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Billy Penn

Philly Stationery Crawl offers a chance to indulge your pen and pencil dreams

With a dozen local businesses on the agenda, you can find gifts or stock up on journals, notebooks, and diaries for yourself.

5 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Ready. Set. Philly! to shut down with business startup well underway

A group with a mission to boost the Philly economy is shutting down, saying things are on the upswing.

5 years ago

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Fintech startup Investor Cash Management moves headquarters, possibly 400 jobs to Wilmington

Investor Cash Management will spend up to $15 million on building its new headquarters and customer service center in Wilmington.

5 years ago

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David Cay Johnston on ‘The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America’

Investigative journalist David Cay Johnston details in a new book how former President Trump used the Oval House to enrich himself and his family.

Air Date: December 14, 2021 10:00 am

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Philly to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for indoor dining in 2022

The mandate will start on Jan. 3, 2022. Restaurant employees will also have to show that they are vaccinated.

5 years ago

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Halal cart prices rise slightly as Philly street vendors try to adapt

A platter that was once $6 might now set you back $8 — but that doesn’t reflect the reality of much higher wholesale costs.

5 years ago

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Community

Following NYC, Philly may require proof of vaccination for indoor dining

Cities such as New York and San Francisco have required proof of vaccination to eat inside a restaurant for months.

5 years ago

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Money

Philly Fed analysis shows pandemic economic blows fell unevenly across race and gender lines

Businesses owned by people of color and women were more likely to report losing revenue, and less likely to get federal aid they applied for.

5 years ago

New Jersey casino workers want the state to implement a ban on smoking a casinos, citing health concerns. Advocates with Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects  organized a rally in Trenton on Dec. 9, 2021. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Workers urge lawmakers to ban smoking at N.J. casinos

Casinos and cigar lounges are exempted from a statewide smoking ban in indoor public facilities and workplaces. Workers say that should no longer be the case.

5 years ago

FILE- Richard Bensinger, left, who is advising unionization efforts, along with baristas Casey Moore, right, Brian Murray, second from left, and Jaz Brisack, second from right, discuss their efforts to unionize three Buffalo-area stores, inside the movements headquarters on Oct. 28, 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. The National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to count ballots Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, from union elections held at three separate Starbucks stores in the Buffalo area. Around 111 Starbucks workers from the three stores were eligible to vote by mail starting last month.(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson, File)
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Starbucks workers vote to unionize at Buffalo, N.Y. store

The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that workers voted 19-8 in favor of a union at one of three locations. The board is still counting votes for two other stores.

5 years ago

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Community
Billy Penn

Secret Philly: How Giovanni’s Room reinvented itself to succeed as the oldest gay bookstore in the country

The shop has been an LGBTQ haven for nearly 50 years.

5 years ago

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Community

Rumblings of a community benefits agreement at PES refinery site have Hilco listening

A coalition of community organizations wants the new owner of the South Philly complex to protect residents from pollution and gentrification.

5 years ago

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Community

Pop-up bazaar in Chestnut Hill celebrates Indonesian culture

‘Morning Edition’ host Jennifer Lynn speaks with artist and educator Laura Cohn about curating an Indonesian pop-up bazaar in Chestnut Hill.

5 years ago

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Money

Kellogg to hire permanent replacements for striking workers who rejected proposed contract

Temporary employees have been working at the company's cereal plants across Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee after the strike began in October.

5 years ago

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Community

The Business Center of NW Philly explains how small businesses can benefit from Build Back Better

During the pandemic, the group helped small Black and brown-owned businesses navigate government funding options, retool, and prepare for what’s next.

5 years ago

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