FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Pennsylvania's gaming industry has grown into one of the largest regulated markets in the United States. Between commercial casinos, online gaming, sports betting and video gaming terminals, the sector now generates nearly $7 billion in annual revenue. While headlines often focus on record-breaking figures, the bigger story is what those numbers mean for communities across the Commonwealth. 

Kansas City officials are looking to cut a ballpark deal within weeks that will define the city for decades. Publicly, at least, the details remain sparse. City officials are scrambling to finalize plans to help finance the Royals’ proposed $1.9 billion ballpark at Crown Center before the end of the month. If things had gone […]

On Tuesday, the Mercer County Fiscal Court passed a one-year moratorium on data center construction, the latest turn over months of tumultuous debate in the rural county over whether the community should welcome a hyperscale data center project.  The county’s planning and zoning commission has also advanced an ordinance to regulate the siting and impacts […]