Money
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[BONUS] Remembering investment pioneer John Bogle
Guest: John Bogle J ...
Air Date: January 17, 2019
Listen 48:52Furloughed IRS workers must return to work ahead of tax season
The U.S. Treasury Department has asked nearly 50,000 employees to work without pay as the historic government shutdown continues.
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Listen 1:57John Bogle, Vanguard founder, dies at 89
Bogle did not invent the index fund, but he expanded access to no-frills, low-cost investing in 1976 when Vanguard introduced the first index fund for individual investors.
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More than $20 million crowdsourced for border wall will be refunded
As of early Saturday, the campaign had raised $20,328,658, and more than 340,000 people had donated to the GoFundMe page within 26 days.
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The push to break up the boys’ club at the Fed
At a time when more women than men are graduating from college and earning doctorates, just a third of Ph.D.s in economics go to women.
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N.J. tax-break programs poorly monitored, audit finds
As of February 2018, the EDA had approved nearly $11 billion in tax breaks across five different programs statewide.
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SEPTA facing $63M capital budget shortfall over motorists' lawsuit
SEPTA is bracing for a possible $63 million shortfall in 2019, pending the outcome of a contentious lawsuit filed in federal court by two motorists’ groups.
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Minimum wages rising in 20 states and several cities
The federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since 2009, but in the years since, 29 states and the District of Columbia have established higher minimum wages.
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