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Park rangers meet in front of Yosemite Falls in 2016 in Yosemite National Park in California. Increased fees are expected to boost funding for park maintenance across the country. (David Calvert/Getty Images)
NPR
Environment
National

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.

7 years ago

Richard Wahl speaks during a news conference introducing him as the $533 million Mega Millions jackpot winner at the New Jersey Lottery headquarters, Friday, April 13, 2018, in Trenton, N.J. Wahl hit the winning numbers during the Friday, March 30 drawing on a ticket he bought at a gas station in Riverdale, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey

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.

7 years ago

This May 22, 2007 file photo shows FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield plant in Shippingport, Pa., northwest of Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo, File)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
National
Politics

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.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Economy
Politics

Why economics and politics don’t mix

Guest: Alan Blinder By all accounts, the U.S. economy is strong. But, will this strength continue? The federal bu ...

Air Date: April 13, 2018

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This Jan. 31, 2018, photo shows a dealer conducting a game of roulette at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City N.J. Atlantic City's seven casinos saw their gross operating profits increase by 22.5 percent last year, to $723 million. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Economy
New Jersey

Atlantic 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?

7 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.
Environment
National
Politics

AP reports EPA’s Pruitt spent millions on security, travel

The agency spent millions of dollars for a 20-member full-time detail.

7 years ago

The bayfront town of Fortescue in Downe Township, New Jersey.
New Jersey
Politics

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.

7 years ago

Watch out for tax scams from people claiming to be the state police
Criminal Justice

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.

7 years ago

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Imported nuts from the United States are displayed for sale at a supermarket in Beijing, Monday, April 2, 2018. China raised import duties on U.S. pork, fruit and other products Monday.
NPR
Economy
International
Politics

China 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.

7 years ago

A woman walks past a Wells Fargo location in view of City Hall, left, in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 11, 2017.
PlanPhilly
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

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.

7 years ago

Listen 2:11
Della Clark speaks at a podium.
The Philadelphia Tribune
Business
Personal Finance

Enterprise 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.

7 years ago

Governor Wolf opted to fill a gap in the state budget by leveraging the Farm Show complex for a loan. GOP lawmakers had intended for him to raid special funds. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics

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.

7 years ago

Shoppers explore the goods on display in Ha Giang, Vietnam. The country's textile industry was expected to be one of the biggest winners from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would have provided tariff-free access to U.S. markets. Under the new agreement, the industry is still expected to gain — if not nearly as much. (Linh Pham/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
International
Politics

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.

7 years ago

State police trooper in Franklin County (Public Opinion)
Pennsylvania
Policing
Politics

Pa. budget hearings dredge up police funding conundrum (again)

Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to figure out a better way to pay for state police.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks before signing the first executive order of his administration in Trenton, N.J. Democratic officials in some high-tax states are pushing legislation that would retain a federal tax break for state and local taxes, a deduction that was capped in the recent GOP tax overhaul. Murphy’s office describes the push for a work-around to the new cap on local taxes as a matter of fairness, especially if many of the federal tax breaks expire as scheduled in 2027. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
New Jersey
Politics

New Jersey Dems seek to help wealthy in response to tax changes

Resistance to the Republican tax overhaul comes with an ideological twist for some Democratic state officials.

7 years ago

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