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Sallie Mae Chairman and CEO Raymond Quinlan, center, attends the opening bell ceremony with guests and employees at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, in New York. The company, which offers private education loans, is headquartered in Newark, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Delaware
Economy

Sallie Mae expands in Delaware, promising 300 more jobs

The student loan company is opening a second office in Delaware, which will be home to more than 500 jobs.

8 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Energy
New Jersey

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.

8 years ago

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Daniele Schillaci, head of global sales and marketing and also the Zero Emission Vehicle and Battery Business for Nissan, speaks during the world premiere in Chiba, near Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Nissan's new Leaf electric car goes father on a charge and comes with autonomous drive technology and single-pedal driving. But whether it can catch on with anyone but the most zealously green-minded remains to be seen. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
Environment
New Jersey
Transportation

New 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.

8 years ago

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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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?

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 years ago

Listen 3:37
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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 years ago

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