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Abraham releases plan to ‘solve problems that have plagued Philadelphia schools for decades’
With a Thursday morning email blast, Lynne Abraham became the last* Democratic mayoral candidate to release a policy paper regarding the ...
11 years ago
Laborers’ Local 332 endorses Tony Williams for mayor at breakfast event
Citing the city’s need for a “big thinker who doesn’t think the status quo is good enough,” Laborers District Cou ...
11 years ago
NinetyNine’s Mayoral-Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 4
There is quite a bit to examine with fewer than seven weeks before voters go to the mayoral-primary polls. So much, in fact, that ...
11 years ago
Williams accuses opponents of stealing bank idea and MOVE leader disrupts candidates forum
Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates squared off Wednesday night at a forum about gentrification and redevelopment where there were so ...
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So, just who are the ‘three guys who may pick your next mayor’?
WHYY’s Dave Davies, with the help of education reporter Laura Benshoff, peels back layers of mystery surrounding the “three g ...
11 years ago
Milton Street may get stricken from the mayoral-primary ballot after all
Remember all those stories about T. Milton Street Sr. apparently ...
11 years ago
Taking a closer look at Doug Oliver’s position on school closures
On Tuesday, NinetyNine brought you a recap of the quirkier aspects from ...
11 years ago
Philly mayoral candidates talk public education, movies and weed with Central High students
Plenty of tough, wonky, policy-driven questions were lobbed at the Philadelphia mayoral candidates at a forum hosted by students at Centr ...
11 years ago
Rendell: ‘I’m not likely to endorse’ anyone for mayor of Philadelphia
Just as retweets do not equa ...
11 years ago
Jim Kenney racks up another union endorsement [audio]
At a ceremony held right outside the door where Michael Nutter enters and exits City Hall, three AFSCME district councils formally announ ...
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Al Dia’s mayoral-conversation event offers some insightful moments (and chaotic yell-talk!)
In a jam-packed Center City co-working space, the sextet of Philadelphia Democratic mayoral candidates engaged in a lively (oft- ...
11 years ago
Patsy learns how ‘street money’ affects Philly politics (and more!)
Well, wouldn’t you know it: Dave Davies ran into South Philly Stoop Lady Patsy outside City Hall the other day. What ensued ...
11 years ago
Kenney releases plan to raise $105M for schools, bolster pre-K offerings citywide
With a retired teacher at his side Monday in a University City pre-K, mayoral candidate Jim Kenney released an education-policy paper tha ...
11 years ago
Finding the human heart where art and medicine intersect
For Nazanin Moghbeli, a physician and artist who lived in Iran until she was 9 years old, culture, ...
11 years ago