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Leading Questions II: NinetyNine’s top recent moments of the mayoral race [audio]
As part of WHYY’s second “Leading Questions: A City Elections Special” which airs twice today (11 a.m. and 11 p.m.), Ni ...
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ListenAbraham announces jobs plan at Kensington distillery
On Thursday, mayoral candidate Lynne Abraham headed up to the New Liberty Distillery in Kensington to release her “Jobs for Philade ...
10 years ago
Sharp increases in property taxes a threat to Mantua residents
The Mantua community stands united in demanding a moratorium tax freeze on property tax increases for long-time owner-occupied residences.
10 years ago
Organizers: Williams counter-endorsement event in Northwest Philly not about racial politics
They said a recent endorsement of Jim Kenney by several Northwest Philadelphia elected officials in West Oak Lane offended them. S ...
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Equitable neighborhood development depends on overcoming racism, hate and fear
The most challenging issue for me with regard to my work is the barriers to communication created by prejudice and fear, particularly within my own ethnic group.
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Doug Oliver expands education-policy proposal from schools to homes and beyond
Education remains the focal issue in Philadelphia mayoral-campaign coversations, and Democratic candidate Doug Oliver made a move on Wedn ...
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Philly mayoral candidates get one-on-one talk time at WHYY/PENJERDEL Council forum
WHYY and the PENJERDEL Council teamed up for a Wednesday morning mayoral forum ...
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Nutter, team dismissive of ‘bogus’ school-funding plans from mayoral candidates
As you may have already heard, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter doesn’t much respect the “bogus” (his words, not Ninet ...
10 years ago
When a group of African American elected officials from Northwest Philadelphia ...
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NinetyNine’s Mayoral Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 6
There is quite a bit to examine with fewer than five weeks before Philadelphia voters go to the mayoral primary polls. So much, in ...
10 years ago
A new TV ad (and labor endorsement) arrives for Jim Kenney
As reported by WHYY’s Dave Davies, Forward Philadelphia — the independent expenditure group backing former City Councilman Jim Ke ...
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Tony Williams seeks votes outside the Reading Terminal Market [photo gallery and subsequent Q&A]
“How are you doing? I’m Anthony Hardy Williams and I’m running for mayor of Philadelphia.” With that intro ...
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Doug Oliver wins Philly mayoral primary (at weekend summit of teenage voters) [updated]
About 150 children, most younger than the legal voting age, headed out to Manayunk on Saturday for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southe ...
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As mayoral-campaign events go, Friday night’s “Mayoral MillenniaLab” gathering inside the Benjamin’s Desk co-work ...
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Lynne Abraham chats with PlanPhilly about how bike lanes impact seniors, fixing L&I and more
NinetyNine’s good friends over at PlanPhilly recently sat down with mayoral candidate ...
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