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Mayoral candidates talk tech issues at Monday night forum
Members of Philadelphia’s tech scene packed a Free Library Central Branch auditorium for the chance to hear from the candidates dur ...
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Q&A with Kensington community activist Jamie Moffett
At age 21, Jamie Moffett made a down payment with some friends on a house in Kensington and moved in the next day. He has been involved in rebuilding the community ever since.
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Campaignin’ Jim Kenney spends a good chunk of Saturday in Northwest Philly
Mayoral candidate Jim Kenney’s campaign path brought him to a Roxborough softball game, Germantown food-truck party and Chestnut Hi ...
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Catch up with Radio Times’ coverage of the Philly mayoral race
Like us, our good friends over at Radio Times have been keeping close tabs on the Philadelphia mayoral-primary campaigns. Each Thu ...
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Mayoral candidate Doug Oliver launches cable-TV, radio and billboard advertising push [updated]
In a mayoral campaign that’s seen two candidates hit airwaves with a little help from their independent-expenditure friends, Doug O ...
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While you were gone: Voter-registration deadline, millennials, racial math and more
Wondering what’s been going on with the mayoral campaign since you walked away from your computer on Friday? We got you covered. ...
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Money quotes from mayoral candidates at Friday’s Hospitality and Tourism forum
Each declared mayoral candidate not named Milton Street gathered at the Independence Visitor Center on Friday morning for the Forum on Ho ...
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The success of immigrant communities starts with support of neighborhood schools
To help my neighborhood succeed, the next mayor needs to know how critical it is to the Karen Philadelphia's community to support our city schools financially and politically.
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School-plan pushback, endorsement drama and mayoral forums: NinetyNine’s 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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A roundup of NewsWorks’ ‘Leading Questions’ election special
As you may have heard, NewsWorks’ second “Leading Questions” election special ...
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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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Abraham 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 ...
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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.
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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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