
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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Retaliatory tariffs are hurting some Pennsylvania exporters trying to sell American products abroad during Donald Trump’s trade war.
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Over the past decade, the number of Philadelphians living in poverty has dropped by 6%. But racial disparities linger, according to the annual Pew Charitable Trusts report.
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Listen 0:52Health insurers are struggling with the cost of weight-loss drugs, including in Philly
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Listen 0:56If trains along five Regional Rail lines stop running, property values in Greater Philadelphia could plummet.
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Listen 1:00Wawa is shrinking its Philadelphia convenience store footprint, closing 2 more locations
Wawa officials reviewed their portfolio of stores for performance and decided to shut down two in Northeast Philly.
3 months ago
Listen 0:44About 50,000 low-income Philadelphians could get their city wage taxes back, but few apply
The average income-based wage tax refund for eligible Philadelphia workers is between $300 and $400, but less than 1% of residents apply for it.
3 months ago
Pennsylvania officials worry that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are threatening global trade, local businesses, jobs and consumer affordability.
3 months ago
Listen 1:03Philly metro loses hundreds of federal government jobs as more IRS layoffs loom
Labor data shows the federal workforce shrunk across the Greater Philadelphia area, and there could be more layoffs at the local Internal Revenue Service hub.
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