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Google offices, luxury apartments, and upscale box stores now make up Bakery Square where Nabisco once operated.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Keystone Crossroads
Economic Development
Economy

Google to invest more than $1 billion in digital literacy, workforce development

Technology alone won’t prepare people to build careers or pursue education in a rapidly changing economy. That was the message from Google executives.

9 years ago

People in shaddow walk past a geometric building (Amazon's Seattle HQ)
NewsWorks Tonight
Business
Economic Development
Race & Ethnicity

When Amazon HQ2 arrives, tech's diversity problem could come too

When Amazon builds its new headquarters in some lucky city, diversity issues could be part of the bargain. At least, if things go like they did in Seattle.

9 years ago

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An Amazon worker walks down steps in a company office before an event announcing several new Amazon products by the company, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
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Keystone Crossroads
Business
Economy
Pennsylvania

Investigation finds Amazon benefitted from more than $2.4 billion in subsidies

Amazon benefited from more than $2.4 billion in incentives across the country, according to research published Wednesday by American City Business Journals.

9 years ago

Liberty One, City Hall, and the Comcast building among others
Economy
Gender
LGBTQ

Out and Equal summit building workplace diversity in Philly

More than 4,000 people are gathering in Philadelphia for a summit focusing on strengthening diversity in the workplace. 

9 years ago

 Holtec International built a manufacturing facility in Camden, New Jersey, thanks to a $260 million tax break made possible by the state's Economic Opportunity Act.  (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Economic Development
New Jersey
Taxes

N.J. offers new small-business loans amid tax break boom in Camden, other cities

The same N.J. agency that’s handed out billions of dollars in tax breaks to large companies is offering a new slate of grants for small businesses.

9 years ago

A woman sits on the concrete steps in front of her Philadelphia rowhome
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Taxes

Property tax-deferral plan for poor Philly homeowners advances to mayor

Philadelphia City Council has approved a plan to help longtime homeowners who can't afford their property taxes.

9 years ago

backhoe works at a construction site
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Pennsylvania

Pipeline blasting sprayed Lebanon County home with debris, and may have spread legacy pollution

Blasting to remove rock for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Lebanon County showered a home and its swimming pool with debris.

9 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline as seen from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. (NewsWorks file photo)
Economy
Philadelphia
Taxes

Pa. hotel tax hike could kill smaller Philly levy for promoting tourism

A tax increase proposed in Harrisburg could kill a small tariff that Philadelphia hotel owners were going to impose on themselves. ...

9 years ago

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Economy
Pennsylvania
Taxes

House assigns blame as budget talks crash; Wolf draws ‘line in the sand’

The latest push to finish Pennsylvania’s late, unbalanced budget has melted down.

9 years ago

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Economy
New Jersey

New Jersey’s minimum wage will increase 16 cents in 2018

Gov. Chris Christie’s administration announced the new minimum-wage floor late last week.

9 years ago

Unidentified home damaged during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. (Big Stock photo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

New Jersey charges 4 with filing fraudulent Sandy relief applications

New Jersey authorities charged criminally Wednesday four more people with filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds related to Superstorm Sandy.

9 years ago

Workers listen to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speak at the Pennsylvania Machine Works, a family-owned pipe-fitting manufacturer, in Aston, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Economy
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Paul Ryan brings tidings of tax change to Delaware County factory workers

Employees of Penn Machine pressed the speaker for more details on how the framework would improve their lives.

9 years ago

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Business
Economy
Pennsylvania

Jobless workers worry Harrisburg’s forgotten their funding woes

While Harrisburg is mired in balancing its overdue budget, employees in the state’s Unemployment Compensation program are getting concerned.

9 years ago

liquor store
Economy
Pennsylvania

Pa. House GOP criticizes liquor sales earnings as price gouging

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has posted this year's earnings, and they're higher than ever.

9 years ago

Facing forward from the rear, arched ceilings, painted murals, and members of the Pa. legislature seated at desks
Economic Development
Economy
Energy
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Lacking support to get Pa. severance tax to House floor, Dems will try again

Pennsylvania House Democrats and a handful of Republicans are trying to figure out the best way to bring a natural gas severance tax up for a vote.

9 years ago

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