WHYY has been selected by the city to produce video coverage of eight Town Hall Meetings throughout Philadelphia to explain the city’s budget cuts. The first meeting is scheduled for tomorrow night in South Philadelphia.
Videos of each town hall meetings will be available at the It’s Our City website the following day along with an [...]

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Guest Commentary by Jennifer Baldino Bonett
Breathe. Set an intention. As we started our yoga class at the Donatucci Library on Wednesday, I took a deep breath and thought how fortunate I am to be able to attend to health of mind AND body just blocks from my home. I set my intention . . . [...]

Last night WHYY broadcast the fourth monthly episode of It’s Our City’s TV series featuring top city administration officials. This was a special broadcast due to the urgent nature of global economic crisis that is now taking its toll on municipalities. In this one-hour special Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and his Finance Director Rob Dubow [...]

Sugerhouse Casino reaches deal with two groups to fund neighborhood improvements projects but local opposition remains.
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Camden’s Safe Surrender program a huge success
Stabbing victim becomes Philadelphia’s 300 murder in 2008.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter speaking in a taped interview at WHYY says the public shouldn’t just focus on what goes on inside a particular library branch. Nutter, who has proposed closing 11 library branches to help solve a projected budget gap, says many of the services from the branches can and will be provided in [...]

One of the things I’ve always liked about Radio Times was having on newspaper reporters to put into context all of the stories they’ve been writing on a particular subject.
So I love Philly.com’s latest video series on city hall news. They are calling it City Hall Press Room which features both Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily [...]

Phila City Council OK’s some of  mayor’s budget cuttimg measures
Elmer Smith describes how why power broker Carol Ann Campbell was so influential
WHYY hires Chris Satullo to oversee TV, Radio, Web News operations
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The Mayor’s office has announced the passing of Carol Ann Campbell, who was a major power broker in Philadelphia politics. She wielded tremendous influence as a ward leader and secretary of Philadelphia’s Democratic Party.
She was appointed to the fourth district city council seat in 2006 but lost her primary election battle in 2007 to Curtis [...]

Here we go again, records show cop killer should have been jail
Former NJ State Senator Wayne Bryant found guilty on corruption charges
Montgomery County Republican Committee scolds James Mathews for not being republican enough
Former Phila Mayor John Street scheduled for rare public appearance (bring your cameras)
Senator Hillary Clinton to eulogize Lt. Gov Catherine Baker Knoll Friday
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