Jim Kenney
Here’s What Kenney’s Ethics Team Thinks About the Johnny Doc Raids
It was a week ago today — do you remember where you were? — when federal authorities made quite a show out of raiding numerous […]
Will Threat to Jewelers Row Finally Unite Preservationists?
On one hand, it looks like a losing battle for preservationists. The five buildings on Jewelers Row that a developer wants to tear down and […]
WATCH: Kenney Reads Mean Tweets Philadelphians Sent Him
In case you missed it (and you probably did), Mayor Jim Kenney turned 58 this past Sunday. To celebrate his birthday, he sat in front […]
Why the Johnny Doc Investigation Could Slow Kenney’s Momentum
It’s just one short line credited to an anonymous source, but it’s got to be a nightmare for Mayor Jim Kenney. In a story last […]
We Want Answers: Jane Slusser
Right out of college, you worked as an editor at Oxford University Press. How’d you go from publishing to politics? I did publishing for four […]
Here Are the Latest Details About Philly’s First Open Streets Event
On September 24th, the city’s inaugural Open Streets event, known as “Philly Free Streets,” will cover a seven-mile course from the corner of Front and South streets […]
This App Fights Hunger in Philly in a Surprisingly Simple Way
Mayor Jim Kenney and other city officials announced today a new app that makes it easier for restaurants and caterers to donate leftover food to local […]
The Beverage Lobby Spent $10.6 Million to Kill the Soda Tax — and Failed
When Philadelphia City Council debated Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed soda tax earlier this year, the beverage industry outspent supporters of the tax 5-to-1 on lobbying. The American Beverage Association shelled out […]
Yes, Black Lives Matter Has an Agenda — and Philadelphians Helped Write It
Don’t say Black Lives Matter doesn’t have an agenda. The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 organizations around the country that represent African-Americans, […]
The Really Important Criminal Justice Conversation You Missed
The one discussion this week that will probably impact Philadelphia the most in the not-too-distant future took place in a bar on Tuesday afternoon. Mayor […]
Womp Womp: Nobody’s Cheering for Philly at the DNC
One of my favorite things about big crowds is that you can sometimes make them scream and wave their arms around just by saying the […]
Kenney: Trump’s GOP Is the New Know-Nothing Party
Philadelphians know Mayor Jim Kenney as a man who is passionately pro-immigration. As a Councilman, he told anti-immigration protesters, “You can’t go through life hating.” On his first day as […]
WATCH: Here’s the DNC Stage Where Hillary Clinton Will Accept Nomination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_bYLwxqsBQ It’s going to be a weird week. Today, Democratic National Convention Committee chairwoman Rev. Leah D. Daughtry and Mayor Jim Kenney unveiled the stage and […]
Kenney, Other Philly Pols Added to Lineup of DNC Speakers
The Democratic National Convention just got a bit more Philly. Today, the DNC announced five more speakers for the event: Mayor Jim Kenney, Gov. Tom […]
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 […]