New Biz Tax Credit Bill Languishes On Governor Corbett's Desk
The bill would allow certain businesses to keep 95 percent of the state income tax they withhold from those new workers for up to ten years.
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The bill would allow certain businesses to keep 95 percent of the state income tax they withhold from those new workers for up to ten years.
This week Cuba announced its citizens no longer need an exit visa to leave the country, giving them the freedom to leave without government permission.
New Jersey's unemployment rate dropped in September from 9.9 to 9.8 percent.
"I love the smell of money first thing in the morning," Mayor Michael Nutter said at the groundbreaking ceremony.
Editor-in-chief Tina Brown says that after 80 years in print, Newsweek has reached a tipping point where it can most efficiently reach its readers in an all-digital format.
Despite misgivings voiced by some state lawmakers, the state House has approved the Actual Value Initiative legislation and Governor Tom Corbett is expected to sign it.
Before the City Council finance committee today was a proposal from Councilman Bill Green to require that half the man-hours on many contracts be performed by Philadelphia residents.
The nice lady who read the book "Chicks and Salsa" to children at a Head Start program was Denise Morrison, president and CEO of Campbell Soup Co.
US congressman Chaka Fattah secured the federal funds for the project.
Common Pleas Court judge Idee Fox heard nearly two hours of arguments on Monday from the city and the union over the arbitration award, which the city says it can't afford.
It's the first ever curbside textile recycling program in the country, according to Community Recycling, a Bucks County-based company that takes clothing and resells them to thrift stores across the country and abroad.
The state Labor Department has saved over $150 million over the last year and a half mostly by cross checking those getting new jobs with the current file of beneficiaries to avoid double dipping.
Over the past few weeks TD Bank has been sending out letters to 260,000 customers from Maine down to Florida warning about this breach.
Always on the lookout for new ways to make money, Facebook is trying something made popular by another social network.
"Skateboarding is an art form, a way of life, and a very important part of Philadelphia's culture and creative economy," says Claire Laver, executive director of Franklin's Paine Skatepark Fund.
