Casino Free jumps into Chinatown/Foxwoods fray

The district attorney and labor leader Ryan Boyer exchanged pleasantries on Tuesday after getting into a spat at the spring election day lunch.

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The subpoenas mark an exceedingly rare step that suggests heightened tensions between City Council and Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.

The union that represents operating engineers will build a new apprentice training facility at the site in Southwest Philadelphia.

They were energized by Chris Rabb’s primary win for Congress. Now, the city’s left is coming for Philadelphia City Council — and they want a majority.

“Right now, we’ve heard from our constituents a lot of anxiety about what’s going on in our elections,” said Omar Sabir, a Democrat who is the chair of city commisioners.

Also on Thursday, Council members expressed public skepticism in how Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration is executing one of the mayor's signature initiatives.

DeVonté Douglass in 2021 was fired from his role in the district attorney’s office and pleaded guilty to a prostitution-related misdemeanor after fatally shooting a sex worker in self-defense.

The city is budgeted to spend the remaining $240 million by the end of the current fiscal year on June 30, 2027.

Celena Morrison, who led the Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs from 2020 to November 2024, is the latest official who worked on diversity and inclusion matters to sue Mayor Parker's administration.

O'Rourke watered down his proposal to build support among Council colleagues amid budgetary concerns.

If Squilla takes the job, it would shake up the race for his 1st District seat, and could give progressives an easier path to grow their ranks on Council.

In its report, the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee portrayed Philadelphia as obstructive to ICE, saying that officials ignored 162 detainer requests between January 2024 and June 2026.

The Philadelphia nonprofit is investing in 30 media organizations and 16 community groups with a goal of encouraging young voters to "make their priorities heard."

Mikie Sherrill invited businesses to the state and praised Josh Shapiro while speaking in Philadelphia before headlining the DNC Women’s Leadership Forum in D.C. with Abigail Spanberger.

District Attorney Larry Krasner earlier this week faulted the police department for botching an earlier murder case against the man now accused of ambushing and killing Officer Shane Seiber.

Also this week: Council passed a long-delayed bill to establish a bike lane around City Hall, and members honored Officer Shane Seiber.

City Councilmember Jeffery Young Jr. introduced legislation and then held his own bill.

Democrats are marching toward control of the U.S. House after defeating six Republicans in key battleground races

Democrats scored major wins from Harrisburg to the Jersey shore.

Bennett, 39, delivered a victory for Democrats in a race seen as key to wresting control of the U.S. House from Republicans.

Analysts predicted the race would favor Van Drew from the outset, but it attracted more attention in recent weeks as Democrats gained confidence.

Turnout in Pennsylvania was likely to exceed 50%, the executive director of the Committee of Seventy said.

Stelson's win coms two years after her very narrow loss in the Harrisburg-area district.