ago

Developments on the Camden waterfront, like the American Water corporate headquarters and the 18-story Camden Tower, receive substantial local tax breaks in addition to state tax incentives. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Economic Development
New Jersey
Taxes

Murphy approves $14 billion N.J. tax break program amid opposition

It is full circle for Gov. Phil Murphy, who began his tenure with an investigation into the tax break scheme started under his predecessor, former GOP Gov. Chris Christie.

5 years ago

Jessica Ramos at her home in West Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Black homeowners refinance less and pay more for mortgages, new data reveals

A Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta report found Black and non-white Hispanic homeowners paid more interest on their mortgages.

5 years ago

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