Mark SquillaPhilly’s top sustainability official has resigned from Mayor Parker’s administrationThe departure comes as a long-running controversy in City Hall related to the city’s use of an incinerator in Chester to dispose of trash is expected to come to a head.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh 2 hours agoPhilly’s progressive left is plotting a City Council takeover in 2027Anna Orso Meet Me at the Eagle: Developers reveal options for Wanamaker Building’s interiorJake Blumgart Councilmember Mark Squilla is up for the PPA’s top job. Progressives are hoping to win his seat.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso Philly City Council is reluctant to abolish the sheriff’s office, even after a $20 million scandalSean Collins Walsh, Anna Orso, Ryan W. Briggs, and William Bender AdvertisementCopper wire thieves turn out the lights on youth sports teamsThe city announced a new initiative to combat copper wire theft from streetlights, parks, recreation centers, and inside some city buildings.Nate File Progressive ward leader eyes Philly City Council run — and a potential showdown with Mark SquillaWill Gross, the leader of the South Philadelphia-based 2nd Ward and the owner of OX Coffee in Queen Village, was a prominent opponent of the Center City arena proposal that Squilla supported.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh Philly City Council returns with dueling plans for the city’s trash | Council roundupAlso this week in Council: One member floated a new structure for the law department and another wants to ban new storage facilities from his district.Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Jake Blumgart After a messy budget fight, Philly City Council turns to its unfinished business: Trash, taxes, and a new arenaWhen lawmakers last met in June, they approved a $7.1 billion city budget that left all sides feeling dejected.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso Philly developers are planning a $1.5M campaign to protect City Council from progressive challengersPhilly For Growth, a super PAC backed by the city's development interests, wants to keep progressives from growing their power on City Council.Anna Orso Welcome America Inc.’s new interim CEO is local PR executive Nicole CashmanNicole Cashman, the CEO and founder of Cashman & Associates PR firm, will take over Welcome America Inc. as the new interim CEO after Michael DelBene ends his tenure.Henry Savage A newly formed nonprofit is trying to shut down a Gayborhood bar, claiming it’s a ‘public nuisance’Behind the lawsuit is attorney Michael van der Veen, a Center City attorney who was part of President Donald Trump’s defense team during his 2021 impeachment, and says he was assaulted outside Bar X. Abraham Gutman and Zoe Greenberg Three Philly City Council districts emerge as key battlegrounds in the 2027 electionAll 17 sitting City Council members appear poised to seek reelection next year, but a wave of challengers is gearing up to take on the old guard.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh Philly stores routinely violate the plastic and paper bag law, environmental group saysPennEnvironment sent members to purchase items in 80 stores across the city and in neighborhoods with varying demographics and found many violations of the plastic bag ordinance.Frank Kummer A community of South Philly families rejoice after hearing the new I-76 ramp will not destroy its beloved ball fieldsGov. Josh Shapiro said that a new entrance ramp to I-76 will run west from Seventh Street, bypassing two complexes where neighborhood children have played sports for generations.Mike Newall Philly City Council wants to consider having an elected school board following showdown over closing 17 schoolsCouncilmember Isaiah Thomas said the school board should be held accountable to the public, especially after a controversial vote last week on a school facilities plan that would close 17 schools.Kristen A. Graham and Anna Orso Head House Square’s restoration has begun with a $1.5 million makeoverCity officials and a conservancy group are working to give one of the oldest continuously operated farmers markets in the nation with a makeover.Mike Newall and Jake Blumgart Toilets in a trailer aren’t a long-term fix for the problems at this South Philly elementary school, lawmakers say“The bathrooms are disgusting, they’re so dirty and smell terrible,” a fifth grader said of the South Philadelphia school.Kristen A. Graham OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer A hidden alley could become a key walking path in Old City for 2026The city is starting construction on what officials call the Commerce Connector, a pedestrian path designed to guide visitors from the Independence Visitors’ Center to Carpenters Hall.Frank Kummer See more storiesAdvertisement
Philly’s top sustainability official has resigned from Mayor Parker’s administrationThe departure comes as a long-running controversy in City Hall related to the city’s use of an incinerator in Chester to dispose of trash is expected to come to a head.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh 2 hours ago
Philly’s top sustainability official has resigned from Mayor Parker’s administrationThe departure comes as a long-running controversy in City Hall related to the city’s use of an incinerator in Chester to dispose of trash is expected to come to a head.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh 2 hours ago
Councilmember Mark Squilla is up for the PPA’s top job. Progressives are hoping to win his seat.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Councilmember Mark Squilla is up for the PPA’s top job. Progressives are hoping to win his seat.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Philly City Council is reluctant to abolish the sheriff’s office, even after a $20 million scandalSean Collins Walsh, Anna Orso, Ryan W. Briggs, and William Bender
Philly City Council is reluctant to abolish the sheriff’s office, even after a $20 million scandalSean Collins Walsh, Anna Orso, Ryan W. Briggs, and William Bender
Copper wire thieves turn out the lights on youth sports teamsThe city announced a new initiative to combat copper wire theft from streetlights, parks, recreation centers, and inside some city buildings.Nate File
Copper wire thieves turn out the lights on youth sports teamsThe city announced a new initiative to combat copper wire theft from streetlights, parks, recreation centers, and inside some city buildings.Nate File
Progressive ward leader eyes Philly City Council run — and a potential showdown with Mark SquillaWill Gross, the leader of the South Philadelphia-based 2nd Ward and the owner of OX Coffee in Queen Village, was a prominent opponent of the Center City arena proposal that Squilla supported.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Progressive ward leader eyes Philly City Council run — and a potential showdown with Mark SquillaWill Gross, the leader of the South Philadelphia-based 2nd Ward and the owner of OX Coffee in Queen Village, was a prominent opponent of the Center City arena proposal that Squilla supported.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Philly City Council returns with dueling plans for the city’s trash | Council roundupAlso this week in Council: One member floated a new structure for the law department and another wants to ban new storage facilities from his district.Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Jake Blumgart
Philly City Council returns with dueling plans for the city’s trash | Council roundupAlso this week in Council: One member floated a new structure for the law department and another wants to ban new storage facilities from his district.Anna Orso, Sean Collins Walsh, and Jake Blumgart
After a messy budget fight, Philly City Council turns to its unfinished business: Trash, taxes, and a new arenaWhen lawmakers last met in June, they approved a $7.1 billion city budget that left all sides feeling dejected.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
After a messy budget fight, Philly City Council turns to its unfinished business: Trash, taxes, and a new arenaWhen lawmakers last met in June, they approved a $7.1 billion city budget that left all sides feeling dejected.Sean Collins Walsh and Anna Orso
Philly developers are planning a $1.5M campaign to protect City Council from progressive challengersPhilly For Growth, a super PAC backed by the city's development interests, wants to keep progressives from growing their power on City Council.Anna Orso
Philly developers are planning a $1.5M campaign to protect City Council from progressive challengersPhilly For Growth, a super PAC backed by the city's development interests, wants to keep progressives from growing their power on City Council.Anna Orso
Welcome America Inc.’s new interim CEO is local PR executive Nicole CashmanNicole Cashman, the CEO and founder of Cashman & Associates PR firm, will take over Welcome America Inc. as the new interim CEO after Michael DelBene ends his tenure.Henry Savage
Welcome America Inc.’s new interim CEO is local PR executive Nicole CashmanNicole Cashman, the CEO and founder of Cashman & Associates PR firm, will take over Welcome America Inc. as the new interim CEO after Michael DelBene ends his tenure.Henry Savage
A newly formed nonprofit is trying to shut down a Gayborhood bar, claiming it’s a ‘public nuisance’Behind the lawsuit is attorney Michael van der Veen, a Center City attorney who was part of President Donald Trump’s defense team during his 2021 impeachment, and says he was assaulted outside Bar X. Abraham Gutman and Zoe Greenberg
A newly formed nonprofit is trying to shut down a Gayborhood bar, claiming it’s a ‘public nuisance’Behind the lawsuit is attorney Michael van der Veen, a Center City attorney who was part of President Donald Trump’s defense team during his 2021 impeachment, and says he was assaulted outside Bar X. Abraham Gutman and Zoe Greenberg
Three Philly City Council districts emerge as key battlegrounds in the 2027 electionAll 17 sitting City Council members appear poised to seek reelection next year, but a wave of challengers is gearing up to take on the old guard.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Three Philly City Council districts emerge as key battlegrounds in the 2027 electionAll 17 sitting City Council members appear poised to seek reelection next year, but a wave of challengers is gearing up to take on the old guard.Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Philly stores routinely violate the plastic and paper bag law, environmental group saysPennEnvironment sent members to purchase items in 80 stores across the city and in neighborhoods with varying demographics and found many violations of the plastic bag ordinance.Frank Kummer
Philly stores routinely violate the plastic and paper bag law, environmental group saysPennEnvironment sent members to purchase items in 80 stores across the city and in neighborhoods with varying demographics and found many violations of the plastic bag ordinance.Frank Kummer
A community of South Philly families rejoice after hearing the new I-76 ramp will not destroy its beloved ball fieldsGov. Josh Shapiro said that a new entrance ramp to I-76 will run west from Seventh Street, bypassing two complexes where neighborhood children have played sports for generations.Mike Newall
A community of South Philly families rejoice after hearing the new I-76 ramp will not destroy its beloved ball fieldsGov. Josh Shapiro said that a new entrance ramp to I-76 will run west from Seventh Street, bypassing two complexes where neighborhood children have played sports for generations.Mike Newall
Philly City Council wants to consider having an elected school board following showdown over closing 17 schoolsCouncilmember Isaiah Thomas said the school board should be held accountable to the public, especially after a controversial vote last week on a school facilities plan that would close 17 schools.Kristen A. Graham and Anna Orso
Philly City Council wants to consider having an elected school board following showdown over closing 17 schoolsCouncilmember Isaiah Thomas said the school board should be held accountable to the public, especially after a controversial vote last week on a school facilities plan that would close 17 schools.Kristen A. Graham and Anna Orso
Head House Square’s restoration has begun with a $1.5 million makeoverCity officials and a conservancy group are working to give one of the oldest continuously operated farmers markets in the nation with a makeover.Mike Newall and Jake Blumgart
Head House Square’s restoration has begun with a $1.5 million makeoverCity officials and a conservancy group are working to give one of the oldest continuously operated farmers markets in the nation with a makeover.Mike Newall and Jake Blumgart
Toilets in a trailer aren’t a long-term fix for the problems at this South Philly elementary school, lawmakers say“The bathrooms are disgusting, they’re so dirty and smell terrible,” a fifth grader said of the South Philadelphia school.Kristen A. Graham
Toilets in a trailer aren’t a long-term fix for the problems at this South Philly elementary school, lawmakers say“The bathrooms are disgusting, they’re so dirty and smell terrible,” a fifth grader said of the South Philadelphia school.Kristen A. Graham
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
A hidden alley could become a key walking path in Old City for 2026The city is starting construction on what officials call the Commerce Connector, a pedestrian path designed to guide visitors from the Independence Visitors’ Center to Carpenters Hall.Frank Kummer
A hidden alley could become a key walking path in Old City for 2026The city is starting construction on what officials call the Commerce Connector, a pedestrian path designed to guide visitors from the Independence Visitors’ Center to Carpenters Hall.Frank Kummer
