Cherelle L. ParkerMayor Parker signed into law expanded renter protections that sparked a lawsuit by landlordsThe bills expand protections against landlord retaliation when renters complain about living conditions, allow for rent relief in some cases, and authorize Philly to proactively inspect rental homes.Michaelle Bond Philly City Council wants to consider having an elected school board following showdown over closing 17 schoolsKristen A. Graham and Anna Orso Mayor Parker signs sweeping restrictions on immigration enforcement, cementing Philly’s sanctuary policies into lawAnna Orso Patti LaBelle and Eve are the highlights of Dell’s summer concert lineupDan DeLuca DA’s office warns its gang violence investigation unit could shutter if City Council doesn’t provide recurring fundsEllie Rushing AdvertisementPhiladelphia school board votes to close 17 schoolsThe 6-3 vote came amid intense opposition and after City Council members shut down the meeting twice by shouting over the board. The $3 billion facilities plan also includes renovating 169 schools.Kristen A. Graham and Dana Munro City Council members threaten to shut down vote on facilities plan that would close 17 Philly schoolsIn an extraordinary muscle flex, 10 City Council members threatened a broad range of actions, from lawsuits and injunctions to civil disobedience and blocking reappointments of school board members.Kristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh Philly leaders courted the DNC chair this week with glitz, glam, and MummersMayor Parker and some of the city’s biggest boosters led DNC officials around Philadelphia this week, part of a charm campaign to lure the presidential nominating convention back to the city.Anna Orso City Council members want homeownership program to be more affordableA neighborhood fight over 30 affordable homes blew up at a Council budget hearing on Wednesday. Jake Blumgart Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsThe school board plans to vote Thursday on a $3 billion facilities plan to close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize 169. City Council members are threatening to hold up school funding over it.Kristen A. Graham The city invested in community violence interrupters to reduce crime. Now it’s training them, too. Philadelphia's Office of Public Safety launched the Peacekeepers Institute this month to train outreach workers and unify the city's patchwork of grassroots antiviolence groups. Jesse Bunch A state board that oversees Philly’s finances examined Mayor Parker’s plan to fund schools with a new rideshare tax PICA board member Alan Kessler noted that opponents of the tax have not proposed an alternative for funding city schools. Sean Collins Walsh Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Chris Rabb in Philadelphia congressional raceBacking from Ocasio-Cortez is the latest sign that national progressives are coalescing around Rabb, a five-term state representative from Northwest Philadelphia.Anna Orso Philly school board delays plan to vote on school-closing plan, bowing to City Council pressure“We recognize that the future of our school facilities is a matter of significant interest that requires the highest level of collaboration,” board president Reginald Streater said in a statement. Kristen A. Graham Landlords tried to stop bills to protect renters. City Council just passed them almost unanimously.The bills protect renters who complain about housing conditions from retaliation, allow for rent relief if landlords are uncooperative, and authorize creation of a proactive rental inspection program.Michaelle Bond Philadelphia City Council just adopted some of the nation’s most aggressive policies aimed at restricting ICEThe passage of the legislation could thrust Philadelphia into the national conversation around immigration under Trump, a scenario Mayor Cherelle L. Parker has sought to avoid.Sean Collins Walsh Mayor Parker appeals to City Council to step up to stave off Philly classroom cuts, makes a case for school closings"Right now, we are maintaining square footage as it crumbles, instead of investing in opportunities our students actually need," Mayor Cherelle Parker said in a passionate lengthy speech to Council.Kristen A. Graham Why City Council is threatening to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s ‘Uber tax’ if it doesn’t get its way on school closuresSchool officials say the district's budget deficit and infrastructure needs are separate issues. Council members aren't treating them that way. Sean Collins Walsh City Council members tell school board to ‘mess around and find out,’ threatening to withhold funding over school closuresCity Council members and state lawmakers gathered at Lankenau High School to protest a plan to close it and 16 other schools and said the school board is rushing a vote on the issue.Kristen A. Graham What we know about the proposed Philly school closingsThe district hasn't had a facilities master plan in years. Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr.'s current proposal would close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize more than 169.Kristen A. Graham and Nick Vadala See more storiesAdvertisement
Mayor Parker signed into law expanded renter protections that sparked a lawsuit by landlordsThe bills expand protections against landlord retaliation when renters complain about living conditions, allow for rent relief in some cases, and authorize Philly to proactively inspect rental homes.Michaelle Bond
Mayor Parker signed into law expanded renter protections that sparked a lawsuit by landlordsThe bills expand protections against landlord retaliation when renters complain about living conditions, allow for rent relief in some cases, and authorize Philly to proactively inspect rental homes.Michaelle Bond
Philly City Council wants to consider having an elected school board following showdown over closing 17 schoolsKristen A. Graham and Anna Orso
Philly City Council wants to consider having an elected school board following showdown over closing 17 schoolsKristen A. Graham and Anna Orso
Mayor Parker signs sweeping restrictions on immigration enforcement, cementing Philly’s sanctuary policies into lawAnna Orso
Mayor Parker signs sweeping restrictions on immigration enforcement, cementing Philly’s sanctuary policies into lawAnna Orso
DA’s office warns its gang violence investigation unit could shutter if City Council doesn’t provide recurring fundsEllie Rushing
DA’s office warns its gang violence investigation unit could shutter if City Council doesn’t provide recurring fundsEllie Rushing
Philadelphia school board votes to close 17 schoolsThe 6-3 vote came amid intense opposition and after City Council members shut down the meeting twice by shouting over the board. The $3 billion facilities plan also includes renovating 169 schools.Kristen A. Graham and Dana Munro
Philadelphia school board votes to close 17 schoolsThe 6-3 vote came amid intense opposition and after City Council members shut down the meeting twice by shouting over the board. The $3 billion facilities plan also includes renovating 169 schools.Kristen A. Graham and Dana Munro
City Council members threaten to shut down vote on facilities plan that would close 17 Philly schoolsIn an extraordinary muscle flex, 10 City Council members threatened a broad range of actions, from lawsuits and injunctions to civil disobedience and blocking reappointments of school board members.Kristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh
City Council members threaten to shut down vote on facilities plan that would close 17 Philly schoolsIn an extraordinary muscle flex, 10 City Council members threatened a broad range of actions, from lawsuits and injunctions to civil disobedience and blocking reappointments of school board members.Kristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh
Philly leaders courted the DNC chair this week with glitz, glam, and MummersMayor Parker and some of the city’s biggest boosters led DNC officials around Philadelphia this week, part of a charm campaign to lure the presidential nominating convention back to the city.Anna Orso
Philly leaders courted the DNC chair this week with glitz, glam, and MummersMayor Parker and some of the city’s biggest boosters led DNC officials around Philadelphia this week, part of a charm campaign to lure the presidential nominating convention back to the city.Anna Orso
City Council members want homeownership program to be more affordableA neighborhood fight over 30 affordable homes blew up at a Council budget hearing on Wednesday. Jake Blumgart
City Council members want homeownership program to be more affordableA neighborhood fight over 30 affordable homes blew up at a Council budget hearing on Wednesday. Jake Blumgart
Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsThe school board plans to vote Thursday on a $3 billion facilities plan to close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize 169. City Council members are threatening to hold up school funding over it.Kristen A. Graham
Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsThe school board plans to vote Thursday on a $3 billion facilities plan to close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize 169. City Council members are threatening to hold up school funding over it.Kristen A. Graham
The city invested in community violence interrupters to reduce crime. Now it’s training them, too. Philadelphia's Office of Public Safety launched the Peacekeepers Institute this month to train outreach workers and unify the city's patchwork of grassroots antiviolence groups. Jesse Bunch
The city invested in community violence interrupters to reduce crime. Now it’s training them, too. Philadelphia's Office of Public Safety launched the Peacekeepers Institute this month to train outreach workers and unify the city's patchwork of grassroots antiviolence groups. Jesse Bunch
A state board that oversees Philly’s finances examined Mayor Parker’s plan to fund schools with a new rideshare tax PICA board member Alan Kessler noted that opponents of the tax have not proposed an alternative for funding city schools. Sean Collins Walsh
A state board that oversees Philly’s finances examined Mayor Parker’s plan to fund schools with a new rideshare tax PICA board member Alan Kessler noted that opponents of the tax have not proposed an alternative for funding city schools. Sean Collins Walsh
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Chris Rabb in Philadelphia congressional raceBacking from Ocasio-Cortez is the latest sign that national progressives are coalescing around Rabb, a five-term state representative from Northwest Philadelphia.Anna Orso
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Chris Rabb in Philadelphia congressional raceBacking from Ocasio-Cortez is the latest sign that national progressives are coalescing around Rabb, a five-term state representative from Northwest Philadelphia.Anna Orso
Philly school board delays plan to vote on school-closing plan, bowing to City Council pressure“We recognize that the future of our school facilities is a matter of significant interest that requires the highest level of collaboration,” board president Reginald Streater said in a statement. Kristen A. Graham
Philly school board delays plan to vote on school-closing plan, bowing to City Council pressure“We recognize that the future of our school facilities is a matter of significant interest that requires the highest level of collaboration,” board president Reginald Streater said in a statement. Kristen A. Graham
Landlords tried to stop bills to protect renters. City Council just passed them almost unanimously.The bills protect renters who complain about housing conditions from retaliation, allow for rent relief if landlords are uncooperative, and authorize creation of a proactive rental inspection program.Michaelle Bond
Landlords tried to stop bills to protect renters. City Council just passed them almost unanimously.The bills protect renters who complain about housing conditions from retaliation, allow for rent relief if landlords are uncooperative, and authorize creation of a proactive rental inspection program.Michaelle Bond
Philadelphia City Council just adopted some of the nation’s most aggressive policies aimed at restricting ICEThe passage of the legislation could thrust Philadelphia into the national conversation around immigration under Trump, a scenario Mayor Cherelle L. Parker has sought to avoid.Sean Collins Walsh
Philadelphia City Council just adopted some of the nation’s most aggressive policies aimed at restricting ICEThe passage of the legislation could thrust Philadelphia into the national conversation around immigration under Trump, a scenario Mayor Cherelle L. Parker has sought to avoid.Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Parker appeals to City Council to step up to stave off Philly classroom cuts, makes a case for school closings"Right now, we are maintaining square footage as it crumbles, instead of investing in opportunities our students actually need," Mayor Cherelle Parker said in a passionate lengthy speech to Council.Kristen A. Graham
Mayor Parker appeals to City Council to step up to stave off Philly classroom cuts, makes a case for school closings"Right now, we are maintaining square footage as it crumbles, instead of investing in opportunities our students actually need," Mayor Cherelle Parker said in a passionate lengthy speech to Council.Kristen A. Graham
Why City Council is threatening to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s ‘Uber tax’ if it doesn’t get its way on school closuresSchool officials say the district's budget deficit and infrastructure needs are separate issues. Council members aren't treating them that way. Sean Collins Walsh
Why City Council is threatening to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s ‘Uber tax’ if it doesn’t get its way on school closuresSchool officials say the district's budget deficit and infrastructure needs are separate issues. Council members aren't treating them that way. Sean Collins Walsh
City Council members tell school board to ‘mess around and find out,’ threatening to withhold funding over school closuresCity Council members and state lawmakers gathered at Lankenau High School to protest a plan to close it and 16 other schools and said the school board is rushing a vote on the issue.Kristen A. Graham
City Council members tell school board to ‘mess around and find out,’ threatening to withhold funding over school closuresCity Council members and state lawmakers gathered at Lankenau High School to protest a plan to close it and 16 other schools and said the school board is rushing a vote on the issue.Kristen A. Graham
What we know about the proposed Philly school closingsThe district hasn't had a facilities master plan in years. Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr.'s current proposal would close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize more than 169.Kristen A. Graham and Nick Vadala
What we know about the proposed Philly school closingsThe district hasn't had a facilities master plan in years. Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr.'s current proposal would close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize more than 169.Kristen A. Graham and Nick Vadala
