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Kate McClure with Johnny Bobbitt Jr. (McClure's GoFundMe page)
New Jersey

Homeless Samaritan to get house, dream truck, trust funds

A New Jersey woman has raised more than $385,000 for a Philadelphia homeless man who came to her roadside aid – enough to buy him a ...

9 years ago

Graduate students from Rutgers University and others in the Philadelphia region protested in front of U.S. Senator Pat Toomey's office on November 21.
Higher Education
Politics
Taxes

Grad students in Philly, Newark plan to join nationwide walkout to protest GOP tax plan

The tax plan passed by the House could increase taxes on graduate students by thousands of dollars, when many make less than $20,000 a year.

9 years ago

In this Sept. 13, 2017 file photo, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney departs after a television interview at the White House in Washington.  Senior Trump administration officials said Saturday, Nov. 25,  that they expect no trouble when President Donald Trump's pick for temporary director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shows up for work, despite the clash on who should take over.   Trump announced he was picking Mulvaney within a few hours of Richard Cordray's announcement on Friday. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
Politics

The government agency in a tug-of-war leadership fight

The U.S. consumer watchdog agency is now at the center of a tug-of-war over who will lead it.

9 years ago

(AP, file)
Business
New Jersey

Firm becomes 1st in US to offer online virtual sport betting

The company behind internet gambling website PlaySugarHouse.com has become the first in the U.S. to let gamblers bet real money online on the outcome of virtual sports events.

9 years ago

Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Law
Philadelphia
Politics

Judge blocks Pennsylvania’s demand for $200M from insurer

U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner this week granted an injunction sought by the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association.

9 years ago

Former DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman talks about gender parity at an event in Wilmington Tuesday night. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Gender
Income Inequality

First female DuPont CEO gets real on gender inequality

Ellen Kullman discussed the pay gap, equal opportunities and sexual harassment in Wilmington.

9 years ago

(WHYY, file)
Pennsylvania
Personal Finance
Technology

Taxes in Pa. on cell phone service among highest in U.S.

The average rates of taxes and fees on wireless telephone services are more than two times higher than average sales tax rates that apply to most other taxable goods.

9 years ago

Pennsylvania's capitol dome against the blue sky
Business
Law
Pennsylvania

For second time, malpractice insurer sues Pa. over funding

State lawmakers are running into legal issues over a component of the budget plan they passed last month.

9 years ago

Radio Times
Business
Law
Politics

The Paradise Papers / GOP tax plan update

Guests: Damian Paletta, Jesse Drucker The Paradise Papers, millions of leaked documents from the Bermuda law firm ...

Air Date: November 11, 2017

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Vacant lots on the 2100 block of North 9th Street in Philadelphia, near Temple University. Eighty percent of the block's properties were tax-delinquent. (Jared Brey/PlanPhilly)
Economy
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly taking big bite out of unpaid property taxes

City officials have cut the backlog of property tax bills by more than 30 percent.

9 years ago

This Saturday, April 15, 2017, file photo shows President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The Trump Organization asked the federal government on July 20, 2017, to grant dozens of special visas to foreign nationals to work at two of the President Donald Trump’s private clubs in Florida, including his Mar-a-Lago resort. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Business
Immigration
Politics

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago gets approval to hire 70 foreign workers

Managers attest there aren't enough Americans qualified, willing and available to do the work.

9 years ago

Instead of raising taxes, lawmakers turned to gambling to help fill a budget hole. (AP)
Economy
Pennsylvania
Politics

It’ll take at least a year to enact Pa.’s new gambling expansion

Enacting the expansion will involve auctioning off casino licenses — something the board has never done before.

9 years ago

Small businesses, like this coffee ship in Pittsburgh, might benefit from the GOP-led tax code overhaul. But some might not. (AP)
Business
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Some small Pa. businesses uneasy over proposed tax code changes

Smaller business owners would also get a lower rate on some of their income, but there are limits to who would benefit.

9 years ago

College Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
Taxes

GOP tax plan calls for levy on endowment-rich universities, colleges

Republicans have criticized the nation’s wealthiest universities for accruing billions of dollars while avoiding most taxes due to their nonprofit status.

9 years ago

Chino Roberto Vasquez, owner of Chino's Pizzeria celebrates a winning hand on one of the new legal video poker machines, in his restaurant Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Justice, Ill. (M. Spencer Green/AP Photo)
Economic Development
Philadelphia

Pennsylvania cities weigh whether to allow new mini-casinos

Pennsylvania's new law expanding its casino industry has set off debates in cities and towns about whether to try to lure one of the 10 new mini-casinos, or ban them.

9 years ago

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