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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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Gender
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Report: Racial inequity, gender pay gaps common at N.J. nonprofits

A Center for Non-Profits report says New Jersey’s nonprofits lack racial diversity and while women are running more and more organizations, they lag in pay compared to males.

7 years ago

Lead plaintiff David Schaszberger speaks at a Capitol press conference, flanked by one of his attorneys and Mark Janus, the Illinois plaintiff at the heart of the Janus decision that stopped public sector unions from collecting dues from non-members. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Pennsylvania
Personal Finance

Seven Pa. workers want their union dues back

The suit was filed by the same nonprofits who brought last year’s Janus case, in which SCOTUS ruled public sector unions can’t take dues from non-members.

7 years ago

The Military Lending Act caps annual interest on loans to military members at 36% and offers other safeguards. Now, lawmakers are proposing to extend that protection to veterans and others. (Sid Hastings/AP Photo)
NPR
Business

A ban on high-cost loans may be coming

Some payday loans carry interest rates of 100% or more. The Military Lending Act limits rates on loans to service members. Now, a bill aims to extend that protection to all.

7 years ago

File photo: In this March 13, 2019, photo, a student re-images a laptop in a school computer lab (Carolyn Thompson/AP Photo)
Higher Education
New Jersey
Technology

Murphy offers $2 million in grants to improve N.J. computer science education

N.J. is trying to fill thousands of tech jobs by boosting computer science education.

7 years ago

Fitbit, a pioneer in wearable fitness trackers, is being acquired by Google for $2.1 billion. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
NPR
Business
Technology

Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion, pledges to protect health data

Google is purchasing Fitbit for $2.1 billion, a sign that the Internet company wants to make up ground in the crowded wearable-technology field.

7 years ago

Washington Nationals celebrate after Game 7 of the baseball World Series against the Houston Astros Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in Houston. The Nationals won 6-2 to win the series. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Sports

‘I have zero regrets’: Texas mattress mogul lost $5M on World Series bets in N.J.

“My head is bloody, but certainly unbowed,” said Jim ‘Mattress Mack’ McIngvale, who was hedging against an extravagant mattress promotion.

7 years ago

Investors are spending billions of dollars to align their portfolios with their personal values. Above, pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange on June 10. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Economy
Sustainability

As investors try to be more ethical, some find no escape from businesses they detest

If you're an investor with ardent social beliefs — and you aspire to put your money where your mouth is — you're in luck.

7 years ago

After regaining control of his number, Gregg Bennett says he received this automatic text message from the AT&T store in Boston that he believes was used by the SIM-swappers. (Martin Kaste/Gregg Bennett)
NPR
Technology

‘SIM-swap’ scams expose risks of using phones for secondary I.D.

A SIM-swap is a "social engineering" trick fraudsters use to take control of somebody else's phone number.

7 years ago

Rutgers guard Caleb McConnell (22) goes to the basket against Indiana guard Aljami Durham (1) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Bloomington, Ind. (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Sports

Following California’s lead, New Jersey lawmakers want college athletes to be paid

The proposed Fair Play Act would allow student-athletes to earn money for use of their names, images or likenesses, and let them hire agents and attorneys.

7 years ago

More than 1 million people had $43 billion in outstanding student loans at the end of last year in New Jersey. (Twenty20/NJ Spotlight)
Higher Education
New Jersey
Politics
NJ Spotlight

Congressional group proposing major move on college debt, affordability

College Affordability Act comes amid growing concern about impact on individuals — and the economy — of ever-growing student debt.

7 years ago

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