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Does Mayor Nutter Deserve More Credit for Philly’s Dropping Murder Rate?

Over on Twitter, journalist Patrick Kerkstra asks a really good question: Is it just me, or is plummeting homicide rate not getting the attn it […]

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Pennsylvania Politics 2014: The 4 Stories We’ll All Be Following

2014 will be a huge year in Pennsylvania politics — and particularly Philly area politics — with contested house seats, jockeying for position in a […]

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Nevermind: Philly’s Israel Consulate *Isn’t* Closing

Last month, we reported on the possibly sad news that Philadelphia’s Israeli consulate was planning to shut its doors. The Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, which mounted […]

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ACLU and Freedom to Marry Launch “Why Marriage Matters” Campaign

In May Franklin and Marshall released poll results saying that 53 percent of Pennsylvanians support the right of same-sex couples to get married, but you’d […]

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ACLU Launches “Why Marriage Matters” Campaign

A press release from the ACLU, highlighting the new WhyMarriageMattersPA web site: PHILADELPHIA – Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and Freedom to […]

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Mike Nutter on CNN: I Don’t Know If Knockout Game Is Real

Mayor Nutter showed up on CNN’s new program The 11th Hour to chat with anchor Don Lemon (not an old person, despite the name) about […]

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Rapper Meek Mill Spreads Thanksgiving Cheer in North Philly

ABC 10 reports that rapper Meek Mill spent Tuesday night distributing Thanksgiving turkeys at the Martin Luther King Jr. Adult Center in North Philadelphia.

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Mayor Nutter: Not a “Knockout Game” Fan

Turns out Mayor Nutter isn’t such a fan of the “knockout game.”

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Watch: BBC Interviews Mayor Nutter on Trip to London

While he was in London last week, Mayor Michael Nutter appeared on BBC’s “HARDtalk” program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH_n_dpJ5gk

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Will Israel Close Its Philadelphia Consulate?

Last month, the Jerusalem Post reported that Israel was seriously contemplating closing its Philadelphia consulate on JFK Boulevard. Why?

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Mayor Nutter is Wowing Them in London

The Inquirer’s Chris Hepp sure makes it sound like Mayor Michael Nutter is doing a good job of wooing international businesses this week while he’s […]

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Nutter Does Best Cory Booker Impersonation

So this happened yesterday morning:

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Mayor Nutter on Building Collapse: Oh, All Right, I’ll Appoint a Commission Already

The mayor finally got the message: The citizens of Philadelphia — and a member of his own administration who lost his daughter in the Salvation […]

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Mike Nutter Hates WHYY Pledge Drives As Much As You

Every year I get suckered into thinking that my contribution to the local public radio outfit will somehow make the local public radio outfit stop […]

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Nutter Really, Really Gunning for That US-American Merger

In light of U.S. Airways’s declining profits–related to preparations for its proposed merger with American Airlines–Michael Nutter has co-signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General […]