Income and Wages
How to find a summer job in Philly
Looking for a summer job? To make the search a bit easier, here are some resources that can help. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Income and Wages
Philadelphia workers could buy SEPTA passes tax-free under City Council plan
As SEPTA struggles to coax more commuters back onto its trains and buses, City Council is putting forward a plan that would require businesses to help out while providing a potential tax break for workers. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Civic and Community Engagement
A trash truck of their own is the latest sign of hope for business owners in Southwest Philadelphia
Southwest Philly’s retail corridors are on the upswing but the area faces competition from lower-cost Delaware County. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Health
High expectations: A look at Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program
Tauhid Chappell, an organizer for the Philadelphia CannaBusiness Association—Pennsylvania’s first Black-owned, Black-led cannabis nonprofit aimed at healing the damage done by cannabis prohibition—relays his hopes for the future of cannabis in Pennsylvania: “[I hope the state] is able to come up with a comprehensive package that allows people to participate in the industry however they want.” | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Civic and Community Engagement
These are your rights as a restaurant worker in Pennsylvania
If you are one of the 79,000 people unemployed in the city’s food industry, here is what you need to know about your rights as a restaurant worker. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Over 42,000 Philadelphians use new online tax system
The pandemic created several questions and gray areas around Philly’s earnings tax and wage tax, which makes up the bulk of the city’s revenue, about 45%.
Meanwhile, the Department of Revenue in November launched the online Philadelphia Tax Center. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Education
Why PA should require high school students to submit a FAFSA application
A longtime college president urges Pennsylvania to learn from states like Illinois and Louisiana, which are increasing college attendance by requiring high schoolers to submit a free student aid application. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Philadelphia falls short of local purchasing goal
The city of Philadelphia fell way short of local contracting targets in 2021 spending. Local business leaders talked about what that failure means for the economy at a City Council hearing Monday afternoon. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Income and Wages
The Enterprise Center is raising a $50M growth capital fund for women- and minority-owned businesses
The Enterprise Center, the West Philadelphia-based nonprofit offering business education and capital resources, is officially launching its fund to support investments in women- and minority-owned businesses. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Innovate Capital Growth Fund, launched by Della Clark in Philly, supports women and BIPOC entrepreneurs
New Philly-based $50 million private equity fund will invest in women, underrepresented entrepreneurs in Pa., N.J., and beyond. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)