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How Jim Kenney Plans to Run City Hall

Mayors need to know politics and policy. They need to be an ambassador for Philadelphia outside city lines, and a leader who can rally public […]

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The Brief: The Return of Local Gun Control

1. Now that the Commonwealth Court has overturned a controversial law making local gun control efforts harder to enact, will cities and towns get back […]

City Life

Three Philly Election Officials Face Voter Fraud Charges

Three people have been charged with voter fraud in two separate cases stemming from the 2015 and 2014 Philadelphia primary elections. • Robin Trainor and […]

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Millennials Don’t Vote for the Same Reason Your Generation Didn’t

A lot of people are really, really worried about the fact that millennials don’t vote in mayoral elections. But maybe they shouldn’t be. Don’t get […]

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The Brief: Philly’s Maternal Mortality Rate Is Worse Than Libya’s

1. A new report digs into Philadelphia’s extremely high maternal mortality rate. The gist: The city’s maternal mortality rate is 27.4 per 100,000 births, according to […]

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Behind the Scenes With Jim Kenney’s Twitter Brain Trust

Depending on your point of view, Stephanie Waters either has the best or worst job in Philadelphia politics. She’s the digital director for Jim Kenney, the […]

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How to Fix the Mayor’s Race

The worst thing about the Philly mayor’s race? It’s over. Some of my journalistic colleagues who attended forum after forum and reviewed commercial after commercial […]

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Progressives Won the Philly Election? You Sure About That?

Philadelphia is suddenly a progressive utopia. At least, that’s what you might believe after reading articles about the city’s primary election in the national media. “Jim Kenney, a […]

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Insider: 4 Things Jim Kenney Must Do To Fix Philly’s Schools

(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.)  If you’re a parent in the School District of Philadelphia, you may have worried that […]

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The Brief: Anthony Williams a No-Show at Dem (Dis)Unity Breakfast

1. Anthony Williams a no-show at Democratic post-election unity breakfast to rally behind mayoral nominee Jim Kenney. The gist: State Senator Anthony Williams was a […]

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Why Voter Turnout Sucked in Philly’s Mayoral Race

1. Voter turnout in Philadelphia wasn’t always so pitiful. The gist: Only 27 percent of registered voters cast a ballot in Philadelphia’s mayoral primary last week. It wasn’t always like […]

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The Brief: Is George Norcross Staking a Claim in Philly Politics?

1. George Norcross lands the first post-win meeting with Jim Kenney. The gist: The Next Mayor has a juicy little scoop: George Norcross, the political kingmaker of South Jersey, […]

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How Jim Kenney Defied Racial Math and Posted the Biggest Mayoral Primary Win in Modern Philly History

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Philly Moved Away From “Racial Math”

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Insider: Black Pols Will “Rue the Day” They Backed Kenney

(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider. McCalla is a policy consultant who has provided pro bono advice to mayoral candidate Anthony H. […]