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Legislation raising dozens of fees on businesses goes to Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer’s desk

Legislation hiking business fees is headed to Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer. Delaware wants to raise several taxes and fees for limited liability companies and other entities. The legislation does not ...
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PECO signs agreements with data centers requiring them to pay for their own grid upgrades

The utility says its transmission security agreements ensure data centers pay their “fair share” of the infrastructure costs required to serve them.
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Cobbs Creek golf course seeks to reclaim its status as a force for opportunity and inclusion

The Philadelphia region is rich in golf history, yet the area's greatest contribution to the game may have come from public course in West Philadelphia.
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‘Currents’ multimedia installations portray Schuylkill River in new art exhibit at Fairmount Water Works

The exhibit features multimedia installations created by 10 local artists that bring to life the once-obscure underground corridors of the water system.
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Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Powell

Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill ...
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Inside America’s emergency room crisis

Why are patients stuck in the emergency department for days waiting on a hospital bed? We're talking about the chronic ...
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A Germantown renter faced eviction after organizing fellow tenants. She just won a rare landlord retaliation case

Fair housing advocates hope the decision empowers more tenants to speak out in a city where fears of retaliation run deep.
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Ocean City voters re-elect Mayor Jay Gillian amid debate over Wonderland redevelopment

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. Ocean City, New Jersey, voters reelected Jay Gillian to a fifth ...
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Penn researchers are turning food scraps into building materials — from pineapple peels to celery stalks

At Penn’s DumoLab, researchers work to solve multiple problems: how to keep food waste out of landfills, make healthier building materials and tackle climate change.
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76ers fire Daryl Morey as president and keep Nick Nurse as coach, AP source says

The Philadelphia 76ers have fired president Daryl Morey and decided to keep Nick Nurse as their coach after the team was swept in the Eastern Conference semifinals, a person familiar with the decision ...
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‘It is a war crime’: Philadelphia protesters condemn U.S. strikes in Venezuela, Maduro’s capture

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! More than 100 people marched from Philadelphia City Hall to the U.S. Armed Forces ...
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The Trump administration must restore slavery exhibit at Philly’s President’s House, federal judge rules

The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984." File: Protesters, including ...