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Wolf Expected to Veto GOP Budget

Looks like Harrisburg may blow past Tuesday’s June 30 deadline for a state budget. The GOP-controlled legislature worked through the weekend with the House passing […]

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Jahlil Okafor Looks to Exceed High Expectations

Basketball writer Derek Bodner is covering the NBA draft for Philadelphia magazine at Sixers Draftland.  “I’m familiar with winning,” Jahlil Okafor, told members of the media on […]

City Life

Philadelphia, We Needed the Cheesecake Factory

Everyone has their safe space. Maybe you like to take a time-out at Rittenhouse Square when the office feels like it’s closing in. Or perhaps […]

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They Survived Byberry

Philadelphia State Hospital — the psychiatric facility colloquially known as Byberry because of its location at Roosevelt Boulevard and Southampton Road in Northeast Philadelphia — […]

Restaurants

Philly’s Best BBQ Spots: A Guide to Sides

Even in this Yankee city, barbecue is a summertime staple. And while any dilettante can find good ribs in Philly these days (and brisket, too), […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The NRA Took a Hit

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No Strike: Newspaper Guild, PMN Reach Tentative Agreement

There will be no Philadelphia newspaper strike after all. On Friday night — after an exhausting 11-hour negotiating session with a federal mediator, and 25 […]

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Sixers Made the Best Possible Pick

The Sixers made the absolute best pick they could have made in taking center Jahlil Okafor with the third pick in the NBA draft. Now, […]

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The Dirt: What To Get At The Farmers Market This Weekend

It’s as if the Supreme Court timed things on purpose, because it’s not just the sidewalks of the Gayborhood and your Facebook feed that are […]

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North Bowl’s Second Annual Tot Chef Competition Is Coming

Like their french fried cousin, tater tots are the ultimate comfort food. Little did we know, however, that tots are also the base around which […]

Restaurants

Drury Beer Garden and Opa Get New Summer Menus

Chef Bobby Saritsoglou is making some menu changes for summer at Opa and the Drury Beer Garden. Drury gets a full new menu and Opa has new lunch […]

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What If You Could Get from Philly to D.C. on Public Transit?

There are a few ways to get from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.: You can shell out the dough for Amtrak (expensive!), sit in traffic on […]

City Life

(Updated) #MarriageEquality: The Reaction

[Updated with reaction and slideshow from a rally at the National Constitution Center, below.] Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that marriage is a fundamental […]

Business

3 Reasons Alcohol at Work is No Biggie

I’ve been watching a lot of Mad Men lately, and while the smoking and sexual harassment in the Madison Avenue 1960s looks archaic by today’s […]

City Life

SEPTA Investigating Arrest and Handcuffing of Man Holding Baby

UPDATE, 9:50 p.m., 6/26/15: SEPTA has released surveillance footage of the incident preceding the bystander video that shows one of its officers grabbing the man’s […]