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Ben Kirshner’s Plan to Transform How Pennsylvania Does Business

Pennsylvania is a notoriously tough place to start or run a business. Can the first guy to sell coffee on the internet fix that? The governor sure thinks so.


Sylvester Stallone, Tom Hanks and Grace Kelly all made memorable moments in Philadelphia Oscars history (photos via Getty Images)
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Great (and Not So Great) Moments in Philly Oscars History

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Inside Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Wild Ride From Mount Airy to the Oscars

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Jason Kelce Retires After 13 Seasons

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Jim Kenney
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Kenney Calls for Modest Spending Boost

The mayor also went off script to compare our era to 1968.

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WATCH: Jahlil Okafor’s Excellent Defensive Effort

Fans are howling at Okafor’s defensive effort — or, rather, lack of it — in the Sixers’ loss last night.

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Hard Rock to Buy Trump Taj, Plans Casino Opening in 2018

A complete renovation is planned.

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Joel Embiid Won’t Play Again This Season

Sixers doctors have ruled star rookie out for the duration.

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WATCH: This Is the Happiest Mayor Kenney Has Ever Looked

It was all due to the Harlem Globetrotters.

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It’s Been 10 Years Since Milton Street Sang Draped Over a Casket

We look back.


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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PA Lottery Has a Game for Those Too Lazy for Scratch-Offs

Fast Play is a scratchless instant game.

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Roy Halladay Might Be Returning to the Phillies (to Coach)

He may be helping out at Spring Training this year.

Former Philly Trans Conference Co-Chair Speaks Out After ACLU Files Suit

Lourdes Ashley Hunter, a trans activist, is suing the D.C. Police Department.

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A PGW Rate Hike Could Be On the Way

Blame the warm weather.

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Did Trump Imply Threats to Jewish Centers Were Fake?

An adviser’s tweet is lending credence to that interpretation.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.