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Issue advocacy groups say N.J. ‘dark money’ bill unfairly targets their private donors

Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey are pushing a bill that would require “dark money” groups that support political candidates or causes to disclose their donors.

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In this file photo, a woman shouts while marching with service workers asking for $15 minimum wage pay during a rally at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
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N.J. plan for raising minimum wage to $15 headed for final votes

Most hourly N.J. workers could be earning at least $15 by 2024 under a plan nearing final votes.

7 years ago

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In a hot labor market, some employees are ‘ghosting’ bad bosses

The Fed defined ghosting on the job as "a situation where a worker stops coming to work without notice and then is impossible to contact."

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania
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Impact fee collected from gas drillers expected to reach new record in Pa.

The fee Pennsylvania collects from natural gas drillers is expected to reach a record $247 million this year, according to figures released Thursday by the IFO.

7 years ago

In this file photo, a woman shouts while marching with service workers asking for $15 minimum wage pay during a rally at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
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Emotional testimony as $15 minimum wage for N.J. passes first legislative stage

A key legislative committee approved a bill that would raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $10 later this year and put the state on a path to having the wage reach $15 by 2024.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 photo, Brendan Shaughnessy, (left), with the Nuclear Issues Study Group, protests with other activists ahead of a meeting of a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel in Albuquerque, N.M. (Susan Montoya Bryan/AP Photo)
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Holtec defends plans for nuclear waste storage facility

A New Jersey-based company is defending plans to build a multibillion-dollar facility in the New Mexico desert to store spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.

7 years ago

Alyssa Collins with Penn State Extension shows a hemp plant that grew after the main experiment was harvested. Under guidelines from the state Department of Agriculture, any plants that spring up outside the parameters of the research period would have to be destroyed. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
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Pa. plans to open industrial hemp program to commercial growers

Pennsylvania's Agriculture Department is opening up its hemp program, pending approval from the federal government.

7 years ago

A large cooling tower and other buildings at the nuclear power site in Salem County can be seen near a farm in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J., in rural Salem County Nov. 13, 2007.  (Mel Evans, AP, file)
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NJ Spotlight

PSEG drives home vow to shutter nuclear plants unless public subsidizes them

The company maintains new filings with state demonstrate the case for up to $300 million in annual aid for three years, but most financial information has been redacted.

7 years ago

The state aims to collect more information on department finances to help with the budgeting process. Its first subject was the Department of Corrections. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
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Pa. lawmakers try out new way of assessing impact of state dollars

Pennsylvania's Independent Fiscal Office is now required to periodically create what are known as performance-based budget reports on state agencies.

7 years ago

Solar panels on the roof of the building supplying energy to the AirTrain at Newark Liberty International Airport soak up the rays. A New Jersey lawmaker wants the state to aim for 80 percent renewable energy use by 2050. (AP file photo)
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Will its own success sabotage the garden state’s solar sector?

Add up solar installations — deployed and in the pipeline — and New Jersey has reached the point which current subsidies expire — before a new program has been put in place.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania is working to roll out online gambling, which will be licensed through existing casinos. (Wayne Parry/AP)
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Amid Pa. gambling expansion, questions arise about federal laws

 Pennsylvania is in the middle of rolling out a slate of gambling expansions, including online gaming.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney  (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Philadelphia

Philadelphia to offer bill payment flexibility amid shutdown

The mayor of Philadelphia says city departments and agencies will be offering flexibility in bill payments to federal workers affected by the partial government shutdown.

7 years ago

In a photo taken Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, Vince Farias looks through a container with keys to his rental properties in Surf City, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
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New rental tax worries some N.J. shore renters, homeowners

A new tax in New Jersey on short-term lodging such as Airbnb rentals is rattling some property owners and renters.

7 years ago

Marshal Granor of the Hebrew Free Loan Association writes a check for $1,250 to Latashah Sharp, a federal employee who has fallen behind on her rent since the government shutdown began. An employee of the Transportation Security Administration at Philadelphia airport, Sharp has continued working without pay. An anonymous $500,000 donation made the interest free loans to federal employees possible. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Government Accountability
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Philadelphia

Federal workers in Philly offered free, no-interest loans during shutdown

An anonymous donor is distributing $500,000 in interest-free loans to unpaid government workers during the shutdown.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 20, 2008, file photo, John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, talks during an interview with The Associated Press, in New York. Vanguard announced Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, that John C.
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