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Eagles players take turns holding up the Vince Lombardi Trophy while displaying it to fans gathered to welcome them in Philadelphia a day after defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018.
Eagles players take turns holding up the Vince Lombardi Trophy while displaying it to fans gathered to welcome them in Philadelphia a day after defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer

Good morning, Philadelphia. If you're not a football fan, I'm truly sorry — your neighbors aren't going to stop talking about the Eagles any time soon. The Birds flew home yesterday and we're days from a parade. But there is more to discuss, like the next step for Pennsylvania's congressional map and a new state budget.

— Aubrey Nagle (@aubsn, morningnewsletter@philly.com)

» READ MORE: More celebration ahead as city preps for Eagles parade

It's official: the Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl victory parade will begin Thursday at 11 a.m. The route will weave from South Philly to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, though more details are expected today.

Philadelphia public schools will be closed Thursday, as will the Museum of Art. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is looking very cold.

In light of Sunday's rowdy celebrations, clean up has turned to parade prep in Center City. Though just four people were arrested Sunday, Police Commissioner Richard Ross expects that number to grow after reviewing surveillance footage and social media.

» READ MORE: SCOTUS denies delay of new congressional map

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for a stay of the state court order for lawmakers to redraw Pennsylvania's congressional map.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found the current one unconstitutional and Republican lawmakers sought to delay drawing a new one until after the 2018 congressional elections.

A new map will have major ramifications on local politics, though State Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and State House Speaker Mike Turzai are already looking for other ways to invalidate the ruling.

» READ MORE: Eagles receive hero’s welcome at PHL

The Birds received a warm welcome after touching down at Philadelphia International Airport Monday afternoon. Hundreds of screaming fans gathered to get a first glimpse at their returning heroes.

The big win has yet to really sink in for fans and even for Coach Doug Pederson  — though he may be the number one reason the Eagles won the Super Bowl. MVP Nick Foles is trying to live in the moment, but fans already want to know: is he a trade target or ripe for a contract extension?

The Eagles will continue to make the rounds with the Lombardi trophy, but there's one place several Eagles will not be going: the White House.

What you need to know today

  1. Gov. Tom Wolf is introducing his budget to the state legislature today, and he will likely ask for a boost in the state's minimum wage.

  2. Monday's historic stock market loss of 1,175 points was the largest one-day decline ever, erasing roughly six weeks of gains, but professional investors say it's just an overdue correction.

  3. As Thursday's deadline on a new federal spending bill looms, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and their allies rallied in Philly Monday to demand an immigration plan that doesn't involve a wall at the Mexican border.

  4. The region's bluebird population has been dwindling for decades, but a group of volunteers may have found a way to coax them back to Camden County.

  5. In July, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court found the state's 2012 sex-offender registration law to be unconstitutional. Now a panel of Philly judges must decide what's next for 300 people under state supervision for violating the overturned law.

  6. After President Trump declassified a GOP memo on the House intelligence committee investigation into his ties to Russia last week, the committee has voted to declassify a second memo, this time written by Democrats on the panel.

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Tag your Instagram posts or tweets with #OurPhilly and we'll pick our favorite each day to feature in this newsletter and give you a shout out!

That’s Interesting

  1. Commercials love to joke about "Super Bowl babies" born nine months from the big game. Is a baby bump bump on its way to Philly?

  2. Philly-based comic artist Box Brown, known for his popular graphic novel on Andre the Giant, has a follow-up book ahead, this time about comedian Andy Kauffman.

  3. Did you see commercials for the new NBC drama Rise during the Super Bowl? The show is based on the story of a Bucks County high school theater program, but critics are accusing the network of "straightwashing" the show's main character.

  4. You need to see this: A father and his young son are turning their hilarious day-in-the-life conversations (like answering, "Where do babies come from?") into viral sketch comedy fame.

  5. Paul Simon fans will want tickets to his next Philly show — it will be his last in the area as he embarks on a farewell tour.

  6. As surely the cacophony of coughs and sneezes in your office can attest, it's flu season. Take these 10 etiquette tips to heart and they may help you avoid the flu and spreading it to others.

Opinions

"It should be non-negotiable that every single child has the right to a fair and equitable public education. But unfortunately, our legislative agenda too often matches an agenda that marginalizes people of color." Hillary Linardopoulos, staff representative at the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers,
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  1. It's Black History Month and, as University of Pennsylvania professor Jonathan Zimmerman writes, it's time to remember white allies of history.

  2. It's also time, write Philadelphia teachers Lily Cavanagh and Charlie McGeehan, for white teachers to join the nationwide Black Lives Matter Week of Action.

What we’re reading

  1. Love it or hate it, The Ringer says Meek Mill's anthem "Dreams and Nightmares" was the perfect underdog ode to the Eagles' storybook season.

  2. Following the Eagles' Super Bowl win, the New York Times asks whether it will calm Philly fans down a bit. I'm not so sure.

  3. Philadelphia Citizen executive editor Roxanne Patel Shepelavy writes that America really won the Super Bowl. It's a hot take, maybe, but a good one in my book.

  4. The Los Angeles Times has issued a harrowing report on why journalists in Mexico are fleeing as the country becomes the second most dangerous in the world for journalists

  5. Could a little more navel-gazing be the cure for our selfie-induced loneliness? Interestingly, a new essay from the Guardian writes "attention-seeking is the defining need of our times."

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