Kendra BrooksICE agents are expected in Philly as they deploy at airports across the countryOver 24% of the roughly 900 TSA workers in Philadelphia called out Sunday, the most since the partial shutdown began last month.Rob Tornoe, Dana Munro, and Jeff Gammage The progressive Working Families Party is backing State Rep. Chris Rabb for CongressAnna Orso Republicans cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Philadelphia-area clinics are scrambling to maintain services.Sarah Gantz Philly City Council will consider limiting ICE next month as new Pa. detention centers loomAnna Orso Lawmakers honor Philly-born Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers | City Council roundupAnna Orso AdvertisementOpinionCandidates line up to replace Rep. Dwight Evans | ShackamaxonPlus: Cameras come to trolleys, few challengers so far for next year's city races, and Gov. Josh Shapiro looks for security at home.Daniel Pearson | Columnist What Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration told the DOJ about Philly’s ‘sanctuary’ policies in a letter the city tried to keep secretMayor Parker’s administration fought to keep the letter secret for months and initially denied a records request submitted by The Inquirer under Pennsylvania’s Right-To-Know Law.Sean Collins Walsh Unmasking ICE in Philly could test the limits of local power over federal agentsPhiladelphia lawmakers appear poised to pass legislation that would ban all officers operating in the city from concealing their identities. The question is whether they can make that rule stick.Anna Orso and Jeff Gammage A veto-proof majority of Philadelphia City Council members have signed onto the ‘ICE Out’ proposalThe developments prompted Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to make one of her first public comments about Trump’s mass deportation campaign, acknowledging in a statement “the public’s fear of the unknown.”Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso Philly City Council members will soon consider seven ‘ICE Out’ bills. Here’s what the proposals would do. Several of the bills coming before Philadelphia City Council could face legal questions, such as whether banning officers from wearing masks is constitutional. Sean Collins Walsh ICE tactics in Minneapolis set off political firestorm from Philadelphia City Hall to WashingtonA chorus of Democrats and activists said ICE needs to be controlled, and local leaders said they are laying out plans in case a surge of immigration enforcement comes to Philadelphia.Sean Collins Walsh, Jeff Gammage, and Anna Orso Philly lawmakers want to restrict cooperation with ICE and ban agents from wearing masksTwo Philadelphia City Council members are expected to introduce the legislation this week as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces mounting national scrutiny over its tactics in Minneapolis.Anna Orso, Jeff Gammage, and Sean Collins Walsh A Philly lawmaker refused to advance her colleague’s reproductive healthcare legislation. Now she’s promoting her own.City Councilmember Kendra Brooks and her allies are incensed that Councilmember Nina Ahmad iced them out of an effort to hold a hearing on access to reproductive healthcare in the city.Anna Orso ICE, housing, and ‘resign to run’: What’s on Philadelphia City Council’s 2026 agendaFrom ICE and school closings to the Semiquincentennial and trash incineration, City Council will have its hands full in 2026.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso Chris Rabb is trying to be the left’s standard-bearer as he runs for Congress. Will progressives rally around him?The questions now for Chris Rabb are whether some of the city’s most prominent progressive elected officials will lend their endorsements, and if national organizations will spend money to back him.Anna Orso OpinionPa. just gave low-income workers a tax credit boost. Now it’s Philadelphia’s turn.In the same way states are building upon federal tax credits, localities should consider building on state tax credits.Kamolika Das, For The Inquirer Josh Shapiro doesn’t need Pa. Society, the Parker-Johnson relationship, Kim Ward’s budget ballad, and more takeaways from Pa.’s weekend in NYCHundreds of Pennsylvania politcos made their way to New York for the state’s annual weekend of civility, bipartisanship, fundraising, and partying.Gillian McGoldrick, Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Julia Terruso Internal documents shed light on Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s decision to end Philadelphia’s racial diversity goals in contracting A law firm hired by the city recommended Parker adopt a contracting policy favoring “disadvantaged” businesses. Parker instead prioritized “small and local” firms.Sean Collins Walsh Mayor Cherelle Parker defends ending racial diversity goals for Philly contracts: ‘Fighting the fight the way I know best’“We knew the system was broken years before,” Parker said.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party pledges to support a primary challenger against Sen. John Fetterman“Senator Fetterman has sold us out, and that’s why the Pennsylvania Working Families Party is committed to recruiting and supporting a primary challenge to him in 2028," the group said.Julia Terruso See more storiesAdvertisement
ICE agents are expected in Philly as they deploy at airports across the countryOver 24% of the roughly 900 TSA workers in Philadelphia called out Sunday, the most since the partial shutdown began last month.Rob Tornoe, Dana Munro, and Jeff Gammage
ICE agents are expected in Philly as they deploy at airports across the countryOver 24% of the roughly 900 TSA workers in Philadelphia called out Sunday, the most since the partial shutdown began last month.Rob Tornoe, Dana Munro, and Jeff Gammage
Republicans cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Philadelphia-area clinics are scrambling to maintain services.Sarah Gantz
Republicans cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Philadelphia-area clinics are scrambling to maintain services.Sarah Gantz
Lawmakers honor Philly-born Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers | City Council roundupAnna Orso
Lawmakers honor Philly-born Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers | City Council roundupAnna Orso
OpinionCandidates line up to replace Rep. Dwight Evans | ShackamaxonPlus: Cameras come to trolleys, few challengers so far for next year's city races, and Gov. Josh Shapiro looks for security at home.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
OpinionCandidates line up to replace Rep. Dwight Evans | ShackamaxonPlus: Cameras come to trolleys, few challengers so far for next year's city races, and Gov. Josh Shapiro looks for security at home.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
What Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration told the DOJ about Philly’s ‘sanctuary’ policies in a letter the city tried to keep secretMayor Parker’s administration fought to keep the letter secret for months and initially denied a records request submitted by The Inquirer under Pennsylvania’s Right-To-Know Law.Sean Collins Walsh
What Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration told the DOJ about Philly’s ‘sanctuary’ policies in a letter the city tried to keep secretMayor Parker’s administration fought to keep the letter secret for months and initially denied a records request submitted by The Inquirer under Pennsylvania’s Right-To-Know Law.Sean Collins Walsh
Unmasking ICE in Philly could test the limits of local power over federal agentsPhiladelphia lawmakers appear poised to pass legislation that would ban all officers operating in the city from concealing their identities. The question is whether they can make that rule stick.Anna Orso and Jeff Gammage
Unmasking ICE in Philly could test the limits of local power over federal agentsPhiladelphia lawmakers appear poised to pass legislation that would ban all officers operating in the city from concealing their identities. The question is whether they can make that rule stick.Anna Orso and Jeff Gammage
A veto-proof majority of Philadelphia City Council members have signed onto the ‘ICE Out’ proposalThe developments prompted Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to make one of her first public comments about Trump’s mass deportation campaign, acknowledging in a statement “the public’s fear of the unknown.”Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
A veto-proof majority of Philadelphia City Council members have signed onto the ‘ICE Out’ proposalThe developments prompted Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to make one of her first public comments about Trump’s mass deportation campaign, acknowledging in a statement “the public’s fear of the unknown.”Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Philly City Council members will soon consider seven ‘ICE Out’ bills. Here’s what the proposals would do. Several of the bills coming before Philadelphia City Council could face legal questions, such as whether banning officers from wearing masks is constitutional. Sean Collins Walsh
Philly City Council members will soon consider seven ‘ICE Out’ bills. Here’s what the proposals would do. Several of the bills coming before Philadelphia City Council could face legal questions, such as whether banning officers from wearing masks is constitutional. Sean Collins Walsh
ICE tactics in Minneapolis set off political firestorm from Philadelphia City Hall to WashingtonA chorus of Democrats and activists said ICE needs to be controlled, and local leaders said they are laying out plans in case a surge of immigration enforcement comes to Philadelphia.Sean Collins Walsh, Jeff Gammage, and Anna Orso
ICE tactics in Minneapolis set off political firestorm from Philadelphia City Hall to WashingtonA chorus of Democrats and activists said ICE needs to be controlled, and local leaders said they are laying out plans in case a surge of immigration enforcement comes to Philadelphia.Sean Collins Walsh, Jeff Gammage, and Anna Orso
Philly lawmakers want to restrict cooperation with ICE and ban agents from wearing masksTwo Philadelphia City Council members are expected to introduce the legislation this week as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces mounting national scrutiny over its tactics in Minneapolis.Anna Orso, Jeff Gammage, and Sean Collins Walsh
Philly lawmakers want to restrict cooperation with ICE and ban agents from wearing masksTwo Philadelphia City Council members are expected to introduce the legislation this week as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces mounting national scrutiny over its tactics in Minneapolis.Anna Orso, Jeff Gammage, and Sean Collins Walsh
A Philly lawmaker refused to advance her colleague’s reproductive healthcare legislation. Now she’s promoting her own.City Councilmember Kendra Brooks and her allies are incensed that Councilmember Nina Ahmad iced them out of an effort to hold a hearing on access to reproductive healthcare in the city.Anna Orso
A Philly lawmaker refused to advance her colleague’s reproductive healthcare legislation. Now she’s promoting her own.City Councilmember Kendra Brooks and her allies are incensed that Councilmember Nina Ahmad iced them out of an effort to hold a hearing on access to reproductive healthcare in the city.Anna Orso
ICE, housing, and ‘resign to run’: What’s on Philadelphia City Council’s 2026 agendaFrom ICE and school closings to the Semiquincentennial and trash incineration, City Council will have its hands full in 2026.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
ICE, housing, and ‘resign to run’: What’s on Philadelphia City Council’s 2026 agendaFrom ICE and school closings to the Semiquincentennial and trash incineration, City Council will have its hands full in 2026.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Chris Rabb is trying to be the left’s standard-bearer as he runs for Congress. Will progressives rally around him?The questions now for Chris Rabb are whether some of the city’s most prominent progressive elected officials will lend their endorsements, and if national organizations will spend money to back him.Anna Orso
Chris Rabb is trying to be the left’s standard-bearer as he runs for Congress. Will progressives rally around him?The questions now for Chris Rabb are whether some of the city’s most prominent progressive elected officials will lend their endorsements, and if national organizations will spend money to back him.Anna Orso
OpinionPa. just gave low-income workers a tax credit boost. Now it’s Philadelphia’s turn.In the same way states are building upon federal tax credits, localities should consider building on state tax credits.Kamolika Das, For The Inquirer
OpinionPa. just gave low-income workers a tax credit boost. Now it’s Philadelphia’s turn.In the same way states are building upon federal tax credits, localities should consider building on state tax credits.Kamolika Das, For The Inquirer
Josh Shapiro doesn’t need Pa. Society, the Parker-Johnson relationship, Kim Ward’s budget ballad, and more takeaways from Pa.’s weekend in NYCHundreds of Pennsylvania politcos made their way to New York for the state’s annual weekend of civility, bipartisanship, fundraising, and partying.Gillian McGoldrick, Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Julia Terruso
Josh Shapiro doesn’t need Pa. Society, the Parker-Johnson relationship, Kim Ward’s budget ballad, and more takeaways from Pa.’s weekend in NYCHundreds of Pennsylvania politcos made their way to New York for the state’s annual weekend of civility, bipartisanship, fundraising, and partying.Gillian McGoldrick, Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Julia Terruso
Internal documents shed light on Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s decision to end Philadelphia’s racial diversity goals in contracting A law firm hired by the city recommended Parker adopt a contracting policy favoring “disadvantaged” businesses. Parker instead prioritized “small and local” firms.Sean Collins Walsh
Internal documents shed light on Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s decision to end Philadelphia’s racial diversity goals in contracting A law firm hired by the city recommended Parker adopt a contracting policy favoring “disadvantaged” businesses. Parker instead prioritized “small and local” firms.Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Cherelle Parker defends ending racial diversity goals for Philly contracts: ‘Fighting the fight the way I know best’“We knew the system was broken years before,” Parker said.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Mayor Cherelle Parker defends ending racial diversity goals for Philly contracts: ‘Fighting the fight the way I know best’“We knew the system was broken years before,” Parker said.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party pledges to support a primary challenger against Sen. John Fetterman“Senator Fetterman has sold us out, and that’s why the Pennsylvania Working Families Party is committed to recruiting and supporting a primary challenge to him in 2028," the group said.Julia Terruso
Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party pledges to support a primary challenger against Sen. John Fetterman“Senator Fetterman has sold us out, and that’s why the Pennsylvania Working Families Party is committed to recruiting and supporting a primary challenge to him in 2028," the group said.Julia Terruso
