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More than half of all budgeted contracting in the city this year will go to two departments: Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbilities Services and Human Services.

Nostalgia over its Philly identity isn’t enough to maintain sales, a food-industry observer says. That’s why Tastykake is launching products to entice new consumers.

We discuss the Ethiopian Airlines crash, Boeing's 737 Max airplanes, the Federal Aviation Administration's relationship with industry, and aviation safety.

The law is an attempt to ensure that consumers without credit cards can participate in the economy.

The program awards lending capital and grants to community development financial institutions, which then offer financial products to diverse small business owners.

Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein said Monday he's moving forward with plans to bring a casino back to the Showboat, which has been a non-gambling hotel for three years.

Farmers aren't producing enough to keep up with the number of smaller markets that keep popping up, often in close proximity to others.

African American Chamber of Commerce board member Malcolm Ingram has been named interim president.

American consumers are expected to spend $5.6 billion on the holiday — approximately $40.1 per person — but lower than last year’s record-breaking spending.

Philly’s 150-year-old Chinatown concert venue will close at the end of the month.

Philadelphia is the first major city to ban cashless stores. But anti-poverty advocates and low-income residents never asked for it.

Gov. Phil Murphy says he's reached a four-year, $120 million labor agreement with the biggest state worker union in New Jersey.

A controversial proposal to build an industrial-wastewater treatment facility in Falls Township is close to regulatory approval after years of contention.

Hemp was a common Pennsylvania crop before its designation as a Schedule 1 drug alongside marijuana more than 70 years ago.

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