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House Minority Leader Frank Dermody said it is
Pennsylvania
Politics

Don’t discuss minimum wage, GOP speaker tells Dems during Pa. budget debate

The state House passed the main spending bill for its proposed budget Tuesday afternoon — a major step toward getting a plan finalized by the June 30 deadline.

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney signed Delaware’s $4.45 billion budget Tuesday afternoon in his Dover office. (Courtesy of Carney staff)
Delaware
Politics

Delaware approves $4.45 billion budget to better support education for low-income kids

The Delaware General Assembly approved Gov. John Carney’s $4.45 billion operating budget that includes new spending on education, social services and state workers.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. lawmakers cosign $34 billion budget, but negotiations aren’t over

Pennsylvania House Republicans have started moving the main spending bill for next year's state budget, and it seems likely the Senate and Governor Tom Wolf will support it.

7 years ago

Gur Kimchi, vice president of Prime Air, talks about Amazon's drone delivery service. Federal officials recently approved a patent for the company to explore allowing its drones to provide
NPR
Business
Technology

Amazon explores having its drones provide ‘home surveillance’ for customers

The tech giant is moving closer to a future in which customers order drones to hover around a home and scan for things like a garage door left open or a broken window.

7 years ago

In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019, photo, a visitor to Herald Square takes a photo with the Pride and Joy window display at the Macy's flagship store in New York. For Pride month, retailers across the country are selling goods and services celebrating LGBTQ culture. Macy’s flagship store is adorned with rainbow-colored Pride tribute windows, set in the same space as its famous Christmas displays. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Business
LGBTQ

A retail rainbow: Vendors mark LGBTQ Pride on sales racks

Not everyone praises the Pride merchandising, which some see as thinly disguised corporate promotion.

7 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa.’s year-end surplus is official. But it won’t last long.

The IFO said that the commonwealth can count on ending the year with $910 million to spare. But the number dwindles when factoring in the amount the state overspent.

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
New Jersey
Politics

Murphy says he’s reviewing budget but will meet deadline

Whether the Democrat will sign the spending bill the Democrat-led Legislature sent him Thursday or use his line-item veto remained murky Friday.

7 years ago

(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

Convicted ex-sheriff won’t get a pension, saving taxpayers $1.6 million

The Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement has decided to terminate former Sheriff John Green’s city pension, which he accrued over more than two decades in office.

7 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo, shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Technical parole violations cost Pa. about $100 million a year, report finds

A new report estimates that Pennsylvania is spending about $100 million a year to house inmates for technical parole violations, such as missing curfew or failing a drug test.

7 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Politics

Governor vetoes $100M private schools bill in Pennsylvania

Gov. Tom Wolf is vetoing budget-season legislation to substantially ramp up taxpayer support for private and religious schools in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

A photo demonstrates safety features in a Volvo XC40. Many new cars have optional features that can help prevent accidents. But those same features can also make repairs more expensive, boosting car insurance premiums. (Volvo Car Group)
NPR
Business
Transportation

Why safer cars don’t lead to cheaper car insurance … yet

Many new cars have optional features that can help prevent accidents. But those same features also make repairs more expensive.

7 years ago

The York 2 Energy Center in Peach Bottom Township, York County is an 828 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant co-located with the 565 megawatt York Energy Center. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
National
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Nation’s largest power grid operator grapples with carbon pricing

PJM Interconnection manages the flow of wholesale electricity in all or part of 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states and the District of Columbia.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Politics

Philly City Council passed a $5 billion budget. Here’s what’s in it

The spending plan includes new money for efforts to combat the opioid crisis and gun violence in Philly, plus job training for young city residents.

7 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton.
Business
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. committee votes to extend controversial tax credit programs

The programs, started under former Gov. Chris Christie, have awarded billions in incentives to companies that agreed to move to or expand in New Jersey.

7 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is mulling a suit against the IRS after it ruled that a workaround to a cap on tax deductions isn’t legal. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Taxes

NJ AG considers suing the IRS over charitable contributions decision

New Jersey AG Gurbir Grewal is mulling a suit against the IRS after its ruling that a workaround to a cap on tax deductions isn’t legal.

7 years ago

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