Kendra BrooksBig money is flooding into the Philly congressional race as all three front-runners hit the airwavesProgressive groups have dropped $1 million on ads for Chris Rabb, while Philly's deep-pocketed building trades unions are circulating mail to boost Sharif Street. Anna Orso and Sam Janesch Philly City Council wants to consider having an elected school board following showdown over closing 17 schoolsKristen A. Graham and Anna Orso Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsKristen A. Graham Philadelphia City Council just adopted some of the nation’s most aggressive policies aimed at restricting ICESean Collins Walsh Philly Council advances bills restricting ICE in the city as Mayor Parker signals she won’t stand in the way Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh AdvertisementMeet the 4 Democrats vying to replace Dwight Evans in CongressFour candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans. The 3rd Congressional District covers part of Philadelphia, from Chestnut Hill to South Philly.Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Sam Janesch 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 The progressive Working Families Party is backing State Rep. Chris Rabb for CongressThe announcement makes State Rep. Chris Rabb the favorite among the city’s left-leaning organizations to take the seat long held by U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans.Anna Orso 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 Philly City Council will consider limiting ICE next month as new Pa. detention centers loomEvery lawmaker will have the opportunity to question members of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration as well as immigration advocates about the package. Anna Orso Lawmakers honor Philly-born Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers | City Council roundupPhiladelphia lawmakers passed a resolution to celebrate the life of 19-year-old Nasrallah Abu Siyam, who was fatally shot during a violent clash in the occupied West Bank.Anna 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 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. 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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 See more storiesAdvertisement
Big money is flooding into the Philly congressional race as all three front-runners hit the airwavesProgressive groups have dropped $1 million on ads for Chris Rabb, while Philly's deep-pocketed building trades unions are circulating mail to boost Sharif Street. Anna Orso and Sam Janesch
Big money is flooding into the Philly congressional race as all three front-runners hit the airwavesProgressive groups have dropped $1 million on ads for Chris Rabb, while Philly's deep-pocketed building trades unions are circulating mail to boost Sharif Street. Anna Orso and Sam Janesch
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
Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsKristen A. Graham
Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsKristen A. Graham
Philadelphia City Council just adopted some of the nation’s most aggressive policies aimed at restricting ICESean Collins Walsh
Philadelphia City Council just adopted some of the nation’s most aggressive policies aimed at restricting ICESean Collins Walsh
Philly Council advances bills restricting ICE in the city as Mayor Parker signals she won’t stand in the way Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Philly Council advances bills restricting ICE in the city as Mayor Parker signals she won’t stand in the way Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Meet the 4 Democrats vying to replace Dwight Evans in CongressFour candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans. The 3rd Congressional District covers part of Philadelphia, from Chestnut Hill to South Philly.Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Sam Janesch
Meet the 4 Democrats vying to replace Dwight Evans in CongressFour candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans. The 3rd Congressional District covers part of Philadelphia, from Chestnut Hill to South Philly.Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Sam Janesch
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
The progressive Working Families Party is backing State Rep. Chris Rabb for CongressThe announcement makes State Rep. Chris Rabb the favorite among the city’s left-leaning organizations to take the seat long held by U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans.Anna Orso
The progressive Working Families Party is backing State Rep. Chris Rabb for CongressThe announcement makes State Rep. Chris Rabb the favorite among the city’s left-leaning organizations to take the seat long held by U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans.Anna Orso
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
Philly City Council will consider limiting ICE next month as new Pa. detention centers loomEvery lawmaker will have the opportunity to question members of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration as well as immigration advocates about the package. Anna Orso
Philly City Council will consider limiting ICE next month as new Pa. detention centers loomEvery lawmaker will have the opportunity to question members of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration as well as immigration advocates about the package. Anna Orso
Lawmakers honor Philly-born Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers | City Council roundupPhiladelphia lawmakers passed a resolution to celebrate the life of 19-year-old Nasrallah Abu Siyam, who was fatally shot during a violent clash in the occupied West Bank.Anna Orso
Lawmakers honor Philly-born Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers | City Council roundupPhiladelphia lawmakers passed a resolution to celebrate the life of 19-year-old Nasrallah Abu Siyam, who was fatally shot during a violent clash in the occupied West Bank.Anna 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
