Portal:Philadelphia/Philadelphia news/July 2009

• July 14: Former State Senator Vincent J. Fumo is sentenced to four years and seven months in prison for fraud. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• July 14: Creative Steps, a Philadelphia day care, refuses to return to the Valley Swim Club a day after the club invites them back after canceling their contract. (CNN)
• July 9: Pennsylvania launches a discrimination probe after the Valley Swim Club cancels a swimming contract with Creative Steps, a mostly minority Philadelphia day care. (Philadelphia Inquirer)