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The Future of Sports Tech & Sports Betting Conference

Venture capitalist Wayne Kimmel and former Phillie Ryan Howard look to make the burgeoning sports betting industry their own

By Larry Platt

The B.S. Task Force

Do we really need a reconciliation task force to get to the bottom of the city’s accounting horrors? Or is the Mayor trying to look like he’s taking action?

By Larry Platt

Tax Addiction

Mayor Kenney seems more committed to the soda tax than to the programs it was meant to fund. Why?

By Larry Platt

Rhynhart On The Missing Millions

The Controller’s report this week woke people up to the embarrassment that is the city’s accounting practices. But does it go far enough in suggesting a fix?

By Larry Platt

Council To The Rescue?

By defying a tax-happy mayor, our august legislative body has stepped up. But that doesn’t mean Council President Darrell Clarke has found a new moral center

By Larry Platt

Trump v. The Media

Feeling anxious with every headline from D.C.? On Tuesday, join a panel of journalists from the frontlines to talk about why a free press matters

By Larry Platt

Growing Out Of Poverty

An Inquirer op-ed by Paul Levy reminds us that doing the same thing again and again will likely yield the same old results

By Larry Platt
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Steven Brill at The Free Library

His new book, Tailspin, may be the most important explanation yet of just how we got here

By Larry Platt

How Not To Watch Your Money

In this week’s saga of the city’s missing millions, a troubling reveal about the firm hired—at $500,000—to fix the mess. Meantime, more radio silence from the Mayor

By Larry Platt

Finally, A Business Leader Steps Up…

…In Los Angeles. But a new face on the Philly school board provides hope that private sector expertise might be on its way

By Larry Platt