State Sen. Stack associate on board of firm in FBI mob probe

16 May 2008, 7:43 am

The chief of staff for Democratic Pennsylvania State Sen. Michael Stack is a member of the board of directors of a Texas company at the center of an FBI organized-crime-linked fraud investigation.... read more

Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Stack - Biography

16 May 2008, 7:38 am

Sen. Stack was elected to a second term in the state Senate in November 2004 by more votes than any Democrat in the history of the 5th Senatorial District.... read more

Nicodemo Scarfo, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

16 May 2008, 7:36 am

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scarfo was the victim of a notorious assassination attempt by a masked gunman on Halloween in 1989.... read more

Full speed ahead without rudder Fix flawed licensing law before expanding casinos

16 May 2008, 6:15 am

Gambling expansion in Pennsylvania is inevitable because of the political math alone. If the current gambling enterprise produces as much as or more than the state revenue projected by the administration - up to $1.5 billion a year when all 14 slots casinos are operational - politicians will find ex... read more

Casino probe control

16 May 2008, 6:11 am

The hide-bound clique of anti-gambling Republican state legislators, feeling eternally spited by the state's newfound and obviously lucrative casino gambling industry, has decided that since Satan never sleeps, it's only appropriate they make life miserable for Gov. Ed Rendell and the Pennsylvania G... read more

Corbett, lawmakers at impasse

16 May 2008, 5:16 am

Probe sought of gambling board's award of license to DeNaples House Republicans have asked the state attorney general to find out if the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board failed to follow Pennsylvania's gambling law.... read more