Michael Nutter
Wendell Pritchett Named Interim SRC Chair
Wendell Pritchett—the former Rutgers-Camden Chancellor who was named to the SRC with the first of Mayor Nutter’s two allotted appointments this fall—has been declared as […]
GOP’s Karen Brown Fires at Nutter in Mayoral Debate
Mayor Nutter will be easily re-elected next month. That was determined early this year, when serious potential challengers like Bill Green, Anthony Williams, Tom Knox […]
Ben Francisco Helps Phils Take 2-1 Series Lead
Ben Francisco Lifts Phils to 2-1 Series Lead. Of all the Phillies the Scoop thought might be the hero after three games in the postseason, […]
City, State and SRC to Make Announcement About New Cooperation
The Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ronald Tomalis will join Mayor Nutter and the SRC for a press conference at 1:30 p.m. at School District headquarters […]
Amanda Knox Freed From Italian Prison
Amanda Knox Returns Home. Knox has been in Italian prison since late 2007 after she was convicted of murdering her British roommate. A lack of […]
Philly Government Is Like a Bad Mob Movie
It seems that behind-the-scenes bullying and political interference are just a part of the core curriculum at the School District of Philadelphia. Last week, the […]
Hilton to Be Built at 12th and Arch
Mayor Michael Nutter today was on hand for the announcement that a Hilton Home2 Suites hotel will be built where a parking lot currently sits […]
New Group POWER Wants 10,000 Jobs for Philly by 2015
Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild is a new advocacy group focused on finding employment for 10,000 of the city’s unemployed by 2015. The […]
City Backs Down On Ankle Bracelets
Philly’s First Judicial District recently tried to drop $4.5 million on new electronic ankle bracelets for inmates released from prison. Mayor Nutter and his administration […]
Rutgers-Camden Chancellor Joins School Reform Commission
Following the resignation of two members of the School Reform Commission—including its chairman Robert Archie—Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has made one of the necessary appointments […]
Can Mayor Nutter and Governor Corbett Team Up to Save Philly Schools?
The only strange thing about Monday’s massacre of the School Reform Commission is that it took this long to happen. Any board that extends the […]
Mayor Nutter Warns of Service Cuts
Mayor Michael Nutter is issuing a warning to Philadelphians. It’s not like he’s riding through the town on horseback yelling “The program cuts are coming! […]
Michael Nutter Exposed Himself
The real Michael Nutter keeps leaking out. It happened again this week, when he and Don Schwarz, his health czar, said no to a $10 […]
HughE Dillon One-Shot: Michael Nutter
Mayor Nutter and Kimpton president/COO Niki Leondakis break ground at what will be the Hotel Monaco in Old City, right across the street from Independence […]
City Council Overrides DROP Veto
Earlier this summer, Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed the controversial DROP bill, vowing to only approve legislation that would do away with the deferment option entirely. […]