Economy

Why are health care costs in the United States so high and why has there been little effort to control them?

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof discusses his new book, "Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope," about why working-class families are losing ground.

The economic development agency’s incoming chief has her eye on creating “family-sustaining” jobs in sectors less likely to fall prey to automation.

The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut still want to make recreational pot legal, and they and Gov. Tom Wolf have been comparing notes on how to do it.

Senate President Steve Sweeney, who created the original reform group, says state’s deep fiscal woes require constant attention

Federal government has approved NJ’s plan for growing of marijuana’s nonintoxicating cousin

Job growth slowed last month as U.S. employers added just 145,000 jobs. But there was an interesting milestone in Friday's report from the Labor Department.

Wages rose faster for low-income workers than for any other group in 2019. The gains are partly explained by the tight labor market.

The company is blaming the layoffs at its Lower Macungie Township plant on a downturn in the heavy-duty truck market.

The governor wants to require that time-and-a-half be paid to anyone who makes $45,000 or less and works more than 40 hours in a week.

Farm subsidies jumped to their highest level in fourteen years, most of them paid out without any action by Congress.

Despite calls for change, the outgoing Philadelphia City Council never managed to chip away at Mayor Jim Kenney’s soda tax.

By pooling resources, some counties and municipalities have cut costs and made efficiencies while maintaining services

We discuss last night's Democratic primary debate -- what the candidates said, the policies they covered, and how it may be playing out across America.

Union office cleaners are negotiating a new contract with commercial contractors. Some lawmakers want the $15 wage to be the base in Delaware.