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Business

Small Business Administration head Linda McMahon talks to reporters during a visit to the Appalachian Brewing Company in Mechanicsburg. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

SBA Administrator Linda McMahon touts small business assistance in Pa.

McMahon visited the Appalachian Brewing Company in Mechanicsburg and Battlefield Leather in Gettysburg.

8 years ago

A backhoe operates on the lot adjacent to 1855 N. 21st St. in Philadelphia where four people died in a fire last month. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

L&I commissioner: Boarding houses aren’t going away. Philly neighborhoods need to make room for them

In many parts of the city, including North Philadelphia, rooming houses are common.

8 years ago

A federal court has sided with Aileen Rizo, who filed suit after realizing her male counterparts were being paid more. The ruling overrules a previous interpretation of the 1963 Equal Pay Act. Rizo is seen here with her daughters in a photo she provided to the AP in 2017. (Aileen Rizo/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Women can’t have prior salaries used against them, court says in equal pay case

Employers can't pay women less than men just because they made less at a previous job.

8 years ago

Derailed freight train cars lie in water in Paulsboro, N.J., in 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey may require train operators to disclose hazardous cargo

New Jersey Sierra Club director Jeff Tittel says Bakken oil transported by train through the state contains chemicals that could cause it to explode during an accident.

8 years ago

Workers and contractors for Sunoco Pipeline begin an ‘additional investigation’ of geological conditions behind homes at Lisa Drive, West Whiteland Township, Chester County where the company has been drilling for construction of the Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines. The company offered to relocate residents of the five homes whose yards are crossed by the pipeline right of way. The work is expected to take 4-6 weeks. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Vandals damage Mariner East equipment in Chester County, Sunoco says

Sunoco Pipeline offered a $10,000 reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest of vandals who the company said attacked construction equipment.

8 years ago

Kiera Smalls
Speak Easy
Community

Serving all of Philly’s startup community means including more voices at the table

New executive director for Philly Startup Leaders, the networking organization and community resource for Philadelphia’s tech-startup community, dives into work.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Is Amazon ripping off the U.S. Postal Service?

Guest: Spencer Soper President Trump lashed out at Amazon this week through a series of tweets. He criticized Ama ...

Air Date: April 6, 2018

Listen 14:17
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.'s headquarters stands  in Hunt Valley, Md.  (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Sinclair and the news media landscape

Guests: Patrick Murray, John Nichols, Andy Kroll, Aaron Weiss Recently a video compilation of local news anchors ...

Air Date: April 5, 2018

Listen 49:47
China currently buys nearly a third of the U.S. soybean crop — but the country plans to impose tariffs, in response to a Trump administration plan. Here, a worker takes a sample from a truckload of soybeans in Fargo, N.D., last December. (Dan Koeck/Reuters)
NPR
Politics & Policy

China’s $50 billion tariff threat targets U.S. soybeans, cars, whiskey

China currently buys nearly a third of the U.S. soybean crop.

8 years ago

Frank Musser stands just outside the smokehouses at Czerw's Polish Kielbasa in Port Richmond.
View Finders
Community

Easter tradition draws kielbasa lovers to Port Richmond smokehouse

Czerw’s Kielbasa is practically synonymous with Easter for those who wait in the early morning Good Friday line.

8 years ago

The Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap. (Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
Community

Pa. group calls for higher penalties for Clean Water Act violators

A report by PennEnvironment ranks Pennsylvania second in violations nationwide.

8 years ago

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia
Health

In midst of ‘merger boom,’ Jefferson moves toward acquiring Einstein hospital network

Acquisition of Einstein would give Jefferson a network of 18 Philadelphia-area hospitals worth $6 billion.

8 years ago

Chance The Rapper, (center), performs onstage at the 2017 BET Awards in Los Angeles. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

When a brand does well even when it’s called ‘racist’

"I think companies are putting out noticeably racist ads so they can get more views," Chance the Rapper posted on Twitter after seeing a recent ad for light beer.

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Council members discuss budget. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia Council presses for answers on borrowing, money lost on police HQ

Council members also seek update on projects stalled by the extended court challenge to the city's sweetened beverage tax.

8 years ago

Yucca plants are planted marking and around graves at Mt. Peace Cemetery in Lawnside, N.J.
Courts & Law

No appeal in suit on religious cemeteries selling headstones

More than 800 parishioners who already purchased inscription rights for monuments within archdiocese cemeteries are unaffected by the decision.

8 years ago

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