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Keystone Crossroads
Money
Broke in Philly

Wondering what to do with your savings? A new study says ‘renting and investing’ is smarter than home buying in Philly metro

The study found that housing prices in the Philadelphia metro are about 10% higher than what the long-term cost trends suggest they should be.

5 years ago

Demonstrators march for housing justice in the Old Town neighborhood in Chicago, IL on June 30, 2020, demanding a lift on the Illinois rent control ban and a cancellation of rent and mortgage payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NPR
Money

‘No one can live off $240 a week’: Many Americans struggle to pay rent, bills

One in six households reported missing or delaying paying bills just so they could buy food in a new NPR poll.

6 years ago

Delaware Shakespeare's
Arts & Entertainment

The show can go on, but when will it? Delaware theaters hesitant to reopen

Despite permission to hold performances under Phase 1 of the state’s reopening plan, Delaware theater groups and performers are hesitant to resume shows.

6 years ago

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Education

54,000 still getting pay held over student debt, filing says

The Dept. of Education was still garnishing wages more than a month after Congress ordered an immediate suspension of the practice during the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

In this March 5, 2012 file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Money

How COVID-19 payment accommodations may affect your credit

Many businesses are offering relief on bills to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.

6 years ago

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Health
Billy Penn

How much money will Philly residents get from the federal coronavirus aid package?

The stimulus program also includes increased unemployment benefits — even for gig workers.

6 years ago

FILE - This July 21, 2012, file photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. The deadline to seek cash payments and claim free services as part of Equifax's $700 million settlement over a massive data breach is Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
Money

U.S. charges 4 Chinese military members in Equifax breach

The four — members of the People's Liberation Army, an arm of the Chinese military — are also accused of stealing the company's trade secrets, law enforcement officials said.

6 years ago

A closeup of a Wawa sign
Community

The Wawa data breach: What happens now?

Typically, a long process of corporate accountability unfolds after a breach like the one Wawa announced Dec. 20, affecting 850 stores.

6 years ago

Ivanka Trump, who works at the White House as an adviser to her father, President Trump, said she has seen a shift in Republican attitudes on paid parental leave (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Paid parental leave: How Republicans learned to love a Democratic priority

Many Republican lawmakers oppose the parental leave provision. But since it is part of the must-pass defense bill, there's not much they can do about it.

6 years ago

Susann Schofield, 39, and her son Brice, 11,  will be affected by the USDA's proposal to reduce SNAP benefits (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. residents brace for Trump administration’s proposed cuts to food stamps

Pennsylvania is among the states that would be especially hurt because utility costs are significantly higher than the national average.

6 years ago

Listen 1:43
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are proposing to forgive student debt for most Americans. They greet each other at a Democratic primary debate in July. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
NPR
Money

Forgiving student debt would boost economy, economists say

Economists say the dramatic proposals from Sanders and Warren to free millions of Americans from the burden of student debt could boost the economy in significant ways.

6 years ago

This June 17, 2009 photo shows a return date of January 29, 1964 stamped inside a copy of George Bernard Shaw's 'Man and Superman' displayed at the San Francisco Public Library in San Francisco that was returned after 45 years. In all, 29,000 overdue items were returned during the May amnesty program, library officials reported. That amounted to about $730,000 and included more than 3,100 books that were more than 60 days late and had been considered gone forever. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Community

Advocate for nixing library book late fees gives her take on what’s becoming a national trend

Wisconsin librarian Dawn Wacek says waiving late fees helped bring people back to her library. Philadelphia’s libraries are considering doing the same.

6 years ago

Listen 5:39
A Lyft logo is installed on a Lyft driver's car next to an Uber sticker
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Revamping N.J. labor law to protect workers in ‘gig economy,’ boost state taxes

Senate President Steve Sweeney is behind a bill that’s ‘all about protecting the rights of workers,’ but business interests have misgivings.

6 years ago

Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Bergen) and Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Mercer) introduced the legislation yesterday (NJ Spotlight)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

N.J. lawmakers seek to boost state tax credit for low-wage earners

The Earned Income Tax Credit has support from both Democrats and Republicans since it’s believed to keep people employed and off government assistance.

7 years ago

For months, PNC Bank customers have complained about connectivity failures between their accounts and third-party services, including Venmo.
(Graphic by Sarah Kovash/WESA)
Money

PNC customers frustrated over restricted access to third party payment apps

For months, PNC Bank customers have complained online that they’re having trouble using third party payment apps like Venmo.

7 years ago

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