University CityHouse of the week: A six-bedroom Victorian twin in University City for $689,000The home is near Clark Park and Baltimore Avenue. Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer Penn launches $18 million facility to advance RNA technology’s role in health, agricultureKayla Yup Philly progressives made gains in Democratic ward elections. But party chair Bob Brady remains well-positioned for reelection. Sean Collins Walsh Penn Medicine extended CEO Kevin Mahoney’s contract through June 2031Harold Brubaker University City holds 11% of Philly jobs. Can it continue to thrive as higher ed faces a national crisis?Jake Blumgart AdvertisementPew Charitable Trusts announced $2.5 million in grants for life sciences workforce development and neighborhood improvementThe grants are going to The Skills Initiative, a job-training nonprofit, and North10 Philadelphia, a community-development group.Harold Brubaker Several Philly hotels could see workers strike next month as FIFA and America’s big birthday grow nearUnite Here Local 274 represents hotel workers who are seeking new contracts. Ariana Perez-Castells Tower Health reported a $3.6 million operating loss in the first nine months of fiscal 2026The Berks County nonprofit had $1.55 billion in revenue in the nine months that ended March 31.Harold Brubaker City Council members threaten to shut down vote on facilities plan that would close 17 Philly schoolsIn an extraordinary muscle flex, 10 City Council members threatened a broad range of actions, from lawsuits and injunctions to civil disobedience and blocking reappointments of school board members.Kristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsThe school board plans to vote Thursday on a $3 billion facilities plan to close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize 169. City Council members are threatening to hold up school funding over it.Kristen A. Graham One additional Philly school is off the closing list, and the school board will vote on facilities plan ThursdayThe school board is scheduled to vote on Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr.'s sweeping facilities plan Thursday. One of 18 schools, Ludlow Elementary, has come off the closure list.Kristen A. Graham and Anna Orso Drexel’s new president must tackle a deficit and declining enrollment. He sees it as a ‘moment of reinvention.’Antonio Merlo was inaugurated as Drexel's president Thursday. Under his leadership, the school will complete its academic overhaul this spring.Susan Snyder Dutch royals visited the Liberty Bell, a Kensington school, and the Eagles’ practice facilityKing Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are visiting to highlight ties between the Netherlands and the United States and commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence.Kristen A. Graham and Dana Munro New speed cameras are now live on a stretch of U.S. Route 13 in Northeast PhiladelphiaVehicles clocked by the cameras at 36 mph and above will receive warnings for 60 days. The speed limit is 25 mph on the stretch of roadway.Thomas Fitzgerald Cooper Sharp has conquered cheesesteaks. Is it a pizza cheese now?Cooper Sharp has exploded in popularity as a pizza topping. In Philly, the trend is driven by the Pizazz — a little known hyperlocal pizza that uses American cheese.Beatrice Forman Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart Federal Donuts & Chicken regroups after a major franchisee closes several locationsFounders Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook say they are resetting the brand after a major franchisee began closing locations in Philadelphia and the suburbs. Michael Klein Liberty Kitchen is leaving Two Locals in University City and the team from Corio is moving in with new food ideasTwo Locals, the city’s first Black-owned brewery, will see a new menu created with Corio chef David Feola, reflecting the brewery owners’ Liberian and Jamaican backgrounds. Michael Klein Can City Hall keep 925 West Philly homes affordable?Local leaders are racing again to keep subsidized housing affordable. United Way thinks it has the answer. Jake Blumgart World Cafe Live has filed for bankruptcy and changed its nameAdding to a long period of organization unrest and labor strife, the embattled University City venue now known as “World Stage” plans to remain open.Dan DeLuca See more storiesAdvertisement
House of the week: A six-bedroom Victorian twin in University City for $689,000The home is near Clark Park and Baltimore Avenue. Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer
House of the week: A six-bedroom Victorian twin in University City for $689,000The home is near Clark Park and Baltimore Avenue. Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer
Philly progressives made gains in Democratic ward elections. But party chair Bob Brady remains well-positioned for reelection. Sean Collins Walsh
Philly progressives made gains in Democratic ward elections. But party chair Bob Brady remains well-positioned for reelection. Sean Collins Walsh
University City holds 11% of Philly jobs. Can it continue to thrive as higher ed faces a national crisis?Jake Blumgart
University City holds 11% of Philly jobs. Can it continue to thrive as higher ed faces a national crisis?Jake Blumgart
Pew Charitable Trusts announced $2.5 million in grants for life sciences workforce development and neighborhood improvementThe grants are going to The Skills Initiative, a job-training nonprofit, and North10 Philadelphia, a community-development group.Harold Brubaker
Pew Charitable Trusts announced $2.5 million in grants for life sciences workforce development and neighborhood improvementThe grants are going to The Skills Initiative, a job-training nonprofit, and North10 Philadelphia, a community-development group.Harold Brubaker
Several Philly hotels could see workers strike next month as FIFA and America’s big birthday grow nearUnite Here Local 274 represents hotel workers who are seeking new contracts. Ariana Perez-Castells
Several Philly hotels could see workers strike next month as FIFA and America’s big birthday grow nearUnite Here Local 274 represents hotel workers who are seeking new contracts. Ariana Perez-Castells
Tower Health reported a $3.6 million operating loss in the first nine months of fiscal 2026The Berks County nonprofit had $1.55 billion in revenue in the nine months that ended March 31.Harold Brubaker
Tower Health reported a $3.6 million operating loss in the first nine months of fiscal 2026The Berks County nonprofit had $1.55 billion in revenue in the nine months that ended March 31.Harold Brubaker
City Council members threaten to shut down vote on facilities plan that would close 17 Philly schoolsIn an extraordinary muscle flex, 10 City Council members threatened a broad range of actions, from lawsuits and injunctions to civil disobedience and blocking reappointments of school board members.Kristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh
City Council members threaten to shut down vote on facilities plan that would close 17 Philly schoolsIn an extraordinary muscle flex, 10 City Council members threatened a broad range of actions, from lawsuits and injunctions to civil disobedience and blocking reappointments of school board members.Kristen A. Graham and Sean Collins Walsh
Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsThe school board plans to vote Thursday on a $3 billion facilities plan to close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize 169. City Council members are threatening to hold up school funding over it.Kristen A. Graham
Negotiations continue ‘around-the-clock’ ahead of Thursday board vote on 17 Philly school closingsThe school board plans to vote Thursday on a $3 billion facilities plan to close 17 schools, co-locate six, and modernize 169. City Council members are threatening to hold up school funding over it.Kristen A. Graham
One additional Philly school is off the closing list, and the school board will vote on facilities plan ThursdayThe school board is scheduled to vote on Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr.'s sweeping facilities plan Thursday. One of 18 schools, Ludlow Elementary, has come off the closure list.Kristen A. Graham and Anna Orso
One additional Philly school is off the closing list, and the school board will vote on facilities plan ThursdayThe school board is scheduled to vote on Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr.'s sweeping facilities plan Thursday. One of 18 schools, Ludlow Elementary, has come off the closure list.Kristen A. Graham and Anna Orso
Drexel’s new president must tackle a deficit and declining enrollment. He sees it as a ‘moment of reinvention.’Antonio Merlo was inaugurated as Drexel's president Thursday. Under his leadership, the school will complete its academic overhaul this spring.Susan Snyder
Drexel’s new president must tackle a deficit and declining enrollment. He sees it as a ‘moment of reinvention.’Antonio Merlo was inaugurated as Drexel's president Thursday. Under his leadership, the school will complete its academic overhaul this spring.Susan Snyder
Dutch royals visited the Liberty Bell, a Kensington school, and the Eagles’ practice facilityKing Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are visiting to highlight ties between the Netherlands and the United States and commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence.Kristen A. Graham and Dana Munro
Dutch royals visited the Liberty Bell, a Kensington school, and the Eagles’ practice facilityKing Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are visiting to highlight ties between the Netherlands and the United States and commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence.Kristen A. Graham and Dana Munro
New speed cameras are now live on a stretch of U.S. Route 13 in Northeast PhiladelphiaVehicles clocked by the cameras at 36 mph and above will receive warnings for 60 days. The speed limit is 25 mph on the stretch of roadway.Thomas Fitzgerald
New speed cameras are now live on a stretch of U.S. Route 13 in Northeast PhiladelphiaVehicles clocked by the cameras at 36 mph and above will receive warnings for 60 days. The speed limit is 25 mph on the stretch of roadway.Thomas Fitzgerald
Cooper Sharp has conquered cheesesteaks. Is it a pizza cheese now?Cooper Sharp has exploded in popularity as a pizza topping. In Philly, the trend is driven by the Pizazz — a little known hyperlocal pizza that uses American cheese.Beatrice Forman
Cooper Sharp has conquered cheesesteaks. Is it a pizza cheese now?Cooper Sharp has exploded in popularity as a pizza topping. In Philly, the trend is driven by the Pizazz — a little known hyperlocal pizza that uses American cheese.Beatrice Forman
Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart
Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart
Federal Donuts & Chicken regroups after a major franchisee closes several locationsFounders Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook say they are resetting the brand after a major franchisee began closing locations in Philadelphia and the suburbs. Michael Klein
Federal Donuts & Chicken regroups after a major franchisee closes several locationsFounders Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook say they are resetting the brand after a major franchisee began closing locations in Philadelphia and the suburbs. Michael Klein
Liberty Kitchen is leaving Two Locals in University City and the team from Corio is moving in with new food ideasTwo Locals, the city’s first Black-owned brewery, will see a new menu created with Corio chef David Feola, reflecting the brewery owners’ Liberian and Jamaican backgrounds. Michael Klein
Liberty Kitchen is leaving Two Locals in University City and the team from Corio is moving in with new food ideasTwo Locals, the city’s first Black-owned brewery, will see a new menu created with Corio chef David Feola, reflecting the brewery owners’ Liberian and Jamaican backgrounds. Michael Klein
Can City Hall keep 925 West Philly homes affordable?Local leaders are racing again to keep subsidized housing affordable. United Way thinks it has the answer. Jake Blumgart
Can City Hall keep 925 West Philly homes affordable?Local leaders are racing again to keep subsidized housing affordable. United Way thinks it has the answer. Jake Blumgart
World Cafe Live has filed for bankruptcy and changed its nameAdding to a long period of organization unrest and labor strife, the embattled University City venue now known as “World Stage” plans to remain open.Dan DeLuca
World Cafe Live has filed for bankruptcy and changed its nameAdding to a long period of organization unrest and labor strife, the embattled University City venue now known as “World Stage” plans to remain open.Dan DeLuca
