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Economy

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

Listen 23:48
Nozzles pump gas into vehicles at a BP gas station. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Money

Gas prices on the rise at the Shore

Gas prices continue to rise in New Jersey and around the nation due to crude oil prices above $55 and refineries in seasonal maintenance that can temporarily limit production.

7 years ago

The House Budget Committee displays copies of President Trump's new budget proposal on Capitol Hill on Monday morning. Presidential budget proposals are typically political documents, with Congress taking the lead to set federal spending levels
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump seeks more border wall funding in new budget

President Trump's budget proposal for 2020 calls for $8.6 billion in new border wall funding, a signal that the White House is not backing away from its demand.

7 years ago

Members of the artists' collective Space 1026 Maximillian Lawrence (left) and John Armstrong, stand in the new space they purchased on North Broad Street, a former hairdresser's shop. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

In a Philadelphia first, artist collective becomes property owner

Space 1026, being forced out of its current location, becomes the first artist collective in Philadelphia to buy a building.

7 years ago

Waste Management technicians clear plastic bags and plastic sheeting from a recycling center screen. Plastic bags and sheeting are a major challenge for recyclers, as they snarl sorting equipment, cause contamination, and drive up processing costs.
Science

Suburban Philly recycling programs address challenges as they settle into ‘new normal’

Programs in municipalities around Philly are adjusting as China’s stricter standards for recyclable materials appear permanent.

7 years ago

The Full City Challenge aims to fold in the resources of the partnership  — and the networks that both organizations bring to the table — to help the winning team execute its pilot and fulfill its mission. (Courtesy of Rebel Ventures)
PlanPhilly
Community

Rebel Ventures pitch youth-powered corner store at Full City Challenge

The feedback participants gave — “Don’t be afraid to project!” “It wasn’t clear to me how you’d spend that $5,000, make sure you specify,”  strengthened each project.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Radio Times
Education

The student debt crisis

Student loan debt has more then doubled in the last decade to $1.5 trillion. We look at the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for tackling student debt.

Air Date: February 15, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:30
State and local government officials attend a ceremony for the raising of the final steel beam at Holtec International. on July 8, 2016. The company got $260 million in tax incentives to build its manufacturing plant in Camden.
The Why
Politics & Policy

Are N.J. tax breaks for companies worth the money? Why it’s hard to tell

The Economic Opportunity Act offered companies big tax breaks to move to or expand in N.J. It worked for Camden. Now critics say the program needs to change.

Air Date: February 7, 2019

Listen 14:41
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger speaks to media in Washington, D.C., in December 2018. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Consumer Protection Bureau aims to roll back rule for payday lending

Critics say the Consumer Protection Bureau is siding with the very industry it is supposed to regulate and is scrapping a rule that would have protected borrowers.

7 years ago

An aerial view of the N.J. General Assembly
Politics & Policy

New Jersey makes $15 minimum wage official

The Garden State is fourth to gradually increase its minimum wage to $15. By 2024, most minimum wage workers will be earning that hourly rate.

7 years ago

A man wears a cape made from a Puerto Rican during an event to remember the people who died in Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The group of activists gathered on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Oct. 13, 2018. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Judge approves massive Puerto Rico debt restructuring deal

"Puerto Rico has taken an important step toward its total financial recovery," Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a statement.

7 years ago

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