By Matthew Walberg – For the third consecutive year, the private firm hired run the Illinois Lottery has failed to bring in the profits it promised to raise for the state, even as its parent companies continue to be paid…
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Revel shutdown OKd as prayer service nears for hundreds losing jobs
By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press – Hours before hundreds of workers were to hold a prayer rally as three casinos are set to close, New Jersey officials issued a final closure order for another one. The state Gaming Enforcement Division…
THIS IS WHY VOTING IS SO IMPORTANT; How Gov. Corbett Could Still Win This Thing – The key: Philadelphia stays away from the polls on Election Day.
By Joel Mathis – Sure Gov. Corbett is far behind Democratic challenger Tom Wolf in this fall’s election campaign. But Pittsburgh Tribune columnist Brad Bumsted says the governor could still win. The scenario: For one, there needs to be low…
Republicans’ war on labor is gaining steam in America
By David P. Gaibis – The Republicans’ war on labor has taken American workers from a moderate lifestyle story to a rags story. In the beginning, before the labor movement, employers worked their “captive labor” 12 hours a day, seven…
SEPTA Settles With Regional Rail Electric Workers; But negotiations still “tense” with Regional Rail engineers.
By Joel Mathis – CBS Philly reports that SEPTA has come to contract terms with Regional Rail electric workers — but that negotiations remain “tense” with Regional Rail engineers. If ratified, the electrical workers would get an 11.5 percent raise…
