Kenyatta JohnsonInside Pennsylvania Society: Power schmoozing, budget ballads, and midterm jockeying in ManhattanHundreds 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 Philly Council votes against Mayor Parker’s vision for her signature housing plan, signaling a win for progressivesSean Collins Walsh Philly is poised to launch a retirement savings program for workers without 401(k)sAnna Orso Philly lawmakers approved $800M for Mayor Parker’s housing plan in June. Now they have to redo it. | City Council roundupSean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso City Council took a rare stand against Mayor Parker by allotting more housing funds to the poorest PhiladelphiansSean Collins Walsh and Jake Blumgart AdvertisementFunding for Mayor Cherelle Parker’s H.O.M.E. initiative will be delayed until next yearA key resolution needs to pass City Council before the Parker administration can sell hundreds of millions of dollars in city bonds to fund the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative.Sean Collins Walsh Philly Council president says Mayor Parker was ‘strategic’ in dropping diversity contracting goalsOther City Council members were more critical of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, with one saying she was "greatly disturbed" and another suggesting the mayor is "caving" to President Donald Trump.Anna Orso, Jake Blumgart, and Sean Collins Walsh Philadelphia is halting the use of some diversity targets in city contracts as national DEI backlash growsThe changes made by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration represent a major shift in the city’s diversity initiatives and come as such programs are under attack nationwide.Anna Orso City Council delays key vote on Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s H.O.M.E. initiative, setting up tight deadline before city bond sales The delay means the administration faces a tight legislative deadline next week to achieve its goal of selling $400 million in city bonds this year.Sean Collins Walsh and Jake Blumgart Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration inches closer to issuing city bonds for her H.O.M.E. initiative | City Council roundupCouncil on Thursday formally introduced the H.O.M.E. budget resolution, a key checkpoint that had been holding up Parker's plans to issue $400 million in bonds this fall.Sean Collins Walsh, Jake Blumgart, and Anna Orso Hoboken has gone 8 years without a traffic death. Can Philly replicate its success?The densely populated city across from Manhattan is not taking a victory lap. Hoboken transportation officials know that Vision Zero success can be fleeting and vow to keep focusing on it.Thomas Fitzgerald Killing of Kada Scott prompts hearing on Philly’s handling of domestic violence cases | City Council roundup“As the city of Philadelphia, I think we failed the young lady, right?” Council President Kenyatta Johnson said.Sean Collins Walsh Philly school board member Joyce Wilkerson was named the nation’s top urban educatorThe prize comes at a curious time for Wilkerson - her very membership on the school board has been challenged. She's the longest-serving school board member in Philadelphia.Kristen A. Graham Sixers and Comcast hope to open up a block of East Market for ‘pop-ups’ during the World Cup and America 250Two big construction projects will boost NBA, NHL, and WNBA teams, and possibly accommodate events for the nation's 250th anniversary.Joseph N. DiStefano and Sean Collins Walsh A once-crumbling Point Breeze church is being preserved as a brewery and community space A city incentive to protect historically significant churches paves an easier path to redeveloping Second Nazareth Missionary Church.Jake Blumgart Philly parents are still fighting for guaranteed bathroom, water, and 20-minute lunch breaks for city studentsWithout guaranteed access to bathroom and water breaks, some district students wear diapers because they’re afraid of having accidents, a grassroots parents' group says.Kristen A. Graham Mayor Parker’s restraint with Trump is both calculation and gamble as the president escalates against blue citiesMayor Cherelle L. 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Inside Pennsylvania Society: Power schmoozing, budget ballads, and midterm jockeying in ManhattanHundreds 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
Inside Pennsylvania Society: Power schmoozing, budget ballads, and midterm jockeying in ManhattanHundreds 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
Philly Council votes against Mayor Parker’s vision for her signature housing plan, signaling a win for progressivesSean Collins Walsh
Philly Council votes against Mayor Parker’s vision for her signature housing plan, signaling a win for progressivesSean Collins Walsh
Philly lawmakers approved $800M for Mayor Parker’s housing plan in June. Now they have to redo it. | City Council roundupSean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Philly lawmakers approved $800M for Mayor Parker’s housing plan in June. Now they have to redo it. | City Council roundupSean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
City Council took a rare stand against Mayor Parker by allotting more housing funds to the poorest PhiladelphiansSean Collins Walsh and Jake Blumgart
City Council took a rare stand against Mayor Parker by allotting more housing funds to the poorest PhiladelphiansSean Collins Walsh and Jake Blumgart
Funding for Mayor Cherelle Parker’s H.O.M.E. initiative will be delayed until next yearA key resolution needs to pass City Council before the Parker administration can sell hundreds of millions of dollars in city bonds to fund the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative.Sean Collins Walsh
Funding for Mayor Cherelle Parker’s H.O.M.E. initiative will be delayed until next yearA key resolution needs to pass City Council before the Parker administration can sell hundreds of millions of dollars in city bonds to fund the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative.Sean Collins Walsh
Philly Council president says Mayor Parker was ‘strategic’ in dropping diversity contracting goalsOther City Council members were more critical of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, with one saying she was "greatly disturbed" and another suggesting the mayor is "caving" to President Donald Trump.Anna Orso, Jake Blumgart, and Sean Collins Walsh
Philly Council president says Mayor Parker was ‘strategic’ in dropping diversity contracting goalsOther City Council members were more critical of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, with one saying she was "greatly disturbed" and another suggesting the mayor is "caving" to President Donald Trump.Anna Orso, Jake Blumgart, and Sean Collins Walsh
Philadelphia is halting the use of some diversity targets in city contracts as national DEI backlash growsThe changes made by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration represent a major shift in the city’s diversity initiatives and come as such programs are under attack nationwide.Anna Orso
Philadelphia is halting the use of some diversity targets in city contracts as national DEI backlash growsThe changes made by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration represent a major shift in the city’s diversity initiatives and come as such programs are under attack nationwide.Anna Orso
City Council delays key vote on Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s H.O.M.E. initiative, setting up tight deadline before city bond sales The delay means the administration faces a tight legislative deadline next week to achieve its goal of selling $400 million in city bonds this year.Sean Collins Walsh and Jake Blumgart
City Council delays key vote on Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s H.O.M.E. initiative, setting up tight deadline before city bond sales The delay means the administration faces a tight legislative deadline next week to achieve its goal of selling $400 million in city bonds this year.Sean Collins Walsh and Jake Blumgart
Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration inches closer to issuing city bonds for her H.O.M.E. initiative | City Council roundupCouncil on Thursday formally introduced the H.O.M.E. budget resolution, a key checkpoint that had been holding up Parker's plans to issue $400 million in bonds this fall.Sean Collins Walsh, Jake Blumgart, and Anna Orso
Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration inches closer to issuing city bonds for her H.O.M.E. initiative | City Council roundupCouncil on Thursday formally introduced the H.O.M.E. budget resolution, a key checkpoint that had been holding up Parker's plans to issue $400 million in bonds this fall.Sean Collins Walsh, Jake Blumgart, and Anna Orso
Hoboken has gone 8 years without a traffic death. Can Philly replicate its success?The densely populated city across from Manhattan is not taking a victory lap. Hoboken transportation officials know that Vision Zero success can be fleeting and vow to keep focusing on it.Thomas Fitzgerald
Hoboken has gone 8 years without a traffic death. Can Philly replicate its success?The densely populated city across from Manhattan is not taking a victory lap. Hoboken transportation officials know that Vision Zero success can be fleeting and vow to keep focusing on it.Thomas Fitzgerald
Killing of Kada Scott prompts hearing on Philly’s handling of domestic violence cases | City Council roundup“As the city of Philadelphia, I think we failed the young lady, right?” Council President Kenyatta Johnson said.Sean Collins Walsh
Killing of Kada Scott prompts hearing on Philly’s handling of domestic violence cases | City Council roundup“As the city of Philadelphia, I think we failed the young lady, right?” Council President Kenyatta Johnson said.Sean Collins Walsh
Philly school board member Joyce Wilkerson was named the nation’s top urban educatorThe prize comes at a curious time for Wilkerson - her very membership on the school board has been challenged. She's the longest-serving school board member in Philadelphia.Kristen A. Graham
Philly school board member Joyce Wilkerson was named the nation’s top urban educatorThe prize comes at a curious time for Wilkerson - her very membership on the school board has been challenged. She's the longest-serving school board member in Philadelphia.Kristen A. Graham
Sixers and Comcast hope to open up a block of East Market for ‘pop-ups’ during the World Cup and America 250Two big construction projects will boost NBA, NHL, and WNBA teams, and possibly accommodate events for the nation's 250th anniversary.Joseph N. DiStefano and Sean Collins Walsh
Sixers and Comcast hope to open up a block of East Market for ‘pop-ups’ during the World Cup and America 250Two big construction projects will boost NBA, NHL, and WNBA teams, and possibly accommodate events for the nation's 250th anniversary.Joseph N. DiStefano and Sean Collins Walsh
A once-crumbling Point Breeze church is being preserved as a brewery and community space A city incentive to protect historically significant churches paves an easier path to redeveloping Second Nazareth Missionary Church.Jake Blumgart
A once-crumbling Point Breeze church is being preserved as a brewery and community space A city incentive to protect historically significant churches paves an easier path to redeveloping Second Nazareth Missionary Church.Jake Blumgart
Philly parents are still fighting for guaranteed bathroom, water, and 20-minute lunch breaks for city studentsWithout guaranteed access to bathroom and water breaks, some district students wear diapers because they’re afraid of having accidents, a grassroots parents' group says.Kristen A. Graham
Philly parents are still fighting for guaranteed bathroom, water, and 20-minute lunch breaks for city studentsWithout guaranteed access to bathroom and water breaks, some district students wear diapers because they’re afraid of having accidents, a grassroots parents' group says.Kristen A. Graham
Mayor Parker’s restraint with Trump is both calculation and gamble as the president escalates against blue citiesMayor Cherelle L. Parker has avoided overtly criticizing Trump, even as the president has sought to deploy troops to other American cities against the will of their Democratic mayors.Anna Orso
Mayor Parker’s restraint with Trump is both calculation and gamble as the president escalates against blue citiesMayor Cherelle L. Parker has avoided overtly criticizing Trump, even as the president has sought to deploy troops to other American cities against the will of their Democratic mayors.Anna Orso
Philly lawmaker proposes Zohran Mamdani-inspired affordability package | City Council roundupO’Rourke is calling his initiative “Affordable Philly Now,” using language reminiscent of the New York City mayoral campaign run by Mamdani. Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Philly lawmaker proposes Zohran Mamdani-inspired affordability package | City Council roundupO’Rourke is calling his initiative “Affordable Philly Now,” using language reminiscent of the New York City mayoral campaign run by Mamdani. Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Mayor Parker’s $195 million plan for the first year of her H.O.M.E. initiative is drawing criticism about who will benefitA budget resolution obtained by The Inquirer includes the most detailed account to date of how Parker plans to allocate money for her H.O.M.E. initiative.Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Parker’s $195 million plan for the first year of her H.O.M.E. initiative is drawing criticism about who will benefitA budget resolution obtained by The Inquirer includes the most detailed account to date of how Parker plans to allocate money for her H.O.M.E. initiative.Sean Collins Walsh
Philly lawmakers continue to slam Trump as Mayor Parker avoids confrontation | City Council roundupCity Council condemned Trump's deployment of the National Guard to other American cities and his administration's efforts to remove content related to slavery from historical sites.Anna Orso and Jake Blumgart
Philly lawmakers continue to slam Trump as Mayor Parker avoids confrontation | City Council roundupCity Council condemned Trump's deployment of the National Guard to other American cities and his administration's efforts to remove content related to slavery from historical sites.Anna Orso and Jake Blumgart
