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Emma Allen drives herself to work most days. It’s convenient, but the cost of car insurance stretches her limited budget. (Sean Havey for California Dream)
Aging
Economy
National
Marketplace

More seniors are working — some by choice, others by necessity

More and more Americans are working well past retirement age. For some, it’s a matter of necessity. For others, it’s a matter of choice. And the distinction is class-based.

7 years ago

A Federal Reserve study surveys the top occupations that don't require a four-year college degree. (Big Stock photo)
Business
Economy
K-12

Top 10 job opportunities in Philly region for workers without college degree

The majority of Americans don't have a college degree. But there are many non-college jobs that pay reasonably well.

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is pictured in this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Higher Education
New Jersey
Personal Finance

New Jersey enacts two laws to help students repay loans

One of the new laws will make it easier for borrowers struggling to pay off loans. The other allows borrowers who have defaulted on those loans to start an installment plan.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale, speaks after he was sworn in for his second term at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017.
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Pa. turns to random audits in bid to track Medicaid dollars

Six Medicaid providers are getting word they're being audited by the state. The random reviews are part of a new strategy to make sure contractors aren't misusing Pa. dollars.

7 years ago

Hali Flickinger, left, of Spring Grove, York County, competes for the U.S. in a semifinal of the women's 200-meter butterfly at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Flickinger placed seventh in the event’s final heat. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Sports
Taxes
PA Post

Pa. bill proposes tax break for Olympians

Pa. would join the group of states with similar income tax exemptions already in place.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 18, 2010 photo, an Amazon.com package awaits delivery from UPS (Paul Sakuma/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Taxes

A new internet sales tax proves more lucrative than expected for Pa.

According to the state Revenue Department, it was expected to make about $50 million in its first fiscal year. The state's IFO said it's on track to make $300 million.

7 years ago

A view of the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa., with a cloudy sky in the background.
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pennsylvania eyes retirement-savings plan for its portfolio

With Pennsylvania facing a wave of retirees leaving the workforce with no savings, top state officials are working to head off the financial blow.

7 years ago

Perhaps one day Humboldt pot will be as famous as Bordeaux wine. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Business
Economy
The Conversation

Can artisanal weed compete with ‘Big Marijuana’?

The drug’s growing legalization is raising concerns among small-scale marijuana farmers and retailers that the corporatization of weed may be right around the corner.

7 years ago

Salem Hope Creek nuclear generating station in Salem County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
New Jersey

N.J. approves $300 million annual subsidy for nuclear industry that threatened shutdown

‘Financially viable’ nuclear reactors to get $900 million infusion from New Jersey over three years. State regulators agreed to the payments in the face of PSE&G’s threats of

7 years ago

After adjusting for inflation, black workers' median weekly earnings have risen at a fraction of the pace of wages for white, Hispanic and Asian workers. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Race & Ethnicity
Marketplace

African Americans’ wages nearly stagnant over decade

since the Great Recession, wage gains have varied significantly by race, with African Americans’ earnings nearly stagnant over the period.

7 years ago

The entrance to Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown. (Hshuvaeva via Wikimedia Commons)
Business
Taxes

Norristown considers 5% tax on zoo, cultural institutions

Norristown may begin taxing concerts and events to avoid a budget shortfall.

7 years ago

Home healthcare workers Stephanie Williams, left, and Lolita Owens rally at the Frankford Transportation Center in February to pressure state lawmakers to increase the state minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Michael D'Onofrio/Philadelphia Tribune)
Economy
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Report proposes 10 solutions to close widening racial wealth gap

Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide calls for offering federally-managed “baby bonds” to all children and funding them based on income.

7 years ago

Arizona State Elections Director Eric Spencer, middle, helps Arizona Healthy Working Families Initiative group members deliver more than 270,000 signatures to the elections office at the Arizona Capitol, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Phoenix, in hopes of qualifying a measure for the November ballot to raise the state's minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020 and provide earned sick days to workers. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
Income Inequality
Politics
PA Post

Why and how 11 Trump states raised the minimum wage, explained

Here’s a look at the path to minimum wage increases in other reddish states.

7 years ago

The IRS budget has been cut sharply over the past decade, but President Trump has suggested spending an extra $362 million on tax enforcement next year. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Taxes

On Tax Day, the IRS is short of money

The agency's budget has been cut sharply over the last decade. That means fewer audits. The Trump administration says those cuts may have gone too far.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Government Accountability
National
Taxes

As the nation files taxes, Trump still hides his

Today is tax day, and millions of Americans will have to show the government everything — their salaries and their expenses, their profits, and their losses.

7 years ago

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