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With nuke plant shutting down, N.J. community inherits 1.7M pounds of waste
After U.S. plan to dispose of spent fuel rods fails, Lacey Township wants compensation for holding the radioactive waste from the Oyster Creek plant.
6 years ago
Listen 5:32New Jersey considering offering rebates to boost electric car sales
A New Jersey lawmaker is proposing cash rebates to get more people to buy electric cars.
6 years ago
National Park Service to ‘modestly’ raise entrance fees in plan to cut repair backlog
The Interior Department is abandoning a plan to more than double entrance fees to some of the country's most popular national parks.
6 years ago
N.J. lottery winner says he wants to help others with part of $317 million
On the second time he ever played the lottery, North Jersey man hits the multimillion-dollar jackpot.
6 years ago
FirstEnergy: If feds don’t help us, more power plants will close. Trump’s thinking about it
FirstEnergy filed for bankruptcy last month and plans to close three nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
6 years ago
Why economics and politics don’t mix
Air Date: April 13, 2018
Listen 49:47Atlantic City casino earnings up 22.5 percent in 2017
Less competition has led to higher profits for Atlantic City's casinos in 2017 — but will it last with two more casinos soon to join the mix?
6 years ago
AP reports EPA’s Pruitt spent millions on security, travel
The agency spent millions of dollars for a 20-member full-time detail.
6 years ago
Study finds state aid weighted against South Jersey’s poorest cities
The most economically distressed municipalities in South Jersey receive nearly a third less state aid than similarly impoverished cities and towns in Central and North Jersey.
6 years ago
Savvy scammers tap into IRS anxiety to dupe taxpayers out of millions
The IRS estimates phone scams have cost consumers more than $65 million in last five years.
6 years ago
Listen 3:37China hits back on trade dispute, slapping tariffs on 128 U.S. products
The new tariffs, which China's Ministry of Finance says begin on Monday, add fuel to what many economists fear is a burgeoning trade war between the two economic superpowers.
6 years ago
Banks deny claims of discriminatory lending in Philadelphia
Banks argue that the data used in a recent report that found racial disparities in Philadelphia mortgage lending doesn’t represent the full scope of their lending activities.
6 years ago
Listen 2:11Enterprise Center, Brandywine Realty Trust launch loan fund
The Enterprise Center announced its newest program is now accepting applications from those seeking low-cost capital, reducing barriers for minority-owned construction co's.
6 years ago
Harsh words in Harrisburg over Wolf’s Farm Show deal
Republican state lawmakers wrapped up three weeks of annual budget hearings by tearing into Governor Tom Wolf's administration for several hours straight.
6 years ago
The TPP is dead. Long live the Trans-Pacific trade deal
When President Trump pulled the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, spurning the massive free trade agreement, most analysts figured the deal was dead.
6 years ago