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Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Shore town seeks to end outdoor dining ban

Surf City is the only municipality on Long Beach Island that prohibits outdoor dining. 

6 years ago

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, (center), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is joined at left by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member, at a hearing on the high price of prescription drugs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Senators chastise drug company executives over high prices

Representatives from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi, and AbbVie, attended during Tuesday's Senate Finance Committee hearing.

6 years ago

John Combs is a
NPR
Community

Walmart is eliminating greeters. Workers with disabilities feel targeted

NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.

6 years ago

Some charter school operators make profits by leasing space to themselves at unusually high rates. (Ilya Andriyanov from www.shutterstock.com)
Education
The Conversation

Charter schools exploit lucrative loophole that would be easy to close

In our view, lawmakers should prohibit charter school owners and operators from leasing and purchasing property from their other companies.

6 years ago

A scientist in a white lab coat works in a Spark Therapeutics lab.
Health

Roche buying Philly’s Spark Therapeutics for $4.8 billion

Spark Therapeutics says being acquired by Roche will help it expand its gene therapy treatments while staying in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, (right), accompanied by Trump Administration officials, meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, (left), and other Chinese officials as they begin US-China Trade Talks in the Diplomatic Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Money

U.S., China extend trade talks; Xi-Trump meeting may follow

U.S. and Chinese negotiators agreed Friday to extend high-level trade talks through the weekend.

6 years ago

Sira Naturals marijuana growing facility in Milford, Mass. (Aaron Schachter/WGBH)
NPR
Community

Growing marijuana industry struggles to attract employees of color

Massachusetts wants to give people of color a leg-up in the legal marijuana industry but is off to a very slow start. Next to no black or Latino candidates have applied.

6 years ago

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, (left), and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, (right), attend a meeting of senior U.S. and Chinese officials to resume trade negotiations, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Money

From corn to Apple: What’s behind the US-China standoff

Individual examples tend to surface only when the complaints wind up in court — often in cases brought by U.S. prosecutors.

6 years ago

Curbside electric vehicle charging station
Money
NJ Spotlight

N.J. businesses, investors want jump-start for plug-in vehicles

Electrifying the transportation sector is critical to cutting greenhouse gases, and achieving a clean economy.

6 years ago

Sarah Olexsak manages transportation electrification for Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science

Report shows how more Pennsylvania drivers can go electric

Of the 8 million vehicles registered in Pennsylvania, just 15,000 of them are electric.

6 years ago

James Betterson, former Philadelphia Eagles running back and owner of BetterClean Laundry in Northeast Philadelphia, on February 15, 2019. Betterson, graduated of the free
Community

Onetime football player tackles business challenges with help of Philly mentors

The Community College of Philadelphia teamed up with the city to launch an initiative connecting business owners and entrepreneurs.

6 years ago

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Tech giant Google, whose headquarters is in Mountain View, Calif., plans to build a campus in nearby San Jose. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)
NPR
Money

This city told Amazon and Google: No incentives for you

A California mayor refused to offer similar incentives that New York offered to Amazon for a potential headquarters, but landed Google anyway.

6 years ago

In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo graffiti has been painted on a sidewalk by someone opposed to the location of an Amazon headquarters in the Long Island City neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. Local opposition to the proposed Amazon campus grew quickly with grievances that the deal was done secretively; Amazon didn’t need nearly $3 billion in tax incentives; and rising rents could push people out of the neighborhood. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo, File)
Money

Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart

Protests, hostile public hearings and disparaging tweets over the next three months, eventually led to Amazon's dramatic Valentine's Day breakup with New York.

6 years ago

In this Jan. 19, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, waves to the crowd after speaking at Women's Unity Rally organized by Women's March NYC at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan in New York. On Thursday, Feb. 14, newly-elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a chorus of cheers as Amazon announced it was abandoning plans to build a sought-after headquarters in New York City. Activists berated the online giant for a $3 billion package of tax breaks she said the city could better invest in hiring teachers or fixing the subway. (Kathy Willens/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Amazon decision a win for Democrats’ rising left wing

This is not the Democratic Party of yesteryear. Or even last year.

6 years ago

With increased channels of communication, millennials find that cards symbolize effort and send them for
NPR
Money

Greeting cards are still a thing in the digital age. Thanks, millennials

Greeting card companies have weathered some tough times as more people send good wishes online. But millennials are purchasing more cards, which has helped the industry.

6 years ago

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