Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza is WHYY News’ business reporter. Most recently, she worked as a digital editor at WYPR, the public media station in Baltimore. She previously covered the business beat for the American City Business Journals in San Antonio and the McAllen Monitor in Texas. She has also worked as an editor in Arizona and reporter in Louisiana. Mosbrucker-Garza is a western Pennsylvania native and a graduate of Temple University. She got her start in news as a contributor to WHYY NewsWorks more than a decade ago.
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A neighborhood group wants to stop the city’s plan of eliminating permit parking to make way for new loading zones and adding concrete barriers around bike lanes.
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New British trade leader stops in Philadelphia to boost international ties
There’s already overlap in the pharmaceutical industry between the U.K. and Pennsylvania, but details in Trump’s trade deal with the island still need to be hashed out.
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Meet Philly’s backyard chicken owners pushing to change the law
Backyard chicken farmers are hopeful that City Council members will introduce a bill to legalize hens in Philadelphia soon. It would be the third time in six years.
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50th anniversary Odunde Festival in Philadelphia: What you need to know
The first Odunde Festival was held in 1975. Half a century later, it’s run by the daughter and grandson of co-founder Lois Fernandez.
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Why Amazon is doubling down on robots at its massive Delaware fulfillment center
About 4,500 people are working inside Amazon’s fulfillment center in Wilmington at any given time. After renovations, some of their newest coworkers will be robots.
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Doylestown Memorial Day parade honors America’s fallen soldiers in 157th year
About 15,000 people attended a historic Memorial Day parade in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to honor military veterans from all conflicts.
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SEPTA board pressed for answers over proposed cuts: ‘Are people just supposed to walk?’
Advocates rallied to support state subsidies for SEPTA and worry about public transportation for the most vulnerable riders, like students, seniors and disabled passengers.
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Some popular SEPTA bus routes may disappear before others with low ridership. Here’s why
SEPTA is under pressure to save as much money as possible, but its service-cut strategy did not eliminate all routes with low ridership and high cost per passenger.
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Candidates vying to become Philadelphia’s next district attorney raised more than $1.4M
About half of the donations for the citywide race flowed from donors outside Philadelphia, from the suburbs and beyond.
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Philadelphia City Council passes bill to protect workers who speak up for rights
Employers face fines of $2,000 for each violation, such as retaliation for workers standing up for their rights, under the worker protection bill.
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