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Business

An unswept street in the Germantown Special Services District on Nov. 2, 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Germantown businesses revolt against taxing district that didn’t deliver on clean streets promise

After a bad year, the Germantown Special Services District was in the red and unable to do its one main job: keep the streets clean.

7 years ago

Former Camden Mayor Dana Redd, left, listens during a meeting of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Trenton, N.J., where a vote was taken on a $260 million tax break was approved for Holtec International. (Mel Evans/AP)
Money

N.J. tax-break programs poorly monitored, audit finds

As of February 2018, the EDA had approved nearly $11 billion in tax breaks across five different programs statewide.

7 years ago

Kate McClure and her boyfriend Mark D'Amico started a GoFundMe campaign for homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt (right). (GoFundMe)
Courts & Law

After GoFundMe scam, N.J. lawmaker seeks tougher penalty for crowdfunding swindlers

A South Jersey couple and a homeless Philadelphia man fabricated the feel-good tale, prosecutors say, to trick the public into donating to a crowdfunding site.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney observes a pre-K class in Southwest Philadelphia Friday. (Tom MacDonald/ WHYY)
Education

Pre-K expansion in Philadelphia celebrates second anniversary

With court battles over the city's sweetened beverage tax in the rearview mirror, Mayor Jim Kenney celebrates two years of expanded pre-K — and plans for further growth.

7 years ago

The ShopRite at 67th Street and Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia will close in March. Its owner blames the city's tax on sweetened beverages for diminishing business. (Google maps)
Politics & Policy

West Philadelphia ShopRite closing, owner blames soda tax

Once the store closes in March, Jeff Brown says, the workforce at his stores in the city will have shrunk by about 300 since the tax took effect.

7 years ago

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Protesters with NYC Fight for $15 gather in front of a McDonalds to rally against fast food executive Andrew Puzder, who was President Trump's nominee to lead the Labor Department on February 13, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Minimum wages rising in 20 states and several cities

The federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since 2009, but in the years since, 29 states and the District of Columbia have established higher minimum wages.

7 years ago

The Trump administration EPA says regulations to reduce power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants are too costly and should no longer be considered legally
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump EPA says mercury limits on coal plants too costly, not ‘necessary’

The National Mining Association welcomed the move, calling the mercury limits "punitive" and "massively unbalanced."

7 years ago

ILC Dover's Flex Wall is designed to hold back up to six feet of water from entering a building or other infrastructure site. (ILC Dover photo)
Community

Delaware’s ILC Dover branches out into flood-protection technology

With rising sea levels, protecting infrastructure against high water is becoming more of a priority. ILC Dover sees it as a business opportunity.

7 years ago

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This non-descript building at 1209 North Orange Street in Wilmington is the legal home for more than 200,000 businesses who use this location as their legal Delaware addresses. (Public domain)
Courts & Law

New Delaware LLC regulations aim to prevent bad actors

The new rules come after high-profile criminal cases involving companies incorporated in Delaware, including Mexican drug lord "El Chapo."

7 years ago

Delaware State House
Courts & Law

Delaware targeted by another abandoned property lawsuit

Being the corporate home to many of the biggest companies in the world carries certain valuable perks for Delaware — along with a lot of bickering.

7 years ago

The Gallery mall on Market Street in Center City was once a holiday shopping destination in the Philadelphia region. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

The Gallery: The past, present, and future of a former Philly holiday destination

On this Christmas rebroadcast of The Why, we look back at the rise and fall of The Gallery, once holiday shopping institution in Philadelphia.

Air Date: December 25, 2018

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Charlotte Potts, who has a history of heart problems, lives within sight of Livingston Regional Hospital. After a recent stint there, she was discharged into the care of a home health agency, and now gets treatment in her apartment for some ailments. (Shalina Chatlania/WPLN)
NPR
Health

How helping patients get good care at home helps rural hospitals survive

Rural hospitals close when they don't have enough paying patients to care for, but they're also dinged when the same patients show up over and over again.

7 years ago

(Campbell Soup Co.)
Philadelphia Business Journal
Money

Campbell Soup Co. names Mark Clouse as its new CEO

This closes out a year filled with a contentious proxy contest, portfolio restructuring and major acquisitions, a new board, and a new strategic plan to right the ship.

7 years ago

In this Nov. 26, 2014, file photo, a fake handgun resembling a Colt 1911 pistol, taken from Tamir Rice after he was fatally shot by Cleveland police, is displayed after a news conference in Cleveland. (Mark Duncan/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia DA: Stop sales of realistic-looking toy guns

Philadelphia's district attorney warns that realistic-looking toy guns can lead to fatal mistakes.

7 years ago

Krystal Kim of Philadelphia is one of 22 women who filed a suit against Johnson & Johnson, claiming the company knew its talcum powder contained cancer-causing asbestos. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly plaintiff one step closer to closure in case against Johnson & Johnson

Krystal Kim of Philadelphia was one of 22 women with ovarian cancer who sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming asbestos in the company’s talcum powder products caused their cancer.

7 years ago

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