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After governor slams lax oversight of the tax break program, saying the money could have been better spent elsewhere, Camden officials point to how it's improved the city.

In a new report, Philadelphia's controller criticizes method for calculating property tax assessments. But the finance chief defends the system and notes improvements.

Bogle did not invent the index fund, but he expanded access to no-frills, low-cost investing in 1976 when Vanguard introduced the first index fund for individual investors.

At a time when more women than men are graduating from college and earning doctorates, just a third of Ph.D.s in economics go to women.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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