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March 26, 2009
Economy League Names John F. Smith and James K. Wujcik to Lead Board
March 26, 2009 - Philadelphia The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce new leadership of its Board of Directors for its...
March 23, 2009
Economy League Launches Philadelphia Budget Challenge
March 23, 2009 Contact: Allison Kelsey, 215 875 1000 x14 PHILADELPHIA -- Picking up where the recent citizen budget workshops left off, the Economy...
March 23, 2009
New online budget game arrives in Philadelphia
March 23, 2009 Alan Tu, WHYY/ It's Our Time The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia has released a new online budget game that mirrors this city's...
March 23, 2009
Balancing Philadelphia's Budget is New Online ''Game,'' But No Game
March 23, 2009 John Ostapkovich, KYW Newsradio The Nutter administration and Philadelphia City Council are struggling with tough choices to be made in...
March 23, 2009
Economy League presents: City Budget, the home edition
March 23, 2009 Brian Howard, Philadelphia City Paper We've heard a lot of talk about Mayor Nutter's budget proposal. And rightfully so. It's kind of a...
March 22, 2009
Bigger school districts, lower taxes?
March 22, 2009 Anthony R. Wood and Dan Hardy, Philadelphia Inquirer Eighty percent of the state's school districts would disappear, small districts...
March 19, 2009
Stimulus bill to benefit SEPTA
March 19, 2009 Andrew Stettler, The Loquitur- Cabrini College As a result of the $787 billion stimulus package recently signed by the federal...
March 16, 2009
Compared to burbs, city tax burden has eased
March 16, 2009 Dave Davies , Philadelphia Daily News As Mayor Nutter and City Council cope with the city's troubled finances, they might take note of...
March 15, 2009
Pennsylvania is Holding its Own
March 15, 2009 Jenny Vickers, Business Facilities Magazine The current economic recession is putting major strains on state economies: global demand...
March 13, 2009
Ben Franklin Technology Partners invests $2 million in regional companies
March 13, 2009 Christopher Wink, Technically Philly Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania announced yesterday plans to invest...