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Woman-owned Philly brewery celebrates 4 years of survival through collaboration

Triple Bottom Brewing, a certified B Corp with a do-good mission, is hosting five days of pop-ups and parties.

2 years ago

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Twinkies are sold! J.M. Smucker scoops up Hostess Brands for $5.6 billion

For Hostess, the deal with the peanut-butter-and-jelly conglomerate is a sweet win after not one, but two bankruptcies.

2 years ago

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New Jersey’s largest buildings will now track electricity and water use in statewide conservation effort

The New Jersey Clean Energy Act requires the largest building owners to report energy and water usage for the first time, and there are incentives to conserve power.

2 years ago

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As federal workers are ordered back to their offices, pockets of resistance remain

Even with COVID once again on the rise, the push for more in-person work has taken on a more urgent tone.

2 years ago

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Politics & Policy

New Pa. rules mean more small diverse businesses can win government contracts

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order in Philadelphia that mandates state agencies to award more government contracts to small and diverse businesses.

2 years ago

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ChatGPT in School, Taco Tuesday Lawsuit, Delaware’s Earliest Residents

Students are back in class and so is ChatGPT. What does AI mean for the future of teaching and learning? And, a N.J. man battles Taco Bell for "Taco Tuesday."

Air Date: September 5, 2023 12:00 pm

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UAW’s clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms

A potential strike by 146,000 UAW members comes against the backdrop of increasingly emboldened U.S. unions of all kinds.

2 years ago

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4 things to know on Labor Day — from the Hot Labor Summer to the Hollywood strikes

This Labor Day, one thing's for sure: Organized labor is on the move.

2 years ago

Strike in LOVE Park
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Philly was an epicenter for ‘Hot Labor Summer,’ with thousands on strike, in rallies and at the negotiating table

Philadelphia also has a rare union decertification effort underway.

2 years ago

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Philly’s Good Karma Cafe Workers United union may dissolve

More than a year after Good Karma Cafe workers voted for a union, there’s still no contract so there’s a new election that may kick out Workers United.

2 years ago

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Key indicators show summer delivering a mixed bag to Jersey Shore economy

Overall numbers are better than 2019, but brick-and-mortar gaming revenues were down compared to last year.

2 years ago

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Community

Philly’s Black-owned businesses are still decades behind despite affirmative action

Why isn’t the business world a level playing field for women and minority-owned businesses decades later?

2 years ago

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell warns the fight against inflation is far from over

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said interest rates could stay elevated for an extended period to bring inflation to the central bank's 2% target.

2 years ago

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Jefferson Health posts losses for second year in a row as COVID-19 relief runs low

The operating losses at Jefferson Health are just one example of how COVID relief funds running low are showing up on the balance sheets of the region's nonprofit hospitals.

2 years ago

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Billy Penn

There are so many big developments planned for North Broad Street

The latest proposal would bring retail and residential action to the North Philly rail stop.

2 years ago

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