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Economy

A Federal Reserve study surveys the top occupations that don't require a four-year college degree. (Big Stock photo)
Money

Top 10 job opportunities in Philly region for workers without college degree

The majority of Americans don't have a college degree. But there are many non-college jobs that pay reasonably well.

7 years ago

Food trucks lined up in their regular spots at Temple (Google Street View/Billy Penn)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

L&I apologizes to Temple food trucks, will work with vendors on overnight plan

Temple’s food trucks might not have to move overnight after all.

7 years ago

In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, a gas pump nozzle fills up gas in a car at a pump in West Mifflin, Pa. (Gene J. Puska /The Associated Press)
Down the Shore
Community

AAA: Gas prices are ‘expensive’ for this time of year

Drivers in New Jersey and around the nation aren't getting much of a holiday break on prices at the pump.

7 years ago

Perhaps one day Humboldt pot will be as famous as Bordeaux wine. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Money
The Conversation

Can artisanal weed compete with ‘Big Marijuana’?

The drug’s growing legalization is raising concerns among small-scale marijuana farmers and retailers that the corporatization of weed may be right around the corner.

7 years ago

A yard sign that reads
Community

Over five years, Pennsylvania loses 6,000 farms

Philadelphia defied the trend. The number of small farms within the city limits more than doubled to 38 between 2012 and 2017.

7 years ago

Home healthcare workers Stephanie Williams, left, and Lolita Owens rally at the Frankford Transportation Center in February to pressure state lawmakers to increase the state minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Michael D'Onofrio/Philadelphia Tribune)
Money
The Philadelphia Tribune

Report proposes 10 solutions to close widening racial wealth gap

Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide calls for offering federally-managed “baby bonds” to all children and funding them based on income.

7 years ago

Sports Adviser Stuart Feiner, who was portrayed by actor Al Pacino in the film
Money
Marketplace

Now that states can legalize sports betting, venture capital wants in

At least 20 states are considering new sports betting legislation, which is likely to lead to a lot more online gambling. And venture capitalists can smell opportunity.

7 years ago

Project Reo Collective is a coffee shop in San Diego's Paradise Hills neighborhood that had trouble getting a bank loan to expand after a year of operation. (Claire Trageser/KPBS)
NPR
Community

Breaking the cycle of disinvestment in lower-income communities

People who want to start businesses in lower-income neighborhoods often have trouble getting bank loans. Some investors are looking to help businesses in those areas.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Stacey Abrams: her politics and her life

Stacey Abrams talks about her book, "Lead from the Outside" and about current politics, voting rights, and her personal story.

Air Date: April 5, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:31
Anti-Brexit demonstrators with an effigy of British Prime Minister Theresa May near College Green at the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 1, 2019. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
Politics & Policy

U.K. Parliament rejects alternatives to May’s Brexit deal

Lawmakers seeking a way out of the country's Brexit morass on Monday rejected four alternatives to the government's unpopular European Union divorce deal.

7 years ago

New Jersey Tax Incentive Task Force holds its first hearing Thursday on the state’s $11 billion tax break programs. A whistleblower testified that her former employer lied to get a lucrative tax break — and kept it, despite failing to meet the requirements of its agreement. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Former N.J. employee says her company lied to get multimillion-dollar tax break

Hearings are underway on N.J. awards of tax incentives to keep companies in the state. Gov. Phil Murphy says the deals are excessive and poorly monitored.

7 years ago

Union members and activists protest over contract negotiations with Wabtec Corporation in Wilmerding, Pa., on March 6. Many are workers from one of the company's facilities in Erie County, which flipped from voting for Barack Obama to Donald Trump in 2016. (Don Gonyea/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump faces mixed reviews among union workers, who still face insecurity

Some union members who were Trump backers from 2016 are reassessing whether they'll support him again in 2020.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale hosted a public hearing on how the state is responding to climate change on Penn State’s University Park campus on March 14, 2019. It’s the first of three hearings DePasquale plans. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. auditor general on climate change: Each disaster is ‘a hit to the state’s taxpayers’

Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale hosted a public hearing to gather input for a special report looking into the state’s response to climate change.

7 years ago

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during Prime Minister's Questions inside the House of Commons in London, Wednesday March 13, 2019. (House of Commons/PA via AP)
Politics & Policy

UK lawmakers vote against no-deal Brexit, now aim for delay

British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement and will next decide whether to try to delay that departure.

7 years ago

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Heading toward the Brexit cliff

Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union later this month, and no deal has been reached on how this will happen. What's next?

7 years ago

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