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 The Fresh Grocer in the Belmont section of Philadelphia has an aisle dedicated to beverages that aren’t taxed as sweetened beverages. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

The Philadelphia Experiment: Does a soda tax change consumer behavior?

These days, Southwest Philadelphia resident Nigeea Mohammed said she rarely does her grocery shopping in the city. That is, ever since a ...

8 years ago

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 A small weed grows in the parking lot outside a Sears retail store in north Dallas, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (LM Otero/AP Photo)

On ‘Radio Times:’ The decline, and future, of retail in America

Macy’s isn’t holding clearance sales for nothing.  The department store along with JC Penney and Sears has been shuttering store ...

8 years ago

 Markita Morris-Louis, senior vice president of community affairs and general counsel at Clarifi, a nonprofit credit counseling agency, testifies against PECO's proposal to pilot a prepaid energy plan during a public hearing in Philadelphia. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)

Consumer advocates say PECO’s pre-pay electric plan has drawbacks

PECO is asking Pennsylvania regulators for permission to start a pilot program giving customers the option to prepay their energy bills, ...

8 years ago

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Troubling times for retail; Trump and trade

Guests: Neil Irwin, David Bell, Derek Thompson The retail industry has been hurting lately. Big department stores ...

Air Date: April 24, 2017

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  A customer peers through the picture windows at Halo Farm Thursday afternoon to see the packaging process at the creamery. (Dana DiFilippo/WHYY)

In Trenton, Halo Farm fights for its name — and its customers’ colons

Think of Trenton, New Jersey, and certain things leap to mind: the Tre ...

8 years ago

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Venezuela; Russia/Trump ties; Iran Nuclear Deal

Demonstrations in Venezuela against President Nicholas Maduro this week have left three people dead. Opposition leaders accuse the Presid ...

Air Date: April 21, 2017

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House GOP sets up push for liquor privatization in Pa.

State House Republicans are attempting to chart a new course for liquor sales in Pennsylvania, pushing a traditionally state-run system f ...

8 years ago

 Ken Weinstein owns the Trolley Car Diner in Mt. Airy. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
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Raising the minimum wage is good for small businesses

Last week, NewsWorks published an article about a recent report from the Independent Fiscal Office which suggested that the positive impa ...

8 years ago

 White House press secretary Sean Spicer (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

On ‘Radio Times’: The art of the public apology

Last week we heard several public apologies — from Pepsi, United Airlines, Sean Spicer — so, “Radio Times” invited public ...

8 years ago

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Did the DNC really bring in $230 million to Philly?

Almost eight months after the Democrats brought their big political party to Philadelphia last summer, the numbers are in: According to t ...

8 years ago

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Gov. Wolf’s minimum wage plans run into economic reality

Gov. Tom Wolf’s rose-colored minimum wage plans have run into green-eyeshade economic reality. A new ...

8 years ago

On ‘Radio Times’: Creating a stronger middle-class

Today on Radio Times, Ganesh Sitaraman, told listeners that economic inequality is destroying our democracy. He argues in his new ...

8 years ago

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Philadelphia airport baggage handlers, sky caps unionize

Baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants, sky caps and other workers employed by contractors at Philadelphia International Airport have vo ...

8 years ago

 The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, led by  Rob Wonderling (center), is challenging Philadelphia's wage history bill, which prohibits employers from asking for a prosepective employee's wage history. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Chamber of Commerce moves to block Philly law aimed at bolstering pay equity

Philadelphia is headed to federal court to defend a law aimed at combating gender pay discrimination after the Chamber of Commerce for Gr ...

8 years ago

 A beverage industry supporter protests the sweetened beverage tax outside of Philadelphia's City Hall. A panel of Commonwealth Court judges will hear arguments over the levy Wednesday in Pittsburgh. (NewsWorks file photo)

Philly’s beverage tax challenge lands before panel of judges in Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s signature policy achievement, the city tax on sweetened drinks, will be back in court Wednesday. ...

8 years ago

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