Money & Jobs
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Tax season has arrived: Here’s what to know in Pennsylvania
Do you have questions about filing your 2025 taxes with the IRS? We’re here to help.
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How to get new senior deduction for the 2026 tax season. It’s $6,000
A provision of the “big, beautiful bill” implementing most of President Donald Trump’s second-term legislative agenda passed in July includes a new deduction for seniors that could eliminate taxes on social security for some filers.
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9 grocery items you can make yourself to save money
It doesn’t look like grocery prices are coming down anytime soon. So if you really want to save money at the store, you have to be willing to put a little elbow grease, and a little ingenuity, on your grocery list
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In Lehigh Valley visit, Vance tries to ease fears over the economy as jobs report shows losses
The VP touted the administration’s economic policies a week after President Trump traveled to Pa.
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Struggling to pay heating bills? How to apply for relief this winter in Pennsylvania
The Department of Human Services for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which is aimed to help families who are living on low incomes pay their heating bills.
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US Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
The U.S. Mint has been making pennies in Philadelphia, the nation’s birthplace, since 1793, a year after Congress passed the Coinage Act. Today, there are billions of them in circulation, but they are rarely essential for financial transactions in the modern economy or the digital age.
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Will the government shutdown 2025 impact my Social Security check? See if you’ll get paid
The shutdown is not to impact the third wave of Social Security payments for the month of October, with this month marking the first under the agency’s new paperless policy.
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Pa. Senate passes bill to allow Pennsylvania lottery winners to remain anonymous
The state Senate passed a bill that would allow Pennsylvania lottery winners to remain anonymous when collecting a prize of $100,000 or more.
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‘No tax on tips’: What does it mean for Pennsylvania’s tipped workers?
Eligible tipped workers would receive an average annual tax cut of $1,700. But according to the Economic Policy Institute the benefits would heavily skew toward higher-income tipped workers.
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IRS is phasing out paper tax returns. What it means for next year’s tax season
The Internal Revenue Service, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, announced that paper tax refund checks for individual taxpayers will be phased out starting Sept. 30, 2025.
