No voter-fraud evidence, lots of abortion restrictions and other news from Tom Corbett’s Pennsylvania. Right-wing state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe’s willful misreading of “voter fraud” report. And as abortion clinics struggle to comply with new state law, some shut down. Back…

Even potential allies on Nutter’s homeless food policies are wary, and say support is conditional on progress. The 45 minutes the Nutter administration gave reporters to hurry to a City Hall press conference yesterday, in which the mayor announced a…

PHILAPHILIA Dead-Ass Proposal of the Week: Gateway Center South Broad and Washington — this pitiful corner is the subject of more Dead-Ass Proposals than any other. This one came the closest to happening: a gigantic super-out-of-scale monster of a project…

The Triangle mystery widens The plot deepens at The Triangle Tavern. 2 comments Tweet email Monday, July 30, 2012 The Triangle mystery widens The C&D Triangle Tavern at S. 10th Street deal between Steven Simons, Dave Franks (of Royal Tavern…

Dead-Ass Proposal of the Week: African-American Hall of Fame and Sculpture Garden In concept, the idea of a sculpture garden honoring famous African-Americans is sound. However, this monster of a monument, which grabbed 46 acres of public land, wasn’t the…

Anti-abortion bill to show Pennsylvania women fetus ultrasound advances The legislature is moving to pass the orwellianly titled “Women’s Right to Know Act,” which would “require ultrasounds before abortions and then give women ‘the right’ to look at them.” 1…

PHILAPHILIA: Dead-Ass Proposal of the Week – 1601 Vine A perfectly good project that was approved up the ying yang and had finances in place before getting offed by the shitbird economy. All that’s left here is a crappy surface…

Land bank advocates getting restless and looking for allies The Web site for the award-winning alternative weekly, the Philadelphia City Paper. 1 comments Tweet email Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Land bank advocates getting restless and looking for allies Last week,…

Stripper sues Penthouse Club for wage practices A former stripper at The Penthouse Club is suing the club, alleging it has misclassified her as an “independent contractor” in order to avoid paying her wages and overtime pay. Back to Blog…