After punch-out threat, time for new election setup in Philly?
Last week, the chairwoman of the City Commissioners in Philadelphia threatened to punch out a reporter who asked about her daughter being forced into retirement by an ethics scandal. On today’s It’s Our Money podcast, we take a step back and ask: Should the City Commissioners exist in the first place? Why, exactly, do we elect the people who run elections?
Philly voters poised to consider creating Department of Aviation
Currently inside the city Commerce Department, the referendum could make it a cabinet-level department to be more competitive with other major cities.
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Cycling groups get help from Philly DA through anti-violence grants
The goal is to support groups with small budgets through a microgrant to help them expand and prevent violence on the neighborhood level.
20 hours ago
Free Library will screen, discuss episodes of ‘Philly D.A.’
Neighborhood branches of the public library in Philly will screen episodes of the doc series about Larry Krasner, with discussions about criminal justice.
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