Economy

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is proposing a state budget to lawmakers that includes a tax hike on earners making over $1 million a year.

We discuss last night's Democratic debate in Las Vegas and how the six candidates fared just days before the Nevada caucuses.

Phoebe A. Haddon, chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden, has been named chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

With their first raise in nearly 20 years, N.J. election workers could soon be making up to $300 a day.

The strong job growth gives President Donald Trump more evidence for his assertion that the economy is flourishing under his watch.

Philadelphia City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas is using social media to promote Black-owned businesses during Black History Month.

Some Republican state lawmakers are disappointed with Democratic Governor Tom Wolf’s proposal to cut funding for the Agriculture Department.

The invasive insect is already costing Pennsylvania $50 million each year in damages, according to a first-of-its-kind study.

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.