The Philadelphia Daily News ran a story this morning headlined “Looks like it’s back to South Philly for Foxwoods casino.” Holy cow! Are we going to go through another round of noisy protests? It was one year ago when Foxwoods announced it was willing to consider building its slots-only casino in the Market East Gallery [...]

A bill granting Philadelphia the ability to impose a temporary one-percent sales tax and defer its pension contributions passed the Pennsylvania Senate this afternoon by a 38 to 9 vote.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter issued this statement tonight.
The main goal of this legislation is to provide $700 million in financial recovery for Philadelphia through a temporary [...]

By Mark Berkey-Gerard
Last week, Philadelphia Media Holdings, which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com, presented a reorganization plan in U.S. Bankruptcy Court that it says will keep the local newspapers open for business.
Under the plan, a group of local investors would provide $35 million in cash and a $17 million line of credit. [...]

Updated: 1:50 p.m. Associated Press reports a federal appeals court has ruled that a plan to offer sports betting in Delaware would violate a federal ban. The plan was opposed by the professional sports leagues and the NCAA. The ruling came Monday after a three-judge panel in Philadelphia heard almost two hours of arguments from [...]

By Mike Tanenbaum

Controversy over the Eagles’ acquisition of quarterback Michael Vick has hit the sales floor. Dick’s Sporting Goods, with 409 stores nationwide, has announced that it will not carry Vick’s number 7 jersey until demand for the product makes it economically sensible. The company denies that its choice has anything to do with [...]

By Bill Smith is a co-founder of Main Line Animal Rescue
We care for these animals.  Dogs ravaged by dog fights.  Animals who have endured the most unspeakable acts of cruelty imaginable.  Dogs with severed or missing ears.  Dogs suffering from dozens of puncture wounds.  Animals set on fire for not performing well.  Last winter, a young pit bull was hung [...]

By Mark Berkey-Gerard
How many trees do you have to plant in Fairmount Park to make up for the environmental impact of driving to work, heating your house, and taking an airplane trip to Florida for vacation?
Last week, the city released a Web-based tool called Erase Your Trace, which aims to get Philadelphia residents to consider [...]

Let’s make all elected officer holders take lie detector tests. Whad’ya think Philly?
The idea was proposed yesterday by an influential Republican political consultant who was speaking to a New Jersey Assembly policy committee discussing political corruption. George Dredden says that if all political candidates and elected office holders were required to take lie detector tests [...]

Former CBS3 anchor and all around drama queen Alycia Lane has landed on her feet. She was fired in January 2008 after being charged with assaulting a New York police officer. Those charges were later dropped. Lane has been hired by the NBC affiliate KNBC in Los Angeles as weekend anchor and general assignment reporter.
On [...]

Laying the blame squarely on the the Pennsylvania Legislature, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced more budget cuts yesterday. The reason the city’s fiances are tied to the state is because Philadelphia is already operating in the new fiscal year and it was counting on state approval of a city sales tax hike. Nutter says every [...]