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City Councilmember Rue Landau convened a hearing to discuss what went wrong in the Gayborhood on June 7 and how the city can avoid repeating it.

Aug. 6–9: Sheila E. performs at a jazz fest in Delaware, WWE and a festival celebrating women’s theater in Philly.

The “North Market” library opens Aug. 29 with free spaces for Delaware creators, small businesses and families.

The women are brought to the U.S. with the promise of jobs but end up trapped in seedy salons, forced to perform sexual acts and are unable to leave.

Philadelphia’s soda tax helped fund the $15 million remodel that includes a new boxing training room and facility upgrades.

The “Find Your Fit” process allows students from pre-K through 11th grade the chance to attend schools outside of assigned neighborhoods.

The governor’s friend and advisor Neil Hockstein says he was hired for the position without having to apply.

A national study highlights the Philadelphia festival as a model for helping community-centered arts organizations thrive.

Students in remote school districts like Otto-Eldred are using failing, outdated technology. In some cases, it's costing them their futures.

The research builds on existing work and will have to meet a challenging timeline of starting human trials in three years.

The city argues the decision created a “Catch-22” that could allow federal agencies to carry out consequential actions while avoiding judicial review.

Federal agencies and state partners announced criminal charges against 19 people who allegedly defrauded Medicaid with home health schemes.

The district attorney’s office conducted a five-month investigation into Quakertown police’s response to a Feb. 20 high school student walkout protesting ICE.

Pennsylvania and Philadelphia election officials warn that imposing new federal mail-ballot rules before the midterms could sow confusion and disenfranchise eligible voters.

Richard Schaffer started his career with the Cheltenham Township Police Department as a patrol officer in 2000. He’ll now be leading the department.