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Local newspapers keep readers’ interest on local politics. (Shutterstock/Bridget McPherson)
Politics & Policy

When newspapers close, voters become more partisan

At a time when national political news is inescapable, there is less local news to be found – and less interest in local politics from Americans.

8 years ago

A man runs along the waterfront in Queens on Nov. 14, 2018. 
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Amazon drops plans for New York headquarters

Amazon will no longer build new headquarters in New York City, the company announced on Thursday, after weeks of opposition and protests there.

8 years ago

FILE- This April 10, 2018, file photo shows a part of the skyline in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Politics & Policy

N.J. comptroller says corporate tax incentive program may not be broken after all

Gov. Phil Murphy has been slamming the state’s tax break program after an audit showed that companies were receiving incentives — possibly without meeting the benchmarks.

8 years ago

This photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Philly ban on pharma industry gifts, dinners to doctors falls short in City Council vote

The measure proposed prohibiting pharmaceutical company sales reps from providing gifts or dinners to physicians when they discuss narcotic sales.

8 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., discusses President Donald Trump's revamped North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico during a television news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Senator Pat Toomey calls on Trump to alter trade approach

Pennsylvania's junior U.S. Senator is calling on President Donald Trump to reverse his approach to trade.

8 years ago

BB&T is merging with SunTrust, in a deal worth some $66 billion. Here, people walk past a BB&T branch in a file photo from Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Money

BB&T and SunTrust to merge, forming 6th-largest bank in the U.S.

BB&T and SunTrust have agreed to merge into a new and as-yet-unnamed bank, in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $66 billion.

8 years ago

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger speaks to media in Washington, D.C., in December 2018. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
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Politics & Policy

Consumer Protection Bureau aims to roll back rule for payday lending

Critics say the Consumer Protection Bureau is siding with the very industry it is supposed to regulate and is scrapping a rule that would have protected borrowers.

8 years ago

An aerial view of the N.J. General Assembly
Politics & Policy

New Jersey makes $15 minimum wage official

The Garden State is fourth to gradually increase its minimum wage to $15. By 2024, most minimum wage workers will be earning that hourly rate.

8 years ago

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Protecting your privacy online

What can we do to protect our privacy from big tech companies data mining, tracking, and surveillance?

Air Date: February 5, 2019 10:00 am

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A new initiative through TerraCycle will bring products like Haagen Dazs to local stores in reusable packaging (Provided)
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Haagen Dazs, Procter & Gamble to offer reusable containers in Pa., N.J.

Recycling company Terracycle will pick up the glass and plastic bottles and cartons from grocery stores, or your home, to be cleaned and refilled.

8 years ago

A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier delivers the mail in Shelbyville, Ky. A White House task force recommended ending the mailbox monopoly held by USPS. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Community

Your mailbox could be opened up to private carriers

By law, only you and the U.S. Postal Service are allowed to put things in your mailbox. But what if companies like FedEx and UPS could do it too?

8 years ago

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, second from right, is greeted by colleagues after a vote to raise the minimum wage in Trenton Thursday. Gov. Phil Murphy intends to sign the measure into law Monday. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. Legislature passes $15 minimum wage, Murphy vows to sign it into law

Democratic lawmakers said the state’s current $8.85 minimum was insufficient for survival. But business groups and some in the GOP say it will prove too costly.

8 years ago

The ship Hammersmith Bridge, foreground, which has just arrived from Shanghai in China, unloads Chinese shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, on September 29, 2018. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

U.S. opens trade talks with China

The Trump administration opened high-stakes trade talks with China on Wednesday. The two sides have just over a month to reach an agreement, or risk an escalation.

8 years ago

The Mariner East 2 pipeline has officially broken ground in the Delaware County town of Aston. The beginning stages of the pipeline includes clear cutting trees and preparing makeshift roads for the heavy machinery to traverse. (Emily Cohen for StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Federal government shutdown slows process for construction permits in Pa.

The partial federal government shutdown is slowing the approval process for construction permits and several other environmental-related issues, according to the state DEP.

8 years ago

In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 photo, Brendan Shaughnessy, (left), with the Nuclear Issues Study Group, protests with other activists ahead of a meeting of a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel in Albuquerque, N.M. (Susan Montoya Bryan/AP Photo)
Money

Holtec defends plans for nuclear waste storage facility

A New Jersey-based company is defending plans to build a multibillion-dollar facility in the New Mexico desert to store spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.

8 years ago

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