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There are three questions up for vote in Tuesday’s primary election, but they’ll be awfully difficult to understand if you’re seeing them for the first […]
The Inquirer reports that City Council has introduced a bill to extend a temporary 1-cent sales tax, this time to shore up underfunded schools and […]
Newsworks reports Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez stands to become the city’s newest power broker; she’s endorsing a slate of four candidates — all former staffers from her […]
The Inquirer reports today that City Hall is soliciting bids to place advertising on city buildings and vehicles, with 12 “major players” in the ad […]
Councilman David Oh is the man behind a measure on your primary ballot May 20th; Philadelphia voters will be asked whether to revise the city’s […]
Philadelphia is a city of big personalities and big egos. And, the biggest personality, both in style and substance, is His Honor the Mayor. According […]
Mayor Nutter is expected to sign an executive order today, the Inquirer reports, that would raise the minimum wage for private company employees working on city […]
Former Mayor Wilson Goode Sr. has come out in favor of the sale of Philadelphia Gas Works to a private corporation, penning an op-ed supporting […]
The Daily News reports that Councilman Jim Kenney is making another attempt to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana — he’ll introduce a new bill today […]
Most states and major U.S. cities have a recall process through which voters can remove an elected official from office. And this happens not infrequently: […]
Things have gone from bad to ugly in the bizarre microcosm that is the abandoned sting. Kathleen Kane’s epic “double-dog-dare” to Seth Williams (in which […]
The hot topic before the City Council this spring and summer is whether it will accept an offer from Connecticut-based UIL Holdings — which already […]
The New York Times today carries an op-ed — from City Paper writer Dan Denvir — suggesting Philly is much too dominated by Comcast, the […]
It’s Earth Day, so some related news: Philadelphia is joining a consortium of 10 cities that will bypass the federal government on climate change in […]
Remember the bill — vetoed twice by Mayor Nutter — that wouldn’ve required the city’s small employers to let their worker take paid sick leave? […]