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Good morning, Philly! We’re officially halfway through the week. There’s a chance of rain today with highs in the low 80s.
Julian Lurie, son of Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, is the future of the business. But how much do we really know about him? And how will he run the Birds once he takes the reins? The Inquirer asked around to find out.
A group of students were asked the question: What will Philly look like in 25 years? They wrote plays in response, detailing the changes they want to see.
Plus, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court blasted DA Larry Krasner’s office, and more news of the day.
— Sam Stewart (morningnewsletter@inquirer.com)
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Julian Lurie is not just Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie’s only son, he is his intended successor. And while that reality has caused occasional challenges since he took a formal role in the family business four years ago, many key figures within the organization believe the younger Lurie is already an asset.
Interviews with Eagles sources revealed Julian’s already considerable prominence. They depicted an intense but thoughtful young man who was born not only into great privilege, but with a shared civic passion for the football team his father bought in 1994, the year before Julian was born.
Jeffrey Lurie is widely considered one of the NFL’s best owners after his three-plus decades in the league. His son will have big shoes to fill when the time comes. Julian is an outside-the-box thinker like his father, but he also wants to bring a younger sensibility to the Eagles, sources close to him said.
Notable quote: “If I lived in Philadelphia and I was an Eagles fan, I would feel really good about him as a steward of the franchise in the future. I really do think he cares about the team and the city and the players.”
The Inquirer’s Jeff McLane has the full story.
🎠The show must go on
A group of students spent nearly a year thinking, researching, and writing about changes they want to see in Philadelphia. This month, their work culminated in professional performances of original plays based on how they envision Philly in 25 years.
The student work is part of What Now: 2026, a new arts festival marking the country’s Semiquincentennial. Students of the Civic Theater Project were prompted to imagine Philadelphia 25 years in the future, to dream about what should be changed, and to see their work as the beginning of that shift.
One play chronicles two young women’s rise to stardom and the effect of substance use on their lives. It was shaped by events the writer experienced growing up in North Philadelphia and attending an elite private school.
Part of the students’ process was finding resources that might help with the issues they tackled — from recovery and housing assistance organizations to groups that support survivors of sexual assault.
What you should know today
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office misled the courts, “violated its duty of candor,” and submitted false statements when asking a judge to vacate a 2004 murder conviction.
The parents of CHOP physician Barbara Friedes, who was killed in 2024 while riding her bike in Center City, have sued the drunk driver who hit her.
Three Philadelphia-area athletes were recently arrested in connection with an April assault in Old City that left the victim with a concussion, broken nose, and two chipped teeth, among other injuries.
Over the weekend, the Philadelphia Parking Authority said it issued nearly 2,500 tickets for illegal parking in the FIFA Fan Festival parking enforcement zone, with 173 of those tickets written in error to residents with valid parking permits.
Women working in Philadelphia continue to make less than their male counterparts, according to a new report from the Forum of Executive Women. Women in the local workforce still earn on average about 89 cents for every dollar men make, according to the organization’s annual report.
A scrap-metal recycling facility in Camden that has been prone to fires is suing the city for suspending its operations after its 13th fire in six years. In the complaint, the company argues that the city acted outside of its power and did not provide due process by issuing the suspension.
Quote of the day
Tanya Clark waited four years to face the person who killed her nephew in court and hear him admit what he’d done. His guilty plea brought some answers — but not enough.
🧠Trivia time
1,200 union nurses at which Philly hospital voted to authorize a strike this week?
A) Temple University Hospital
B) Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
C) Roxborough Memorial Hospital
D) Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Think you know? Check your answer.
What we’re …
🦀 Craving: Soft shell crabs! ’Tis the season for them. Check out where you can find them in Philadelphia.
⛪ Wanting to see: “Luminiscence,” a new immersive experience that uses light to alter one of Philly’s most famous altars — the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
🥤 Sipping on: Surfside, which has taken over the nation’s alcohol industry. But fear not, its founders say: The brand is staying put in Philly.
🧩 Unscramble the anagram
Hint: A multinational supermarket chain.
HOOFED OWLS
Email us if you know the answer. We’ll select a reader at random to shout out here.
Cheers to Bob Centonze, who solved Tuesday’s anagram: Annie McCormick. The former 6abc reporter’s new book, Restless Ghosts, is about the deaths of two South Jersey socialites in 1929.
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👋 That’s all from me! Have a great day, everyone.
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