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Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philadelphia reveals nearly all spending from 2017

Philadelphia’s checkbook is now publicly available. The city released a trove of data that details $4.2 billion in city payments for fiscal year 2017.

7 years ago

Rep. Thomas Mehaffie (R- Dauphin) unveils a bill aimed a preventing the early closure of two of Pennsylvania's five nuclear power plants. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Pennsylvania
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StateImpact Pennsylvania

Poll: Public split on whether state should act to prop up nuclear industry

A new poll found Pennsylvania voters generally support nuclear energy, but on the question of whether the state should prop up struggling plants, that support is mixed.

7 years ago

Croda Inc. manufacturing plant
Business
Delaware
Environment

Croda fined $246,000 for Thanksgiving weekend gas leak that closed Delaware Memorial Bridge

Croda’s Atlas Point plant in Delaware violated air and water permits. More than a ton of ethylene oxide was released, stopping traffic for seven hours.

7 years ago

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Salvadoran migrants wait for transportation after turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas — where a border fence is under construction. The Pentagon says it will spend up to $1 billion to help build the fence. (Paul Ratje /AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Immigration
Infrastructure
Military

Pentagon takes $1 billion from military personnel account to build border fence

The Department of Defense is shifting $1 billion from a military personnel account to build a 57-mile fence at the southern U.S. border.

7 years ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Oprah Winfrey prepare to embrace at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new products Monday, March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif. (Tony Avelar/AP Photo)
Business
Movies

Apple is jumping belatedly into the streaming TV business

Apple didn't disclose the price or the launch date except to say that Apple TV Plus will be available this fall. It will feature Apple's original shows and movies.

7 years ago

Sen. Vincent Hughes, D-Philadelphia, makes a point as they discuss pension legislation in the Rules Committee ahead of floor debate at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Personal Finance

Democratic Pa. state senators propose student loan debt relief

Three Pennsylvania state senate Democrats are launching a plan to help people with student loan debt.

7 years ago

Major U.S. stock indexes fell Friday as short-term Treasury yields exceeded those on long-term bonds, in what some analysts consider a sign that a recession may be coming. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
National
Personal Finance

Stock indexes drop as bond market flashes recession warning

The stock market tumbled Friday as investors digested an ominous warning sign: Interest rates on long-term government debt fell below the rate on short-term bills.

7 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Energy
Pennsylvania
PA Post

If Three Mile Island shuts down, counties could lose grant money

If Three Mile Island shuts down, the counties and communities surrounding the plant could see less money for emergency management.

7 years ago

Sadiq Muhammed Kabir, 24, runs his own import-export business selling ginger root in Kaduna. He shared his
NPR
Business
International

Why #ThisIsMyHustle is trending in Nigeria

Jobs are hard to come by in Nigeria, so many people have to hustle to earn money — starting their own businesses or finding side jobs to supplement their main income.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Philadelphia
Politics
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly spends as much on contractors as public employees, study says

More than half of all budgeted contracting in the city this year will go to two departments: Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbilities Services and Human Services.

7 years ago

Conservation groups hope to use $4.1 million to preserve and protect areas of the Delaware River Watershed similar to what’s been done here along the Wilmington Riverfront and the Christina River. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Environment
Outdoors
Public Spaces

25 Delaware River-area water quality projects get $4.1 million in federal funds

Water quality improvement projects in the Delaware River Watershed get $4.1 million under the new Delaware River Basin Conservation Act.

7 years ago

President Trump speaks before signing an executive order Thursday requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condition of receiving federal research grants.
(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Higher Education
National
Politics

Trump and universities in fight over free speech, federal research funding

The president promised to do something about what he called a political climate on liberal college campuses that chills discourse.

7 years ago

Tastykake and Bassetts Ice Cream teamed up to create a cookie inspired milkshake. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Tastykake launches new products to navigate competitive marketplace

Nostalgia over its Philly identity isn’t enough to maintain sales, a food-industry observer says. That’s why Tastykake is launching products to entice new consumers.

7 years ago

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Trucks and cars move through a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza in Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Politics
Streets & Roads

Pa.’s top auditor says Turnpike on ‘road to ruin’

In his latest review of the Turnpike Commission, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says the agency cannot sustain itself by hiking tolls every year.

7 years ago

Jen Cavallaro-Fromm and Andrea Katz, advocates in New Jersey, attended the first public budget hearing of the year in Trenton on Wednesday. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
K-12
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. school funding dominates first public budget hearing in Trenton

As New Jersey lawmakers delve into particulars of the budget plan, proponents and opponents of changes in school funding argue their positions.

7 years ago

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