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Chocolate chunk cookies at the Insomnia Cookies flagship bakery at 1 S. Broad St. in Philadelphia.

Business

Don’t sleep on Insomnia: Popular cookie brand just opened its 300th store, with another set for Fishtown

The Philly-founded cookie company has plans to open over 1,800 new stores in the U.S. in the next 10 years.

Ariana Perez-Castells43 minutes ago

Pennsylvania and New Jersey now participate in the IRS's free tax filing software, Direct File, which will also now cover more tax situations.

Business

The IRS is expanding its free tax filing service. Do you qualify?

Hannah Ziegler, Washington Post

Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Business

Headed to a Phillies game this weekend? Here’s what to know about stadium workers’ picket line

Ariana Perez-Castells and Jeff Gammage

FILE - Amazon employees load packages on carts before being put on to trucks for distribution to customers for Amazon's annual Prime Day event at an Amazon's DAX7 delivery station on July 16, 2024, in South Gate, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Business

Amazon, Target, and other retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday shopping season

Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

David Josaphouitch (left), 34, of Southwest Philadelphia, a member of Local 1242 of the International Longshoremen's Association, pickets at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. He is a checker at the Port of Philadelphia.

Business

Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact

Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

Economy

Opinion

PennDot could keep I-95 from bigfooting Philadelphia by supporting transit

Given the urgency of fighting climate change, PennDot needs to stop widening its highways to accommodate traffic and instead get more people to ride transit.

Inga Saffron

Jay Arzu, a doctoral candidate in urban planning at the University of Pennsylania, believes PennDot should focus on improving transit instead of widening I-95. He has single-handedly resurrected a proposal to build a Roosevelt Boulevard subway, which would give motorists an alternative to the highway.

Opinion

PennDot could keep I-95 from bigfooting Philadelphia by supporting transit

Given the urgency of fighting climate change, PennDot needs to stop widening its highways to accommodate traffic and instead get more people to ride transit.

Inga Saffron

Business