Heard in the Hall

The state Supreme Court denied Wednesday a petition asking the court to order the head of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court to replace the City Commissioners for the upcoming May 16 primary election.

DiCicco, a lobbyist who previously spent 16 years as city councilman and created the city's 10-year tax abatement program, is the new chairman of the city's Zoning Board of Adjustments.

Mayor Kenney signed a bill that will require the Commerce Department to oversee a study on the city’s various tax exemption, abatement and credits.

Two major law firms are helping the Kenney administration determine the implications of the push at the state and federal level to cut funding from Sanctuary Cities.

The city’s struggling pension fund suffered a $149 million net asset loss in fiscal year 2016, according the latest actuarial figures presented to the Board of Pensions this week.

The state Supreme Court denied the city's application to have the court hear the sweetened beverage tax case under appeal in Commonwealth Court.

After a six-month hiatus of not having a lobbyist representing the city in Harrisburg, Mayor Kenney selected Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney to do the job. The contract, which became effective Wednesday and goes through June 30, is worth $41,667. Buchanan and its subcontractor, Commonwealth Strategies, gets three one-year renewal options.

Mayor Kenney joined a chorus of local officials who say repealing the Affordable Care Act without replacement would have a devastating impact, particularly on Philadelphia residents.

A few hours after President Trump falsely told a gathering of Congressional Republicans that Philadelphia's murder rate has been "terribly increasing," Mayor Kenney called the president a purveyer of "fake facts."

Mayor Kenney sat for a Q&A with longtime news anchor and journalist Larry Kane at an event for the Center City Residents Association Wednesday night. About 300 people packed the Plays and Players theater to hear Kenney discuss his first year. Here are some highlights.

Mayor Kenney does not plan to meet with President Trump while he is in Philadelphia Thursday for the Republican congressional delegation’s annual retreat, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.