The Philadelphia Planning Commission will review the revised plan (pdf) for the Sugar House casino planned along the Delaware riverfront. The meeting will be held Wednesday, June 24 @ 1:00 p.m. at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Sugar House is one of two casinos that are planned for Philadelphia under a State gambling plan. [...]

Casino opponents can’t believe their eyes. Over at Young Philly Politics Daniel U-A rails over yesterday’s City Council unanimous vote to rezone the area around 8th & Market Streets for the planned Foxwoods casino.
This is painfully embarrassing. Today, City Council approved the Zoning for Foxwoods. And yet, as Helen has noted, Foxwoods has [...]

I never watched A&E’s hit show Parking Wars until this afternoon. But after reading yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer story about why local tourism officials hate that show, I had to check it out.  You can too because all of the episodes can be watched online at A&E’s Parking Wars website.
According to the story, Meryl Levitz, president [...]

The City of Philadelphia is considering a plan that aims to punish store owners for selling expired medicines, baby food or dairy products. Right, now if you return an expired product (that you just purchased) stores only have to exchange the product or give you a refund. This bill goes a step further.
Here’s how it [...]

By Mark Berkey-Gerard
Beginning tonight, area residents can attend a series of open houses to learn more about a proposed light rail line that would run from Glassboro to Camden.
However, the plan - which also calls for improvements to the Atlantic City Rail Line and express bus service along Routes 55 and 42 — is not entirely new. It is [...]

Philadelphia has the won the right to host most of the the Army/Navy games through 2017.  The Naval Academy announced this afternoon that Philadelphia will host the prestigious game for six of the next nine years.  2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017.
You’ll notice that there are a few missing years here. Three of the games [...]

A judge in Philadelphia has ruled that the Philadelphia Eagles owe the City of Philadelphia $8 million for revenues generated from the sky boxes at the old Veterans Stadium. This is a victory for the City which has been demanding the money ever since the end of the 2001 football season.
But, the story is not [...]

For the majority of the 20th Century, transportation planning has been geared toward moving cars faster and more efficiently. But today, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter bucking that trend by signing an Executive Order that requires all city departments to consider the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians in all planning decisions.
His signature does not mean that [...]

Temple University workers, who are mad over recent layoffs, protested today outside the home of the school’s President Ann Weaver Hart on Rittenhouse Square. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald covered the event and will have a more this afternoon on 91FM. The union says the University badly mishandled the layoff’s of 18 workers last month by not [...]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
OPINION OF THE COURT
Plaintiffs, who are mother and son, bring free speech, establishment, and equal protection claims against Defendants, who are school officials and the school district. These claims stem from an elementary school’s restriction of the mother’s effort to read aloud from scripture to students in [...]