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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Money

Businesses give thumbs down to N.J. governor’s proposed transit fee

A top Jersey economist says the governor’s corporate transit fee proposal could hurt the state’s business climate. Business groups agree.

2 years ago

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File photo: Former President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York, Jan. 11, 2024.
Courts & Law

Appellate judge refuses to halt Trump’s $454 million fraud penalty while he appeals

Trump’s lawyers told the appellate court earlier Wednesday that Trump was prepared to post a $100 million bond.

2 years ago

University of Delaware's campus in Newark
Politics & Policy

City of Newark moves to tax University of Delaware per student

State Rep. Cyndie Romer (D) is considering sponsoring legislation that would allow the city of Newark to levy this new tax.

2 years ago

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In this April 12, 2006, file photo, flags wave near the Chicago Tribune Tower in downtown Chicago. More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Chicago Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation began a 24-hour strike Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 to protest years of “slow-walked” contract negotiations and to demand fair wages.
Community

More than 200 staffers with Chicago Tribune and 6 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike

The striking workers are employees of Alden Global Capital, a New York hedge fund that has been buying up newspapers across the country.

2 years ago

Washington, D.C. significant buildings on Oct. 4, 2023.
NPR
Politics & Policy

House passes bipartisan tax bill to expand child tax credit

The bill includes $33 billion to expand the widely used child tax credit for three years — including the tax season currently underway, provided the bill quickly passes the Se

2 years ago

File photo: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the first plenary session of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, on Nov. 1, 2023 in Bletchley, England. A Delaware judge this week invalidated Elon Musk's $55.8 billion Tesla pay package, saying it is too big and that Musk set the terms with a complaint board.
Courts & Law

Musk wants Tesla investors to vote on switching the carmaker’s corporate registration from Delaware to Texas

He moved Tesla’s headquarters to Austin, Texas, from California in 2021.

2 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

‘Bold and targeted action’: Legislative package seeks to protect Philly renters and homeowners

The bills are part of City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier’s “Defying Displacement” campaign.

2 years ago

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Holtec International building
Courts & Law

Holtec will pay $5 million to avoid prosecution in N.J. tax credit case

The Florida-based company was at the center of a tax credit controversy in the Garden State.

2 years ago

Rowhouses in Philadelphia’s Spring Garden neighborhood
Politics & Policy

Philly homeowners still struggling to pay their property taxes may have help in city coffers — but not for long

Thousands of low-income homeowners within city limits could get a $500 credit on their property tax bill if they qualify for a program that’s soon to expire.

2 years ago

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Dr. Nikia Owens, PhD, smiles as she poses for a photo.
Money

Philly nonprofit seeks to help 30,000 residents get bigger tax refunds

As tax season begins, Campaign for Working Families wants to be the alternative to for-profit tax refund businesses hawking cash advances for big fees.

2 years ago

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council meeting
Politics & Policy

Ridley Park approves 17% property tax increase at special council meeting

Council leaders said this decision comes after Prospect Medical Holdings is late on paying taxes totaling $487,000.

2 years ago

Schuylkill Yards, artist's rendering.
Education
Billy Penn

What to know about the state tax break that keeps causing controversy on the Philly School Board

Keystone Opportunity Zones power many of the city’s best-known development projects. Critics say they’re being exploited.

2 years ago

Alisha Gillespie and her 10 year-old son, Zion, on their block in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Pandemic-era benefits are long gone. Philly advocates are trying to bridge the gap for families living in poverty

Families with low income are determined to break the cycle. But the end of some federal assistance is making that harder, experts say.

2 years ago

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Tollbooth on the highway
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania could go after lottery winnings, tax returns of Turnpike toll scofflaws

The bill would would allot the money as long as it was not first subject to other claims such as unpaid state taxes, child support, or court-ordered restitution for crimes.

2 years ago

Gas nozzles on cars
Money

New Jersey gas tax to increase by about a penny per gallon starting Oct. 1

The roughly 2% increase comes after the gas tax fell in the previous two years.

2 years ago

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