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Wannabe mayors make their pitches to Philadelphia teachers

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Wannabe mayors make their pitches to Philadelphia teachers

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Brigitte Daniel is a Philadelphia lawyer and executive vice president of Wilco Electronic Systems, which focuses on providing cable and internet to low-income communities. (Image courtesy of Brigitte Daniel)

Net neutrality and equal access, a civil rights issue for Brigitte Daniel

I first met Brigitte Daniel while sitting in the Philly airport last summer, waiting for a flight, flipping through Marie Claire ...

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The Petition Pitch Party is organizes by the Pattison Leaders Group

Mayoral candidates speed date millennials

Ever eager to tap into a growing millennial population in the city, five of the declared candidates for mayor made their pitch to the you ...

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What green groups, cycling advocates want to hear from Philly mayoral candidates

Here at NinetyNine, we already know ...

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Mayor Michael Nutter says he'll spend much of his remaining time in office focused on the issues of education and violence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Been There, Do This: Mayor Michael Nutter shares lessons learned for his successor

As part of our 2015 Philadelphia mayoral-primary coverage, NinetyNine will speak with City Hall’s former second-floor denizens abou ...

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Mayor Michael Nutter had a lot to say about leadership and the challenges facing the next mayor of Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Been There, Do This: NinetyNine’s full interview with Mayor Nutter transcribed

For brevity’s sake, NinetyNine did not include everything that Mayor Michael Nutter said during Monday’s interview for our on ...

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Way back in February, the six Democratic mayoral candidates attended the first forum of the campaign, in Parkside. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Chamber of Commerce seeks job-growth plans from Philly’s mayoral candidates

Last week, NinetyNine had the chance to sit down with Joe Grace and Kate Hagedorn of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce to disc ...

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Shown here at a mayoral forum in Parkside, candidate Nelson Diaz cited the state of education in the city as a driving force to enter the race. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

For Nelson Diaz, it’s all about schools

During an interview for Tuesday’s NewsWorks Tonight, former Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Nelson Diaz said one issue drove ...

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Ed Rendell, the former mayor and governor, spoke at a City Council campaign-launch event on Saturday. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

While you were gone: A recap of the mayoral-campaign weekend

Wondering what’s been going on with the mayoral (and other) campaign(s) since you walked away from your computer on Friday? We got ...

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Philadelphia mayoral candidates Lynne Abraham and Jim Kenney are in the midst of a pension-related dust-up. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Abraham’s comments at Parkside mayoral forum irk Kenney campaign

As we mentioned in our story about Thursday morning’s Business Association of West Parkside’s mayoral forum, Lynne Abraham an ...

4 years ago

Democratic candidates for mayor meet at the first forum Thursday morning at the Philadelphia Business and Technology Center in Parkside. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

How can the mayor of Philadelphia be ‘human at work’?

To the mayoral candidates: How will you strike a balance among work, home, community, and self in your life? Watching the shifting ...

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Students from KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy were among those who asked questions of six Democratic candidates for mayor at Thursday's forum in Parkside. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

NinetyNine’s mayoral campaign-coverage week in review

At high noon each Friday during Philadelphia’s mayoral-primary season, NinetyNine will post a roundup of noteworthy stories from th ...

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Juan Rodriuguez launched his campaign for mayor at a Germantown Avenue establishment that may or may not be a strip club. (Rodriguez photo courtesy of The Next Mayor/Nightclub exterior via Google Maps)

There may (or may not) be an 8th (or 9th) Dem. mayoral candidate

Fresh off the heels of NinetyNine’s seminal “ ...

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Tuesday is the deadline for candidates for citywide office to file their nominating petitions. That includes the race for mayor. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly’s Dem. mayoral candidates appear at campaign’s first group forum

Excluding that possibility that the ...

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