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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Holtec International in Camden. The plant for manufacturing nuclear waste storage containers and small nuclear reactors was lured to the Camden waterfront by $260 million in tax breaks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Economic Development
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Holtec opens new facility on Camden waterfront

A more than 300-million dollar high tech manufacturing facility is up and officially open in Camden. It’s one of the more hi ...

9 years ago

Amazon's fulfillment center in Delaware is about the size of 28 football fields. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
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Philadelphia

Philly, Pittsburgh to make pitch to be Amazon’s East Coast hub

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh plan to make pitches to be Amazon’s second home. Philadelphia’s Democratic Mayor Jim Kenne ...

9 years ago

Renee Cardwell Hughes of the American Red Cross says blood is needed along with cash donations fro those suffering in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
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Philly helping Harvey victims, preparing to send relief wherever Irma strikes

After already helping in Texas, the city of Philadelphia is preparing to provide aid wherever Hurricane Irma hits. City agencies a ...

9 years ago

Controller Alan Butkovitz
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Taxes

As controller plans to review business impact of Philly soda tax, mayor doubts impartiality

Philadelphia’s city controller plans to survey businesses to see just how they are being affected by the city’s sweetened-bev ...

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US takes aim at countries doing business with North Korea

The United States said Monday it would target countries doing business with North Korea as U.N. Security Council members called for furth ...

9 years ago

 A flare stack puts out a flame at a refinery near an area hit by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Energy
Environment
Personal Finance

Summer gas requirements waived in face of Harvey damage

The Environmental Protection Agency has ended summer fuel requirements early for states affected by fuel disruptions due to Hurricane Har ...

9 years ago

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Americans are least satisfied with pay, retirement plan, health benefits, Gallup poll shows

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. o ...

9 years ago

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Aging
National
Personal Finance

Americans are least satisfied with pay, retirement plan, health benefits, Gallup poll shows

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. o ...

9 years ago

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Pa. restores grants to help the poor with heating bills

Fall has yet to begin, but it’s already been a long year for the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance program known as LIHEAP.< ...

9 years ago

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Home & Family
Personal Finance

Pa. restores grants to help the poor with heating bills

Fall has yet to begin, but it’s already been a long year for the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance program known as LIHEAP.< ...

9 years ago

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King of Prussia company responds to chemical fire, explosions at its Texas plant

Following the flood brought in by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, a chemical silo belonging to the company Arkema exploded early Thursday morn ...

9 years ago

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Energy
New Jersey

Impact from Harvey to be felt as higher gas prices in the Mid-Atlantic region

Get ready for a big jump in gasoline prices because of the flooding in Texas. Tom Kloza, global energy analyst at the Oil Price In ...

9 years ago

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K-12

Pa. school leaders anxious, still stinging from 2015 as 2017 state budget talks again linger

Nearly two months after the state’s budget deadline, lawmakers still haven’t reached a consensus on how to pay for the spendi ...

9 years ago

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 Bensalem Mayor Joe DiGirolamo (left)announces that the township will sue pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid epidemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Public Health

Bensalem targets Big Pharma with suit to recover millions it’s spent dealing with opioid crisis

Bensalem is poised to become the first local government in Pennsylvania to sue pharmaceutical companies in an effort to recover ...

9 years ago

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Economic Development
Philadelphia

Union, two Philly airport contractors reach deal to negotiate labor pact

A new agreement aims to prevent future labor strife at Philadelphia International Airport. It’s also designed to bring about a firs ...

9 years ago

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