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GOP Criticizes Rendell’s Tuition Relief Proposal
Gov. Ed Rendell’s administration received a cool reception from Republicans yesterday when he took the first step toward legalizing video poker in bars as a way to raise up to $550 million for college...
View ArticleBan on Casino Contributions Struck Down
The Legislature went too far in barring casino owners and executives from making any political campaign contributions, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Thursday in wiping out what had been touted as...
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Casino Regulators Accused of Coverup
A grand jury has accused the Gaming Control Board of covering up vital information about the owners and employees of casinos as it went about awarding licenses across the commonwealth. State...
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Gaming Control Board Plagued By “Non-Criminal Misconduct”
A recent grand jury report suggests that the entire PA casino industry was fixed before the law was even passed, and accuses the Gaming Control Board of engaging in rampant “non-criminal misconduct”...
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In New “Town Square,” Talk of Unions or Casinos is Banned
Bethlehem’s “Steel Stacks” campus has been heralded as a new town square for the Lehigh Valley. But looking closer, The Morning Call (yay!) has discovered clauses in the site’s deed that prevents...
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Table Games Are Helping Casinos Rake In Cash
No doubt about it – PA casinos are doing exactly what they were designed to do – take money from Atlantic City. The addition of table games added $81.5 million in government revenue for Pennsylvania...
View ArticleAmid Budget Crisis, Boscola Looks for Property Tax Reductions
Despite drastic budget cuts to schools, social services, and local governments, Senator Lisa Boscola is trying to divert revenue from gambling taxes to fund property tax refunds. The refunds were...
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Sands Casino in Bethlehem Continues Union Busting
The Sands Casino in Bethlehem is continuing its union-busting tactics to prevent any workers there to be represented or collectively bargain. They’ve been at this for a while, embedding covenants into...
View ArticleGambling Foe Charlie Dent’s Family Will Benefit from Sands Events Center
*Headline edited for clarity As recently as 2006, Charlie Dent was saying the Sands casino would only bring misery to Bethlehem, and a “negative redistribution of wealth”: “I voted against the state’s...
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An Explanation of Treasurer McCord’s Legal Argument Against Lottery...
Treasurer Rob McCord Treasurer Rob McCord is using a clever legal argument to combat Governor Tom Corbett’s midnight privatization raid of the Pennsylvania Lottery, and it is worth looking at in...
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