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 Jim Kenney ended a 23-year run on Philadelphia City Council after Thursday's meeting. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

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 After an August concert, Katy Perry made good on a promise to meet her fans on the Art Museum steps. (NewsWorks illustration; original Perry photo courtesy of HughE Dillon)

What Katy Perry song best represents each Philly mayoral candidate?

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Teaching is a day-long journey that requires bucketfuls of energy. I talked recently to a Philadelphia public school teacher who relies o ...

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 Philadelphia public high-school students march down Broad Street from City Hall to school district headquarters during a budget-cuts protest. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Ask the mayoral candidates: How would you solve Philadelphia’s kindergarten conundrum?

As part of a regular series leading up to Philadelphia’s May 19 mayoral primaries, NewsWorks will pose a question of the declar ...

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 In launching his campaign last year, Milton Street told NewsWorks that he 'doesn't give a fat rat's hind leg' about 'elitists' who think he shouldn't run for office again. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Milton Street: Don’t you dare call me a felon

As mayoral-campaign problems go, the one that has T. Milton Street, Sr., angry is uniquely Miltonian. Namely, Street can’t q ...

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 City Councilman at-large Jim Kenney will resign his seat on Thursday and hop into the mayoral-election hopper. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Today in ‘Will Councilman Jim Kenney run for mayor?’ news: Yes he will?!

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