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Domenic Micolucci, a first-class overhead lineman for SEPTA, picks up a picket sign at TWU Local 234 in Northern Liberties on Monday. The union's one-year contract expires at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and officials say a strike is possible.

Transportation

A SEPTA strike is possible Friday. Contract talks with Transport Workers local have barely budged.

Transit agency officials say there’s no money. Union leaders do not believe them.

Thomas Fitzgerald

Beech International Village at 1520 Cecil B. Moore Ave. near Temple University.

Real Estate

Investors move to seize student housing near Temple from community developer Beech Co.

Joseph N. DiStefano

IAM District 751 president Jon Holden speaks to union members while announcing that they voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at their union Hall in Seattle.

Business

Boeing factory strike ends as workers vote to accept contract

David Koenig, Lindsey Wasson, and Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. Even though 2024 is almost over, business owners can make a few moves now to save on their tax bills.

Small Business

Business owners, it’s not too late to save money on 2024 taxes

Gene Marks

As the weather gets colder in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, LIHEAP cash grants can help defray the heating costs of low- and moderate-income residents.

Energy

Need help paying your heating bills? LIHEAP applications are now open in Pa., N.J.

Erin McCarthy

Economy

Transportation

SEPTA workers might strike soon. It wouldn’t be the first time.

The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.

Thomas Fitzgerald

Commuters pass the closed SEPTA station at 31st Street and Market during the afternoon commute on the first day of a SEPTA strike on Nov. 1, 2016.

Transportation

SEPTA workers might strike soon. It wouldn’t be the first time.

The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.

Thomas Fitzgerald

Economy