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Celebrities and VIPs smash guitars as part of the grand opening celebration at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City Thursday. Movie stars lent an air of celebrity glitz to the gritty seaside gambling resort as two of its shuttered casinos reopened with more than 6,000 of the 11,000 jobs it lost during a brutal stretch of casino shutdowns. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
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Community

Rebounding from a losing streak, Atlantic City celebrates two new casinos

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and the Ocean Resort Casino both hosted festivities Thursday to officially open their doors to gamblers and hotel guests.

8 years ago

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GrowPA aims to grow the state's economy to address the unemployment rate; lessen the burden on the state budget; and reverse the population decline. (Big Stock photo)
Politics & Policy

Joining together to help Pennsylvania grow

This isn’t a political fight. It’s not a partisan struggle. It’s not about political victories or punishment. It’s about opportunity.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Looking at Philadelphia from the prism of `The Divided City’

8 years ago

A large crane looms over the 1400 block of Chestnut Avenue.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Construction tax’s fate uncertain as City Council wraps up for summer

The fate of a proposed 1 percent construction tax for Philadelphia remained up in the air Thursday, during the last City Council session before the summer recess.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Report: Jobs in efficiency, renewables grow while clean transportation lags

A new report shows that jobs in most parts of Pennsylvania’s clean energy industry grew over the past year.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

81 new tax-free sites OK’d by City Council committee

8 years ago

A screen-capture from a video posted on YouTube by Wildwood Video Archive of the MV Twin Capes sinking last Friday.
Down the Shore
Community

Cape May-Lewes ferry sunk to expand artificial reef

A ferry boat that once transported countless people and vehicles between New Jersey and Delaware is on another mission after it was sunk last Friday.

8 years ago

In this June 11, 2018 photo, Meg Timson, a human resources manager at the soon-to-open Ocean Resort Casino poses for a photo in Atlantic City, N.J. She held the same job at the casino when it was known as Revel. She is among many workers at Revel and the Trump Taj Mahal who lost their jobs when the casinos shut down who are getting them back now that the casinos are reopening under new owners. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Money

Laid off when casinos closed, back to work with reopenings

On June 28, the Taj Mahal will reopen as the Hard Rock casino and Revel will reopen its doors as the Ocean Resort Casino. Together, they are restoring 6,000 lost jobs.

8 years ago

Casinos are seen along the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday, June 19, 2017. From left to right, Bally's, Caesars, Resorts, and the former Trump Taj Mahal. In the background is the former Revel Casino. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Atlantic City’s makeover

Guest: Amy Rosenberg People are talking once again about an Atlantic City revival, but it’s not just about ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018 10:40 am

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This undated photo provided by the California State Lands Commission shows Platform Holly, an oil drilling rig in the Santa Barbara Channel offshore of the city of Goleta, Calif. The platform will be decommissioned and its operator is seeking bankruptcy protection, nearly two years after the platform was idled when an onshore pipeline ruptured and spilled a massive amount of oil into the ocean, the state and Venoco LLC said Monday, April 17, 2017. (State Lands Commission via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

New Jersey’s offshore drilling ban

Guests: John Moor, Cindy Zipf New Jersey passed the one of the toughest offshore drilling bans in the nation in A ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018 10:00 am

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On Friday, state leaders joined company officials and employees to cut the ribbon on the newly renovated building E353. The new building features some automated lab space along with fermentation labs and microbial research space.  (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Science

DuPont unveils Experimental Station upgrades

DuPont unveiled a multimillion-dollar upgrade to its new Industrial Biosciences building as part of improvements to the company's Experimental Station campus in Wilmington.

8 years ago

Johnny Doc
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Union leader, administration officials blast construction tax

Senior Kenney administration officials and powerful union leader John Dougherty were emphatic Wednesday about their opposition to a proposed 1 percent tax on construction.

8 years ago

A 2011 view of the elevated Reading Viaduct in the Callowhill neighborhood. A now-refurbished area will open as the Rail Park this month. (PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

In the emerging Callowhill neighborhood, making their bid for a Business Improvement District

The area could become a special taxing district that will raise funds from property owners and spend them on neighborhood-specific services.

8 years ago

Gov. John Carney signs legislation that aims to incentivize startup businesses in Delaware. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Money

Carney signs law aimed at incentivizing investors in Delaware businesses

Aiming to stimulate Delaware's tech economy, the Angel Investor Job Creation and Innovation Act is now law in Delaware.

8 years ago

hemp plants outdoors
The Pulse
Science

Hemp’s looking for a Hail Mary (Jane)

Marijuana’s sober cousin, hemp, may soon become legal again. Scientists and industrialists are figuring out what to do with the super-weed.

8 years ago

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