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FILE - In this April 3, 2013 file photo, Mike Caldwell, a 35-year-old software engineer, holds a 25 Bitcoin token at his shop in Sandy, Utah. As Venezuela’s national currency loses value at a catastrophic rate, thousands have begun turning to the world of cryptocurrency to salvage what little value remains from their increasingly worthless bolivars. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Radio Times
Money

Puerto Rico update / The rise of Bitcoin

Guests: Dánica Coto, John Collins, Joshua Ashley Klayman, Angela Walch Puerto Rico is still str ...

Air Date: December 18, 2017

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Radio Times
Lifestyle

What made the millennials?

Guests: Malcolm Harris, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett What makes a Millennial? This group of people has often been descri ...

Air Date: December 14, 2017

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Philadelphia's Director of Finance Rob Dubow.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia DROP program cost $237 million, study finds

DROP allows employees to pick a retirement date four years in advance and keep working as they start collecting pension payments that go into an interest-bearing account.

9 years ago

Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Robert Mellow, a Democrat, lost his more than $245,000-a-year retirement income after pleading guilty to felony corruption in 2012. But he appealed, and now he has the money back. (AP file photo)
Politics & Policy

Pension forfeiture expansion garners wave of support in Pa.

Current law mandates a pension be forfeited if a Pennsylvania state employee commits one of a list of specific crimes related to his or her job.

9 years ago

President Trump points out a supporter of Roy Moore, the embattled Alabama Republican Senate candidate, as he speaks at a campaign-style rally in Pensacola, Fla., Friday
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Money

The myth of Trump’s economic populism, as proven by the tax bill

The tax bill might not be the kind of populist piece of legislation Trump promised during the campaign, but it does have a lot in it to make conservatives happy.

9 years ago

U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers launch bipartisan try to save state, local tax deductions from GOP tax overhaul

Republican Leonard Lance and Democrat Josh Gottheimer are floating a plan to strike a $10,000 cap on property tax deductions in both House and Senate tax bills.

9 years ago

Pennsylvania's capitol dome against the blue sky
Money

Stable credit rating for Pennsylvania might not last

Fitch Ratings has taken the commonwealth off its rating watch negative list, but it still has a negative outlook.

9 years ago

In the face of $90 billion in unfunded liability, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the Pension and Health Benefit Study Commission members say more pension changes are needed.
Politics & Policy

With N.J. unfunded pension liability at $90B, panel advises cutting health benefits

A commission recommends reductions in public employee health benefits, then applying those savings to pension payments.

9 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks with reporters after leaving a tax reform news conference in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Are GOP Senators wiping out tax breaks for corporations?

This self-cannibalizing situation came about because of last-minute negotiations to get the votes of holdout senators.

9 years ago

Rep. Pat Meehan, R-Pa., with Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, left, work on the markup of the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Meehan seeking tax legislation changes on energy credits, medical deductions

U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan expects to vote for the Republican tax overhaul, but he wants changes to encourage clean energy investment and preserve deductions for medical expenses.

9 years ago

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Protesters shout their disapproval of the Republican tax bill outside the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy

Tax bill should unite American middle class across racial lines

The top 1 percent of Americans use racial and ethnic strife to distract us from the one commonality that should unite us — class.

9 years ago

Listen 3:15
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

“Quest” / CHIP funding update

Guests: Jonathan Olshefski, Christopher Rainey, PJ Rainey, David Rubin Filmmaker ...

Air Date: November 30, 2017

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at an Oval Office meeting with President Trump in September. The top Democrats have pulled out of a similar meeting planned for Tuesday afternoon.
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Politics & Policy

Top Democrats pull out of planned meeting with Trump

9 years ago

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney departs after a television interview at the White House in September.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Mulvaney shows up for work at consumer watchdog group, as leadership feud deepens

The dispute has left CFPB staff "scratching their heads over who was in charge," as Reuters reports.

9 years ago

 Pennsylvania State House in Harrisburg, Pa (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers edge closer to agreement on Pa. jobless system funding

A new plan passed through the House Labor and Industry Committee on Monday would give the unemployment compensation program $115.2 million, which would be gradually phased out

9 years ago

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