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Kimberlee Josephson: Tax hikes on sports betting are a losing hand for PA lawmakers

November 20, 2025November 19, 2025
Kimberlee Josephson

It is no secret that the government has a spending problem, and public officials are gambling with our future. The […]

Gambling

Stephen Kent: Pennsylvania should stay the course on sports betting

November 18, 2025November 17, 2025
Stephen Kent

It’s budget season in Harrisburg, and the latest backroom buzz is that lawmakers are toying with a dramatic tax increase […]

State Politics

Kyle Sammin: So-called skill games are a racket the state should ban, not tax

November 17, 2025November 17, 2025
Kyle Sammin
1

Gambling has been legal in Pennsylvania for 21 years now, long enough that the youngest gamblers can’t even remember a […]

Sports

Jeff Hurvitz: For amusement purposes only? Hardly.

October 30, 2025October 29, 2025
Jeff Hurvitz

“For amusement purposes only.” That was the line that appeared on football pool betting slips which appeared outside of many schools […]

Transportation

Public transit funding and the road not yet taken

August 18, 2025August 15, 2025
Christen Smith
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(The Center Square) – There’s no shortage of frustration when it comes to stalled negotiations over funding for public transit […]

Gambling

Shapiro signs lottery bill into law

July 24, 2025July 22, 2025
Christina Lengyel

(The Center Square) – The Pennsylvania Lottery may soon be seeing a new infusion of life after Gov. Josh Shapiro […]

State Politics

Skill games regulation back on the table

January 20, 2025January 19, 2025
Christen Smith

(The Center Square) – A multi-year push to regulate and tax skill games in Pennsylvania got a jumpstart this week […]

Sports

Kyle Sammin: The next Black Sox scandal is coming

October 10, 2024October 9, 2024
Kyle Sammin

The Phillies’ victory in Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Mets was an instant classic, one […]

Government

Pennsylvania sixth-friendliest for gambling, but not without costs

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Anthony Hennen

Billions of dollars in tax revenue comes with a risk of increased gambling addictions.
By Anthony Hennen

Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: Was Pope Francis ‘disastrous’? One author thinks so.

Thom Nickels: Was Pope Francis ‘disastrous’? One author thinks so.

schedule January 16 2026
ink_pen Thom Nickels

A new book, “The Disastrous Pontificate,” by Dominic Grigio (a pseudonym, since the author is really a well known Catholic […]

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