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Chamber of Commerce Votes Against Philadelphia Tax Reform Plan
A coalition of city business and political leaders led by Center City District President and CEO Paul Levy and Brandywine Realty Trust President and CEO […]
Why SRC Haters Finally Have a Real Shot at Abolishing It
The School Reform Commission is astonishingly unpopular in Philadelphia: Only 11 percent of residents think it should exist. Donald Trump has more support than that here! […]
Two School Reform Commission Members Resign
Two members of Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission, the appointed body that serves in place of an elected school board, have announced that they will resign. […]
Clinton Campaign Announces “Pa. African Americans for Hillary”
After a voter registration drive and policy speech in Philadelphia Tuesday, Hillary Clinton’s campaign launched “Pennsylvania African Americans for Hillary” on Wednesday. Included in the […]
A Modest Proposal: Let’s Keep Guns Out of Kids’ Hands
Did you hear the great news? Philadelphia got through the Democratic National Convention in one piece, proving once again that it can host Big Events every […]
WATCH: Supercut of Darrell Clarke Attacking Donald Trump
Last week, Hillary Clinton’s campaign opened its first field office in North Philadelphia, near Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue. City Council President Darrell […]
Philly Workers and Businesses Might Get a Big Tax Cut … In Two Years
For years, a chorus of business leaders and policy wonks has been singing the same tune: The business and wage taxes in Philadelphia are too […]
Here’s Where Philly’s First Nine Community Schools Will Be Located
Mayor Jim Kenney hosted a press conference on Monday to announce the first nine community schools, which the city hopes to transform from education-only facilities […]
The Soda Tax Battle’s Biggest Winners and Losers
One of the longest and most expensive political wars in recent Philadelphia history has come to an end. On Thursday, City Council voted 13-4 to enact a tax on […]
How Jim Kenney’s Big Soda Tax Victory Is Upending City Hall
For years, Philadelphians saw government dysfunction everywhere they looked. In City Hall, former Mayor Michael Nutter was so impotent that he couldn’t persuade a single Council […]
Will Philly’s Soda Tax Make Coca-Cola the Next Philip Morris?
In 1973, Arizona became the first state in America to restrict smoking in some public places. Four years later, Berkeley, Calif., became the first city in the […]
Council Demanding Answers on Use of Soda Tax Funds
Mayor Jim Kenney’s push to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia, which could culminate next week with a City Council vote on a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax […]
Philly Soda Tax Gets Thumbs-Up From Council
Mayor Jim Kenney is now one step away from securing a major first-term victory, after a City Council committee voted Wednesday evening to approve a new tax on […]
The No-Bullshit Guide to the Fight Over the Philly Soda Tax
For the third time in less than 10 years, Philadelphia City Council is reaching the end of a debate on whether to impose a tax on […]
Council Privately Discusses Taxing Diet Soda, Too
City Council President Darrell Clarke is still trying to find the sweet spot when it comes to Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed three-cents-per-ounce soda tax. The […]