Economy

Biden is pushing a plan to significantly expand the safety net, provide more resources for education, and invest heavily in infrastructure and green energy.

The Office of Worker Protections is too cash-strapped to do its job, said city councilmembers and workers’ rights groups who are demanding more funding.

The transit agency’s spending plan relies on a temporary cash infusion of $1.5 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

“The problem is, as small hospitals go away, there goes your community. Do you want to move to a community that doesn't have a hospital?”

The numbers bode well for businesses in the heart of the city after a rough year.

Although the overall jobs market is starting to come back, youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, creating a lot of anxiety among the latest class of seniors.

The 55 companies named in the report issued Friday cross many industries, from agriculture to high tech, and they include such big names as Nike and Duke Energy.

New Jersey’s smallest businesses are the target of the state’s latest economic relief effort related to the coronavirus.

CGL Cos.’ financial feasibility assessment concludes deprivatizing George W. Hill Correctional Facility could reduce costs to Delaware County taxpayers.

Here is what Biden’s new plan could mean for Philadelphia’s future, according to four local transportation experts.

On April 1, utility companies in Pennsylvania can resume terminations of non-paying customers, as the annual winter shutoff moratorium lifts.

The massive cargo ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal — bringing traffic to a standstill in one of the world's most important waterways — is finally free, authorities say.

One of the world's largest container ships is solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars' worth of commerce each day.

Nearly one in five Black Pennsylvanians was unemployed as 2020 ended, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning D.C. think tank.

That lack of supply is also driving up prices as bidding wars break out with multiple offers on many homes.