The Brief
The Brief: Will Tom Wolf’s Big Bold Budget Flummox Republicans?
Both Mayor Nutter and Governor Wolf will introduce their proposed budgets next week. There, the similarities end. Nutter, in caretaker mode, seems certain to offer up a […]
The Brief: The Mayoral Campaign’s Big Tax Reform Idea
One of the biggest ideas in the mayoral race to date was hatched not by any of the candidates, but by Center City Executive Director Paul […]
The Brief: Why the Next Philadelphia Mayor Matters More Than the Next President
In presidential elections, Philadelphians turn out. Over 690,000 Philadelphians helped re-elect President Obama in 2012. Four years earlier, 718,000 showed up at the polls. Those […]
The Brief: No Peace for the SRC
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission approved five out of 39 applications for new charter schools yesterday night at the tail end of a meeting that […]
The Brief: Maria Quinones-Sanchez Is Denied (again), Darrell Clarke Grasps (again) & Bill Green Gets Angry (again)
It’s a busy, high-stakes week for Philadelphia, rife with with big political and urban affairs news. Here’s what you need to know:
The Brief: Bob Brady Bear Hugs All Around, Philly Won the 2016 Democratic National Convention
There’s only one political story that matters in Philadelphia today, and that’s the city’s triumph in snagging the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
The Brief: Who’s Even More Popular Than Mayor Nutter?
Michael Nutter is so, so popular. We know because he commissioned (and his political committee paid for) a new poll proving it. His approval rating […]
The Brief: Let the Hunger Games Begin, Finally
Can it be? Have we finally, belatedly, reached the end of the months-long mayoral preamble? Maybe so. The Democratic mayoral field now appears set. Barring […]
The Brief: Decision Impossible—the SRC’s Lose-Lose Situation
I understand that sympathy for the School Reform Commission is in short supply. But man, the SRC is on the spot in an excruciating way right […]
The Brief: Philly’s DNC Bid Gains Mo’
Does Philadelphia have The Big Mo in the fight to bring the Democratic National Convention to Philadelphia? Honestly we have no idea. But it’s starting […]
The Brief: Mayor Nutter Says the Candidates “Need to Get It On”
Mayor Nutter made his final address at the Chamber of Commerce annual luncheon yesterday, taking the dais just as the Jim Kenney goodbye party was […]
The Brief: This Mayor’s Race Is Bad For Business
Yesterday in City Council, some of the leading advocates of lower wage and business taxes showed up at a hearing for Councilman David Oh’s quixotic […]
The Brief: Jim Kenney’s Authenticity Cuts Two Ways
Jim Kenney seems sure to dominate the mayoral news again today. Ditto for Thursday, when he will no doubt make a memorable final speech from […]
The Brief: Who Will Win the Snow Primary?
Philadelphia’s primary election will be held on May 19. But today is the Snow Primary: a solid chance for the city’s mayoral candidates and mayoral-maybes to show […]
The Brief: Who’s Going to Give Jim Kenney a Job?
The Jim Kenney mayoral watch continued over the weekend, and what with snowpocalypse expected for the next two or three days, odds are his anticipated […]