Council discusses AVI co-legisaltion, N.J. discusses fracking waste
Welcome to a new week, Feeders.
We’ll start with an announcement from Mayor Michael Nutter and Jay-Z about a Labor Day weekend concert in Philly. Peter Crimmins will have those details.
Dave Davies is City Council-bound to hear about co-legislation for the city’s actual value initiative to adjust property taxes and support the school district.
Emma Jacobs will check in with New Jersey as legislators weigh a fracking waste ban, while Phil Gregory looks at the state’s developments with mandatory drug courts for some offenders.
And Lizz Fiedler will have a story from Chester on the city’s new money-making strategies.
If you haven’t yet, read NewsWorks freelancer Yasmein James’ essay, Confessions of a Prom Queen.
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