Economy

Declining enrollment and increased payments to charter and renaissance schools were cited as factors in the longtime structural deficit.

The potential elimination of SEPTA’s Paoli/Thorndale regional rail line sparked fury among Chester County legislators.

More than 350 grants worth over $800 million were ended midstream. New Jersey's attorney general said nearly $13 million in ongoing program funding to the state was canceled.

Retaliatory tariffs are hurting some Pennsylvania exporters trying to sell American products abroad during Donald Trump’s trade war.

Coal-fired power plants, long a money-losing proposition in the U.S., are becoming more valuable now.

Our area has strong cultural and economic ties with Canada. They’re our biggest trading partner and tourism between our borders is popular and convenient.

Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Referrals for collection had been put on hold since March 2020.

Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia asked hundreds of residents about what’s holding them back from earning more money – in short it is stability.

Share Food Program's leadership says the moves will affect the hungry, local farmers and others.

Easter Sunday may commemorate a sacred rise, but the cost of eggs is blessedly coming back down.

Camden's school district is set to see a bump of $21 million. On the other end, the Washington Township school district has the biggest proposed cut in South Jersey.

Short-term rentals in Wilmington are in the crosshairs as city officials work to solve the affordable housing crisis.

President Donald Trump proposed cuts to gun violence research that some experts say could cost lives.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said items like smartphones, laptops, machines used to make semiconductors and flat-panel monitors would be exempt.

Pennsylvania officials worry that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are threatening global trade, local businesses, jobs and consumer affordability.