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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are proposing to forgive student debt for most Americans. They greet each other at a Democratic primary debate in July. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
NPR
Higher Education
Personal Finance
Politics

Forgiving student debt would boost economy, economists say

Economists say the dramatic proposals from Sanders and Warren to free millions of Americans from the burden of student debt could boost the economy in significant ways.

6 years ago

An artist’s conception drawing shows the $36 million FinTech hub building planned for the University of Delaware’s STAR Campus in Newark. (Courtesy of the University of Delaware)
Business
Delaware

Financial tech hub at the University of Delaware to blend academics, business

A new financial tech hub will soon be built at the University of Delaware’s STAR Campus in partnership with Discover Bank and the Delaware Technology Park.

6 years ago

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Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

More than 1 in 10 jobs in Philly are related to food — and the industry is growing fast

A new report quantified the city’s booming scene for the first time.

6 years ago

From left to right: Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos (AP image)
Radio Times
Elections
Politics

Should billionaires exist?

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are proposing raising taxes on the ultra-rich and prominent billionaires have been on the defensive about their wealth.

Air Date: November 19, 2019 10:00 am

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has argued that 'borrower defense' is too lenient. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
Higher Education
National

Betsy DeVos and the high-stakes standoff over student loan forgiveness

According to the most recent federal data, as of June 2019 more than 210,000 borrowers were waiting to have their claims processed under a 1995 rule known as borrower defense.

7 years ago

Ships carrying ethane from Pennsylvania sail the Firth of Forth, a river estuary emptying into the North Sea, to Grangemouth. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Business
Energy
International
StateImpact Pennsylvania

U.S. fracking helps to push a global plastic boom

Despite Scotland’s fracking ban, imported American shale gas is key to the economy in one town. To some, it’s an uneasy state of affairs.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Energy
Environment

Future owner of PES refinery could be decided as soon as January

So far, 15 parties have expressed interest in the complex, though their identities were not disclosed. Philadelphia Energy Solutions may hold an auction.

7 years ago

This June 20, 2019 photo shows a game of roulette underway at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Business
New Jersey

Should New Jersey limit the number of Atlantic City casinos?

Some New Jersey officials think the state should consider placing a limit on how many casinos would be allowed to operate in Atlantic City.

7 years ago

For months, PNC Bank customers have complained about connectivity failures between their accounts and third-party services, including Venmo.
(Graphic by Sarah Kovash/WESA)
Pennsylvania
Personal Finance
Technology

PNC customers frustrated over restricted access to third party payment apps

For months, PNC Bank customers have complained online that they’re having trouble using third party payment apps like Venmo.

7 years ago

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the state capitol in Harrisburg to demand action on climate change on Friday, September 20, 2019. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Environment
Pennsylvania
Politics

State Auditor General: Climate change could be costing Pa. hundreds of millions

Pa. Auditor General DePasqule wants lawmakers to come up with a more comprehensive plan to improve infrastructure, and hopefully prevent future damage from severe weather.

7 years ago

(Wikimedia Commons)
Business
Philadelphia
Technology
Billy Penn

Planet Fitness and other gyms are violating Philly’s cashless ban

29 locations are breaking the rules — but there’s no enforcement till someone complains.

7 years ago

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signs an executive order creating a board to look into setting up a state-run bank, alongside labor and other supporters, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 in Newark, N.J. New Jersey would be the second state after North Dakota with a state-run bank if Murphy's campaign promises comes to pass. (Michael Catalini/AP Photo)
New Jersey

N.J. considers setting up nation’s second public bank

N.J. would become the second state with a publicly run bank — after North Dakota and its century-old institution — under the aims of an executive order by Gov. Phil Murphy.

7 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Personal Finance

Pa. couldn’t process unemployment for four days. Now 2,500 people may get late checks.

It’s unclear exactly what went wrong with the commonwealth’s dated system, but from Thursday to Sunday, a crash kept unemployed people from filing claims.

7 years ago

Nozzles pump gas into vehicles at a BP gas station. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Energy
New Jersey
Transportation

Gas prices rise at the Jersey Shore

AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.59 in New Jersey last week, up two cents from the previous week.

7 years ago

Wine
Food & Drink
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s liquor board is posting record profits. That worries some lawmakers.

Republicans in the state legislature have long pushed to privatize the commonwealth’s state-run liquor industry.

7 years ago

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