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Biden has called to more than double the federal minimum wage as part of his economic relief plan.

Before picking up a phone call from an unfamiliar number — here are some tips on spotting scammers pretending to be PECO.

Friday's figures reflect a faltering job market, slowed by a pandemic that is still causing consumers to avoid traveling, shopping and dining out.

While progressive donors and PACs came out for Krasner, police unions, former prosecutors and Sean Schellenger’s mother have supported Vega.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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