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Economy

Prosecutors say the Asplundh company 'remained willfully blind' while managers hired workers they knew to be in the country illegally. The company, based in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, has been fined $95 million. (AP file photo)
Courts & Law

Willow Grove tree company fined $95 million for hiring undocumented immigrants

A suburban Philadelphia company that trims trees around power lines throughout the United States will pay a record fine after pleading gu ...

8 years ago

liquor store
Money

Pa. House GOP criticizes liquor sales earnings as price gouging

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has posted this year's earnings, and they're higher than ever.

8 years ago

Facing forward from the rear, arched ceilings, painted murals, and members of the Pa. legislature seated at desks
Money

Lacking support to get Pa. severance tax to House floor, Dems will try again

Pennsylvania House Democrats and a handful of Republicans are trying to figure out the best way to bring a natural gas severance tax up for a vote.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's capitol dome against the blue sky
Money

Pa. political strife could hurt business prospects

As Pennsylvania contends with a months-late budget and recently downgraded bond rating, it's also working hard to entice Amazon to set up a secondary headquarters.

8 years ago

Image of PHL pre-K students from recent Bloomberg television ad (image via Bloomberg)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Money

$5.4 million in ads devoted to Philly soda tax battle this year

While Philly's controversial sweetened beverage tax is the law, critics and proponents are still spending millions on ads for and against it.

8 years ago

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People and vendors tents set upon beach sand on Broad Street with City Hall in the background
Money

Arts and culture, Philly’s $4 billion engine

Audiences and organizations devoted to the arts contributed $4.1 billion to the economy of greater Philadelphia last year.

8 years ago

A red and white drilling rig justts out in the background behind a line of trees. Farmland and grass, a silo and cows in the foreground
Money

Bipartisan-supported severance tax bill stays stalled in Pa.

The fight over how to fund Pennsylvania’s overdue budget is boiling down to just a few points of contention — including whether to impose a new tax on natural gas drillers.

8 years ago

Pa. Treasurer, Joseph M. Torsella, blue suit, orange tie, at podium
Money

Pa. Treasurer Joe Torsella reiterates, no loans until the budget’s done

State Treasurer Joe Torsella has found himself at the center of contentious battles over funding Pennsylvania's unbalanced budget and paying the commonwealth's bills.

8 years ago

(photo courtesy Economic Innovation Group)
Delaware Business Now
Money

Delaware fares well in measure of economic distress

A report released Monday shows Delaware faring relatively well when compared to other areas in a measurement of economic distress.

8 years ago

Steven McKnight in front of the building that houses the Altoona Blair County Development Corp., where he's the president and CEO. He started the First Frontier campaign to bring natives and newcomers to Altoona. (MIN XIAN / WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Boomerangers’ return to Altoona for jobs, family and a slower pace of life

For some Altoona natives who have returned to the area, there are many appeals to working and living back home.

8 years ago

People hold up signs during a news conference by supporters of the Basin and Range and Gold Butte National Monuments, Monday, July 31, 2017, in Las Vegas. The supporters held the news conference after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke cancelled a meeting with Gold Butte advocates scheduled for Monday. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Checking up on HUD, the EPA, and the Department of the Interior

Guests: Alec MacGillis, Christine Todd Whitman, Juliet Eilperin We’ll get caught up on what’s been going on b ...

Air Date: September 25, 2017

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Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Money

Pa. will have trouble making payments beyond September

As Pennsylvania lawmakers fight over the details of a long-overdue budget funding plan, the commonwealth is having trouble covering short ...

8 years ago

(WHYY file photo)
Arts & Entertainment

Arts and culture, Philly’s $4 billion engine

Audiences and organizations devoted to the arts contributed $4.1 billion to the economy of greater Philadelphia last year, according to a new report.

8 years ago

Equifax Inc. is seen, in this Saturday, July 21, 2012 photo, in Atlanta. Equifax Inc. is a consumer credit reporting agency in the United States, considered one of the three largest American credit agencies along with Experian and TransUnion. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Radio Times
Money

Equifax and cybersecurity; PA budget

Guests: John Baer, Matt Blaze, Fahmida Rashid Have you visited the Equifax website to find out if you’re data ...

Air Date: September 21, 2017

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has decided to let the school code bill become law without his signature. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania takes credit ratings hit amid budget fight

Pennsylvania’s credit rating took its latest hit Wednesday, another black eye in a nearly three-month budget stalemate that has pit ...

8 years ago

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