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Vendors at the Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park
Community
Billy Penn

Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park devastated by ‘microburst’ storm

The South Philly market is soliciting donations to help vendors who “watched their businesses get destroyed in real time.”

5 days ago

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Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

As small businesses beg for tax relief, Philadelphia sees a $100 million windfall

Mayor Parker’s push for Uber and Amazon taxes failed, but local businesses are paying more nonetheless.

5 days ago

Artifacts on display at the visitor center.
Community

Philadelphia’s Germantown opens its own brick-and-mortar visitor center

The Germantown Historical Society’s building renovation makes room for tourists to find areas of interest in Philly’s outer neighborhoods.

5 days ago

A paper bag is discarded next to a busy road.
Community

Half of Philly businesses aren’t complying with plastic bag laws, report says

The report finds that some businesses are still providing plastic bags, which were banned in 2021.

1 week ago

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Striking PECO workers picket outside the company headquarters
Community

PECO strike ends as union and utility announce deal

IBEW Local 614 is celebrating a deal that offers pensions to recent hires and boosts health care coverage. Union members will now vote on whether to ratify the contract.

2 weeks ago

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IBEW representatives speaking at a press conference about the PECO strike.
Community

PECO strike continues as union says company won’t budge

The union says PECO is dragging its heels to wear them out. PECO accuses the union of blocking restoration work.

2 weeks ago

Striking PECO workers picket outside the company headquarters
Money

PECO workers strike on July Fourth for the first time in the utility’s history

The strike centers mainly on wages and benefits. PECO says it has “comprehensive plans” to maintain service during the strike.

2 weeks ago

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Alrededor de una cuarta parte de los votos en las elecciones de 2024
Courts & Law

“Cosas de ciencia ficción”: seres no humanos podrán seguir votando en una localidad costera de Delaware después de que un juez desestimara la impugnación de ACLU

Los legisladores estatales permitieron a Fenwick Island modificar su carta constitutiva en 2008 para autorizar el voto de corporaciones, fideicomisos y otras entidades.

3 weeks ago

Fruits and veggies for sale at a store
Community
Billy Penn

Weavers Way Co-op thrives as epicenter of West Mt. Airy

Thousands of neighbors are members of the store that’s been a staple of the community for more than 50 years.

4 weeks ago

Carla Lecoin, a registered nurse who works with mothers and babies
Health

Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital union nurses prepared to strike if they can’t reach a contract agreement

Einstein Nurses United members say they want the hospital to commit to safer staffing levels, stable benefits and other upgrades in a new contract.

1 month ago

Firefighters work to put out scrap metal fire
Courts & Law

EMR sues city of Camden over junkyard license suspension after 2-alarm fire

The company said the order to pause its scrap metal shredder has cost it around $10 million and will lead to layoffs if it continues.

1 month ago

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Fire fighters work to put out scrap metal fire
Community

‘Too little, too late’: Residents and advocates urge Camden to permanently shut down scrap metal recycler

The city suspended EMR’s junkyard license for the facility where the latest fire occurred, and will reevaluate the suspension next month.

1 month ago

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The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey
Money

New Jersey ranks last in regional business climate report for 8th straight year, while Pennsylvania scores best

The analysis looked at six factors, including a range of taxes and the minimum wage in seven northeastern and mid-Atlantic states.

1 month ago

Aerial view of Fenwick Island
Courts & Law

‘The stuff of science fiction’: Nonhumans can continue voting in Delaware beach town after judge tosses ACLU’s challenge

State lawmakers let Fenwick Island change its charter in 2008 to permit voting by corporations, trusts and other “artificial" entities.

2 months ago

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Community
6abc

Packed Upper Merion meeting highlights divide over proposed data center campus

Fire officials and police officers were present as the meeting reached standing-room-only capacity, with overflow rooms and the township lobby filled with residents.

2 months ago

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