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Nick Lukow waits in line to enter Ocassionate gift shop in South Philly. (Miles Bryan/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Economy

Be patient and buy ‘with purpose’: How to be a good last-minute shopper in Philly

How customers can make shopping smooth and stress-free during the pandemic as COVID-19 cases remain high and businesses adapt to restrictions.

6 years ago

President Trump threatened a hard-fought relief bill passed by Congress on Monday, calling it
NPR
National
Politics

Trump slams COVID relief bill, asks for changes after bitter negotiations

Congressional leaders took seven months to negotiate the $900 billion package, which was passed with overwhelming majorities that could overturn a presidential veto.

6 years ago

(Billy Penn illustration)
Business
Economy
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Update: New details released showing who got PPP loans in Philly

Check the map and search the database.

6 years ago

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Economy
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pennsylvania’s jobless rate falls again, dips below US rate

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell for a seventh straight month in November, dipping below the national rate.

6 years ago

(Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Housing
Pennsylvania
Politics
Spotlight PA

Pa. misses deadline to spend $108M in rent, mortgage relief from CARES Act

Pa. tenants and homeowners missed out on roughly $108M of $175M in federal coronavirus relief because state programs distributing the funding made it too hard to access.

6 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks past reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National
Politics

Fight over Fed powers stalls $900 billion aid plan

Lawmakers on both sides said a provision by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., that would curb emergency Federal Reserve powers was the sticking point.

6 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks past reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Shutdown deadline looms over COVID-19 relief talks

Government funding lapses at midnight Friday and a partial, low-impact shutdown would ensue if Congress fails to pass a stopgap spending bill before then.

6 years ago

The Benjamin Franklin Bridge spanning the Delaware River between Camden N.J., foreground, and Philadelphia is reflected the mud revealed amid low and high tide, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Business
New Jersey

Camden County Freeholders set aside $5M in CARES money for businesses

In a “use it or lose it” situation, Camden County Freeholders opted to use $5 million in federal CARES Act funding to give businesses additional help.

6 years ago

Evening light illuminates the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino earlier this year in Atlantic City, N.J. The city's mayor, Marty Small, says that the right bid will buy one lucky person the right to activate the casino's planned implosion next month. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Infrastructure
New Jersey

Atlantic City is offering bidders the chance to blow up a former Trump casino

The Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J., is scheduled for implosion next month, but the right to press the button is still up for grabs.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks as Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; and Ivanka Trump, advisor to the president, listen during a Paycheck Protection Program event in the East Room of the White House
NPR
National

Scores of private charitable foundations got Paycheck Protection Program money

Scores of private charitable foundations linked to some of the nation's wealthiest people received money from the federal PPP. Critics say they didn't need a taxpayer subsidy.

6 years ago

Traffic crosses the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Delaware River Port Authority postpones toll increase

The action marked the fifth time that the agency's board has postponed automatic biennial increases that are pegged to the Consumer Price Index.

6 years ago

(Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Business
Economy
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Rent disputes and broken leases: How Philly businesses and landlords are handling the COVID crush

Some commercial eviction proceedings are underway, while other developers are negotiating.

6 years ago

(Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Housing
Personal Finance
Real Estate
Broke in Philly

Wondering what to do with your savings? A new study says ‘renting and investing’ is smarter than home buying in Philly metro

The study found that housing prices in the Philadelphia metro are about 10% higher than what the long-term cost trends suggest they should be.

6 years ago

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appears in Phoenix in October. (Matt York/AP Photo)
NPR
Public Health

Education department extends student loan payment freeze through January

Congress hit pause on federal student loan payments in the CARES Act. The latest extension of this relief will last until after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

6 years ago

A man pushes carts as a hiring sign shows at a Jewel Osco grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Thursday, April 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Economy
Public Health

Gripped by surging pandemic, US employers cut back on hiring

The report of another hiring slowdown provided the latest evidence that the job market and the economy are faltering in the face of a virus that's shattering daily records.

6 years ago

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