The war over Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposal to tax sweetened beverages is fierce. The soda lobby is spending at least $1.5 million to oppose his plan, and Council members are raising pointed questions about it. Meanwhile, a […]
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) Many Philadelphians cheered real estate developer Allan Domb’s election to City Council last year. […]
Fifty-seven percent of Philadelphia voters supported a soda tax last fall, according to a poll conducted for Jim Kenney’s mayoral campaign at the time. Forty percent opposed it. That gives […]
Mayor Jim Kenney is an expensive date. Friends of Chester Arthur, a nonprofit that benefits Chester A. Arthur School in the Southwest Center City/G-Ho/Anderson Yards […]
Our friends over on Citified have been keeping folks up to date on what’s going on with of Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed soda tax, which would add […]
That’s a lot fewer Big Gulps. Under Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed soda tax, officials estimate that sugary drink sales in Philadelphia would drop by 55 percent next year. […]
Mayor Jim Kenney delivered his first budget address Thursday, in which he argued that City Council should pass a soda tax in order to expand pre-K, overhaul […]
Was there a plan afoot to make Mayor Jim Kenney’s budget address a VIP-only event? On Tuesday, an aide for City Council President Darrell Clarke […]
Mayor Jim Kenney says his proposed soda tax could bring in $400 million over five years — money that would be used to fund universal […]
City Hall sources tell Citified that Mayor Jim Kenney is going to propose a soda tax next week at his first budget address. We don’t know […]
Democrats in the New Jersey State Legislature introduced a new bill that would close a corporate tax loophole. State Senators Ray Lesniak, Linda Greenstein and […]
Maybe you put off paying your taxes a little too long. Maybe you never filed in the first place. If that’s the case — and […]
Mayor Michael Nutter has two short months left in office to shape his legacy in the minds of Philadelphians. Councilwoman Marian Tasco introduced a bill earlier this month […]
Mayor Michael Nutter wants to prohibit cigarette sales in drug stores throughout Philadelphia, in hopes of persuading more smokers to kick the habit. Councilwoman Marian Tasco introduced a […]
Good morning, Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today. The FBI has warned Philly-area colleges about a threat of violence today. Philly Mag’s Victor […]
