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Much in the same way that the best lawyers kill lawsuits before they ever make it to trial, the best lobbyists kill legislation before it is […]
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) This is school advocates’ most dreaded time of the year: city budget season. If there’s […]
1. Voter turnout among millennials was abysmal in the mayoral election. The gist: Only 12 percent of registered voters between the ages of 18 and 34 cast a ballot […]
1. Stu Bykofsky’s 25th Candidates’ Comedy Night will be the last. The gist: For the past two-and-a-half decades, Daily News reporter Stu Bykofsky has convinced city, state and federal candidates […]
1. With City Council prepped to short the School District, Superintendent Bill Hite urges politicians not to let the district’s ongoing crisis become the new […]
[Updated at 4:20 p.m.] Philadelphia school district officials are asking City Council to pay a huge bill this year. They say they need an extra $103 […]
Study after study and politician after politician have said that Philadelphia’s taxes are way too high. But a new report by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy […]
1. Philadelphia has significantly increased funding for the city’s schools since 2011, while money from the state and federal government has dried up. The gist: It’s that maddening […]
There are few City Hall scenes more dispiriting than the display of mutual contempt that unfolds each year when the School District of Philadelphia comes to […]
(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 […]
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 […]
A Philadelphia School District employee faces charges of steering $900,000 worth of contracts to vendors owned by, and that employed, friends and family. Priscilla Wright, 50, […]
Now that the primary electionis over, City Council will take a look at the Philadelphia School District’s request for $105 million in new funds for […]
Nearly two thirds of ninth-graders entering Philadelphia public high schools in the 2008-2009 school year graduated on time, a new study says — the greatest […]
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) City Council released a proposal last week to create “School-Based Family Service Centers” building on […]