Economy
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
Biden, panelists, discuss jobs, economy, at University of Delaware
Former Vice President Joe Biden discussed economic challenges and the future of job growth for the middle class at the University of Dela ...
8 years ago
Amazon in Philly? / The Suffrage Movement
Guests: Angela Dodson, Will Bunch, Adam Ozimek Abigail Adam’s once admonished her husband John Adams, in a lett ...
Air Date: September 19, 2017
Listen 00:49:55Philly controller says soda tax could have been averted
Philadelphia’s city controller says the city should never have established a soda tax. It’s one of several disagreement ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania delays payments as general fund balance nears zero
Pennsylvania is putting off paying over a billion dollars to insurers who administer Medicaid benefits, because its main bank account is ...
8 years ago
Another month, another rise in Delaware’s unemployment rate
Delaware’s unemployment rate stands at 4.9 percent for August, that’s half a percent higher than the same time last year. ...
8 years ago
Pa. House narrowly passes a tax-free budget funding plan
The state House of Representatives has narrowly voted to move a budget plan built largely on one-time fund transfers. Although it ...
8 years ago
Pa. House cobbles together new budget plan, light on recurring dollars
After negotiations briefly stalled Tuesday, the House is on the verge of passing a GOP-authored plan to balance a $2.2 billion dollar gap ...
8 years ago
Agency heads voice concern over Pa. GOP budget proposal
Agencies are raising alarms over a Pennsylvania GOP-backed House plan to redirect billions of dollars to fill gaps in the state’s b ...
8 years ago
Pa. House GOP contends with intra-caucus disputes over budget fix
Pennsylvania is in its third month with no balanced budget. Governor Tom Wolf, Senate Democrats and Republicans, and House Democra ...
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Listen 6:03Delaware hopes new NFL season brings better luck for ‘the house’
Gamblers made big money legally betting on NFL games in Delaware last season. The state lottery director is hoping some of that luck changes this season.
8 years ago
PA AG on DACA / Russia meddling update / Irma
Guests: Josh Shapiro, Joseph Menn, Gabriel Vecchi President Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Ch ...
Air Date: September 8, 2017
Listen 00:49:56Pa. House budget plan gets skeptical response from Wolf, Dems and Senate
A group of Pennsylvania House Republicans has unveiled a plan to balance the more than $2 billion budget deficit by, primarily, raiding d ...
8 years ago
As controller plans to review business impact of Philly soda tax, mayor doubts impartiality
Philadelphia’s city controller plans to survey businesses to see just how they are being affected by the city’s sweetened-bev ...
8 years ago
What will the House do? It’s Pennsylvania’s $2B question
The question of what Pennsylvania’s House Republican majority will do about a $2.2 billion hole in the state budget is sending ripp ...
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