Philadelphia Politics‘I don’t like it’: Some Council members are skeptical of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s $1 rideshare tax proposal Parker initially pitched a 20 cents-per-ride fee to help the Philadelphia School District. On Monday, she announced she was increasing the proposal to $1 per ride. Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh 90% of Philly government contracts are late, leaving nonprofits waiting for payAnna Orso Mayor Parker now wants a $1-per-ride tax for Ubers and Lyfts to lessen Philly School District classroom cutsKristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh Mayor Parker turns to Harrisburg — and GOP allies — to make her budget priorities workAnna Orso and Gillian McGoldrick ‘An embarrassment’: Deed delays in Philly Sheriff’s Office prompt lawsuitsWilliam Bender and Ryan W. Briggs AdvertisementFrom losing teachers to slashing supply budgets, Philly principals detail what $225 million in cuts could mean to their schoolsSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington is proposing a budget with $225 million in cuts to fix a structural deficit. Philly principals said the outcome will have big impacts on their schools.Kristen A. Graham Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Gauthier said she wants to ensure the Philadelphia school district’s decisions about closures are not motivated by potential financial rewards from reselling the properties.Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart Ala Stanford is banking on a healthcare message to break through crowded Philly primary for CongressDr. Ala Stanford is accentuating her lack of political experience and running as the outsider candidate in a field of political veterans vying to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans in Congress.Anna Orso ‘Unattainable’: POWER Interfaith calls on City Hall to address affordability crisis. But Philly doesn’t have many good options.POWER, an influential coalition that includes than 50 congregations in the city, released a report about affordability based on interviews with 750 city residents.Sean Collins Walsh Philly wants to host the DNC in 2028. Eighty years earlier, it hosted 3 conventions.Philadelphia was pursuing the national political spotlight in 1948, and landed nominating conventions for the Democrats, the Republicans, and the Progressives.Nick Vadala Mayor Parker wants $10 million to bring a factory that manufactures housing to PhillyThe mayor wants to provide jobs for Philadelphians building new homes for other city residents. Jake Blumgart Philly sues Glock, saying manufacturer contributed to gun-violence crisisThe lawsuit claims Glock promotes the use of “switches,” small devices used to illegally convert the company’s widely available semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns.Nick Vadala Republicans cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Philadelphia-area clinics are scrambling to maintain services.New rules in the Republican-backed spending bill signed into law last year prevent the reproductive health and abortion care provider from billing Medicaid for services.Sarah Gantz Amid record-low violence, Mayor Parker’s policing budget invests in more technology, funds sexual assault centerThe Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center could receive city funding for the first time, as reported rapes are on the rise. Ellie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and Anna Orso Mayor Parker proposes a $7.1 million ‘Pothole Squad’ to rescue Philly streetsThe squad would focus on proactive and speedy pothole repairs and be funded by a new tax on deliveries proposed by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.Nate File Who benefits — and who pays — in Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new Philadelphia budget planSEPTA is a winner. Hotels, Amazon, and Uber are among the losers.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh Mayor Cherelle Parker unveils ‘economic mobility agenda’ in $7 billion city budget proposalParker on Thursday proposed investments in workforce development, financial counseling, and internship opportunities for young people. Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso Gov. Josh Shapiro hasn’t decided whether he’ll opt into Trump’s new school choice programShapiro, who has previously drawn ire from fellow Democrats for supporting school choice initiatives, “is awaiting federal guidance to address key questions," his office said. Maddie Hanna and Gillian McGoldrick Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new budget plan includes fees on Uber and Amazon, 1,000 homeless shelter beds, and $200M for addiction recoveryAfter Parker delivers her budget address, City Council will hold hearings on her proposal and negotiate with the administration over potential amendments.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso Ala Stanford gets $1.4M boost from national super PAC in her bid to replace Dwight Evans in CongressThe super PAC, called 314 Action Fund, is a progressive organization that backs “pro-science” candidates and recruits doctors to run for federal office.Anna Orso See more storiesAdvertisement
‘I don’t like it’: Some Council members are skeptical of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s $1 rideshare tax proposal Parker initially pitched a 20 cents-per-ride fee to help the Philadelphia School District. On Monday, she announced she was increasing the proposal to $1 per ride. Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
‘I don’t like it’: Some Council members are skeptical of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s $1 rideshare tax proposal Parker initially pitched a 20 cents-per-ride fee to help the Philadelphia School District. On Monday, she announced she was increasing the proposal to $1 per ride. Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Parker now wants a $1-per-ride tax for Ubers and Lyfts to lessen Philly School District classroom cutsKristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Parker now wants a $1-per-ride tax for Ubers and Lyfts to lessen Philly School District classroom cutsKristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Parker turns to Harrisburg — and GOP allies — to make her budget priorities workAnna Orso and Gillian McGoldrick
Mayor Parker turns to Harrisburg — and GOP allies — to make her budget priorities workAnna Orso and Gillian McGoldrick
‘An embarrassment’: Deed delays in Philly Sheriff’s Office prompt lawsuitsWilliam Bender and Ryan W. Briggs
‘An embarrassment’: Deed delays in Philly Sheriff’s Office prompt lawsuitsWilliam Bender and Ryan W. Briggs
From losing teachers to slashing supply budgets, Philly principals detail what $225 million in cuts could mean to their schoolsSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington is proposing a budget with $225 million in cuts to fix a structural deficit. Philly principals said the outcome will have big impacts on their schools.Kristen A. Graham
From losing teachers to slashing supply budgets, Philly principals detail what $225 million in cuts could mean to their schoolsSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington is proposing a budget with $225 million in cuts to fix a structural deficit. Philly principals said the outcome will have big impacts on their schools.Kristen A. Graham
Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Gauthier said she wants to ensure the Philadelphia school district’s decisions about closures are not motivated by potential financial rewards from reselling the properties.Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart
Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Gauthier said she wants to ensure the Philadelphia school district’s decisions about closures are not motivated by potential financial rewards from reselling the properties.Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart
Ala Stanford is banking on a healthcare message to break through crowded Philly primary for CongressDr. Ala Stanford is accentuating her lack of political experience and running as the outsider candidate in a field of political veterans vying to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans in Congress.Anna Orso
Ala Stanford is banking on a healthcare message to break through crowded Philly primary for CongressDr. Ala Stanford is accentuating her lack of political experience and running as the outsider candidate in a field of political veterans vying to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans in Congress.Anna Orso
‘Unattainable’: POWER Interfaith calls on City Hall to address affordability crisis. But Philly doesn’t have many good options.POWER, an influential coalition that includes than 50 congregations in the city, released a report about affordability based on interviews with 750 city residents.Sean Collins Walsh
‘Unattainable’: POWER Interfaith calls on City Hall to address affordability crisis. But Philly doesn’t have many good options.POWER, an influential coalition that includes than 50 congregations in the city, released a report about affordability based on interviews with 750 city residents.Sean Collins Walsh
Philly wants to host the DNC in 2028. Eighty years earlier, it hosted 3 conventions.Philadelphia was pursuing the national political spotlight in 1948, and landed nominating conventions for the Democrats, the Republicans, and the Progressives.Nick Vadala
Philly wants to host the DNC in 2028. Eighty years earlier, it hosted 3 conventions.Philadelphia was pursuing the national political spotlight in 1948, and landed nominating conventions for the Democrats, the Republicans, and the Progressives.Nick Vadala
Mayor Parker wants $10 million to bring a factory that manufactures housing to PhillyThe mayor wants to provide jobs for Philadelphians building new homes for other city residents. Jake Blumgart
Mayor Parker wants $10 million to bring a factory that manufactures housing to PhillyThe mayor wants to provide jobs for Philadelphians building new homes for other city residents. Jake Blumgart
Philly sues Glock, saying manufacturer contributed to gun-violence crisisThe lawsuit claims Glock promotes the use of “switches,” small devices used to illegally convert the company’s widely available semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns.Nick Vadala
Philly sues Glock, saying manufacturer contributed to gun-violence crisisThe lawsuit claims Glock promotes the use of “switches,” small devices used to illegally convert the company’s widely available semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns.Nick Vadala
Republicans cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Philadelphia-area clinics are scrambling to maintain services.New rules in the Republican-backed spending bill signed into law last year prevent the reproductive health and abortion care provider from billing Medicaid for services.Sarah Gantz
Republicans cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Philadelphia-area clinics are scrambling to maintain services.New rules in the Republican-backed spending bill signed into law last year prevent the reproductive health and abortion care provider from billing Medicaid for services.Sarah Gantz
Amid record-low violence, Mayor Parker’s policing budget invests in more technology, funds sexual assault centerThe Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center could receive city funding for the first time, as reported rapes are on the rise. Ellie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and Anna Orso
Amid record-low violence, Mayor Parker’s policing budget invests in more technology, funds sexual assault centerThe Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center could receive city funding for the first time, as reported rapes are on the rise. Ellie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and Anna Orso
Mayor Parker proposes a $7.1 million ‘Pothole Squad’ to rescue Philly streetsThe squad would focus on proactive and speedy pothole repairs and be funded by a new tax on deliveries proposed by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.Nate File
Mayor Parker proposes a $7.1 million ‘Pothole Squad’ to rescue Philly streetsThe squad would focus on proactive and speedy pothole repairs and be funded by a new tax on deliveries proposed by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.Nate File
Who benefits — and who pays — in Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new Philadelphia budget planSEPTA is a winner. Hotels, Amazon, and Uber are among the losers.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Who benefits — and who pays — in Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new Philadelphia budget planSEPTA is a winner. Hotels, Amazon, and Uber are among the losers.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Cherelle Parker unveils ‘economic mobility agenda’ in $7 billion city budget proposalParker on Thursday proposed investments in workforce development, financial counseling, and internship opportunities for young people. Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Mayor Cherelle Parker unveils ‘economic mobility agenda’ in $7 billion city budget proposalParker on Thursday proposed investments in workforce development, financial counseling, and internship opportunities for young people. Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Gov. Josh Shapiro hasn’t decided whether he’ll opt into Trump’s new school choice programShapiro, who has previously drawn ire from fellow Democrats for supporting school choice initiatives, “is awaiting federal guidance to address key questions," his office said. Maddie Hanna and Gillian McGoldrick
Gov. Josh Shapiro hasn’t decided whether he’ll opt into Trump’s new school choice programShapiro, who has previously drawn ire from fellow Democrats for supporting school choice initiatives, “is awaiting federal guidance to address key questions," his office said. Maddie Hanna and Gillian McGoldrick
Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new budget plan includes fees on Uber and Amazon, 1,000 homeless shelter beds, and $200M for addiction recoveryAfter Parker delivers her budget address, City Council will hold hearings on her proposal and negotiate with the administration over potential amendments.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new budget plan includes fees on Uber and Amazon, 1,000 homeless shelter beds, and $200M for addiction recoveryAfter Parker delivers her budget address, City Council will hold hearings on her proposal and negotiate with the administration over potential amendments.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Ala Stanford gets $1.4M boost from national super PAC in her bid to replace Dwight Evans in CongressThe super PAC, called 314 Action Fund, is a progressive organization that backs “pro-science” candidates and recruits doctors to run for federal office.Anna Orso
Ala Stanford gets $1.4M boost from national super PAC in her bid to replace Dwight Evans in CongressThe super PAC, called 314 Action Fund, is a progressive organization that backs “pro-science” candidates and recruits doctors to run for federal office.Anna Orso
