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Foxwoods: Ontheriver, swimming upstream

Here's the good news for the meandering fortunes of the proposed Foxwoods Casino: It returns to its troubled Delaware River site with many of the...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/30/09 by Jeff Shields and Jennifer Lin Inquirer Staff Writers · More from publication -
Budget help for city could come with catch

Philadelphia is on the verge of finally getting the emergency budget help from state lawmakers it so badly needs, but with a huge catch: If the...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/26/09 by Patrick Kerkstra, Marcia Gelbart and Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writers · More from publication -
Pa. Senate panel advances city's plan for budget

HARRISBURG - The Republican-controlled state Senate took a major step last night toward giving Mayor Nutter the tools he says he needs to avert...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/25/09 by Tom Infield, Patrick Kerkstra and Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writers · More from publication -
Troopers deliver I-95 baby

State troopers who stopped a speeding car on I-95 near Philadelphia International Airport on Saturday couldn't stop the arrival of its precious...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/10/09 by Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication -
Trump Entertainment slams proposed change to casino law

A bill promoted as much-needed reform for Pennsylvania's casino industry could also smooth the move of the Foxwoods Casino from its original...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/09/09 by Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication -
61/2-year sentence requested for ex-Council aide

The U.S. Attorney's Office wants a 61/2-year sentence for former City Council aide Christopher Wright, a punishment that would exceed former State...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/05/09 by Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication -
Pittsburgh's pension problem

Fiscal problems got you down, Philadelphia? Tax revenue drying up, pension problems draining the city budget, and Harrisburg indifferent, or...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 07/27/09 by Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication -
Amid Pa. stalemate, Phila. suspends vendor payments

The city has suspended payments to many of its vendors to avoid running out of cash while the state drifts along without a budget in place, Mayor...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 07/18/09 by Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication -
Phila. Council finds it hard to decline pay raise

City Council's 17 members received their biweekly paychecks yesterday without the 5.13 percent cost-of-living adjustment they are required to take...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 07/17/09 by Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication -
Pa. budget gap threatens city jobs

Closing Pennsylvania's $3.2 billion budget gap by making deep cuts would have dire consequences for Philadelphia, Mayor Nutter said yesterday as he...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 07/10/09 by Jeff Shields Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication


