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The Brief: $1 Million Reasons Why Tony Williams’ Star Is About to Rise

1. Pro-Williams super PAC ups ad buy to a cool $1 million. The gist: Dave Davies reports for Newsworks that the American Cities Super PAC—that’s the […]

City Life

Council to Nutter: Find Your $105 Million Somewhere Else

Close, but no cigar, Mayor Michael Nutter. That was the general message from Council members at their hearing Tuesday on Nutter’s five-year fiscal plan, the first budget […]

City Life

Council Candidate Sherrie Cohen Calls for Boycott of City-Sponsored Travel to Indiana

The gay rights movement backtracked several years last week when, in Indiana, Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which effectively legalized discrimination against […]

Citified

How Bike Lanes & Shared Streets Pay for Themselves, and Then Some

New research suggests that “Complete Streets” — those carefully designed, multi-modal travel corridors that often include, yes, bike lanes — can yield handsome returns on investment […]

City Life

Nutter Orders Creation of Police Oversight Board

Mayor Nutter signing the executive order to create the oversight board to implement DOJ recs pic.twitter.com/M6LX608HSC — Aubrey Whelan (@aubreyjwhelan) March 25, 2015 Mayor Michael […]

City

Here’s an Animated GIF of Mayor Nutter Dancing

Yesterday, a group of 10 local nonprofits — known as Get Hype Philly — were awarded a $5 million grant from GlaxoSmithKline. The money will […]

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Milton Street: “I’m Running, I’m Running!”

By Milton Street’s standards, it was a pretty boring affair. Street, the city’s favorite gonzo candidate, kicked off his campaign for mayor Thursday in a perfectly normal-looking church in North […]

City Life

City Council Won’t Debate Property Tax Hike Until After the Election

The Philadelphia City Council must decide in the next few months whether to support Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to raise property taxes by more than 9 […]

Citified

Mayoral Campaign’s First TV Ad Bought by Special Interests

[Editor’s Note: This is a continuing story that will be updated throughout the day.] Today marks a turning point in Philadelphia’s mayoral race: The first TV […]

City Life

3 Reasons Mayor Nutter Shouldn’t Build That New Prison

At first glance, you can’t blame Mayor Michael Nutter for wanting to build a new prison. The House of Correction — which has an awesome […]

City Life

Michael Nutter Wants 16 Times as Many Police Body Cameras Next Year

For the past few months, a police district in North Philadelphia has equipped about 30 cops with body cameras as part of a pilot program. If Mayor Michael Nutter gets his way, […]

The Scene

Third Annual United Negro College Fund Mayor’s Masked Ball

On Friday night, Philadelphia hosted its 3rd Annual United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Mayor’s Masked Ball at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The UNCF provides scholarships […]

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City Life

Here’s Why Michael Nutter Wants $5M for New Prison Site

Mayor Michael Nutter’s administration says it wants to build a new prison to replace an outdated one that lacks such basics as air conditioning. But prisoners’ rights advocates are […]

City Life

44 Taxes We Pay as Residents of the Great City of Philadelphia

Governor Wolf introduced his budget on Tuesday. And in it he proposed an increase in spending, no pension reform, no long-term deficit reduction and no […]

Citified

The Brief: Michael Nutter’s “Historic” L&I Investment

Watchdogs have said for years that Philadelphia’s Licenses & Inspections department is dangerously underfunded. It was a victim of the recession, enduring cutbacks in staff under […]