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 Milton Street's ballot predicament will continue in court on Wednesday.  (AP file photo)

What’s Milton Street’s marital status? It’s anybody’s guess, including his

Does Milton Street live in Pennsylvania or New Jersey? Is he married or not? And, by the way, what does the fact that we have to ask thes ...

11 years ago

 Mayoral candidate Jim Kenney discusses his ethics policy paper at a Monday afternoon press conference. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Kenney releases ‘ethical, accessible and transparent government’ policy paper

Flanked by members of his campaign’s ...

11 years ago

 Screen grab from Tom Wolf's 'Fact Check' commercial in his 2014 campaign against then-Gov. Tom Corbett. (Image via Wolf For Governor YouTube page)

Q&A: ‘Philly Political Media Watch’ highlights gap between campaign ads, coverage

Are you learning more about political candidates from television-news stories or the biased campaign ads that you don’t skip courte ...

11 years ago

 Milton Street is halfway to remaining on the Democratic-primary ballot. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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 ...

11 years ago

 Milton Street is halfway to remaining on the Democratic-primary ballot. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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 ...

11 years ago

 NewsWorks election-coverage team (L-R): Brian Hickey, Katie Colaneri, Dave Davies and Shai Ben-Yaacov. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Miss the WHYY ‘Leading Questions’ election special? We got you covered

“Leading Questions: A City Elections Special,” the first of three WHYY election specials before the May primaries, aired Frid ...

11 years ago

 Seventh District council candidate Manny Morales flanked by supporters at Friday's press conference in his Hunting Park Avenue campaign office. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Manny Morales: ‘I didn’t make those Facebook postings’; stays in Council race

No, Philadelphia’s Seventh District City Council race doesn’t technically fall under NinetyNine’s mayoral-cove ...

11 years ago

 Six mayoral candidates (and one policy director) spoke up at Thursday night's Better Mobility Forum. (Dena Driscoll/for NewsWorks)

Better Mobility Forum injects bicycling (and other) issues into the mayoral conversation

Earlier this week, NinetyNine asked the city’s top bicycling advocate ...

11 years ago

 Jim Kenney got some big endorsements this week while Lynne Abraham sits in sixth position on a ballot topped by Tony Williams. (NewsWorks, file art)

Ballot position, challenges and endorsements: 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 fro ...

11 years ago

 (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-171287141/stock-photo-a-fence-is-secured-with-barbed-wire-symbolic-photo-for-security-prison-and-crime.html'>Barbed wire</a> image courtesy of Shutterstiock.com)

The unforgiving responsibility of finding hope for a stranger, peace for oneself

Immigration is a hot topic — and often a hot potato — in our culture, linked to many other potent bugaboos like race, health care, ed ...

11 years ago

 Lynne Abraham, Milton Street and Jim Kenney all factored into NinetyNine's favorite moments of the mayoral race so far. (NewsWorks, file art)

Leading Questions: NinetyNine’s top moments of the mayoral race so far [audio]

As part of WHYY’s “Leading Questions: A City Elections Special” which airs twice today (11 a.m. and 11 p.m.), NinetyNin ...

11 years ago

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 FOP President John McNesby (left) said 72 members voted in the mayoral endorsement race; 59 sided with Jim Kenney while only two supported Lynne Abraham. (NewsWorks, file art)

FOP shuns former DA Abraham, endorses Kenney in Phila. mayoral race [updated]

To hear Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 President John McNesby tell it, mayoral candidate and former district attorney Lynne Abraham di ...

11 years ago

 A lot has happened since this February mayoral forum in Parkside. NewsWorks' election special will catch you up on Friday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Programming alert: WHYY’s first election special to air twice on Friday

The first of three “Leading Questions: A City Elections Special” programs about May’s primaries will air on ...

11 years ago

Tony Williams responds to Jon Stewart’s ‘Philadelphia is awful’ quip

ICYMI: Jon Stewart took another shot at Philly on his television program called “The Daily Show” on Tuesday. ...

11 years ago

 Former City Councilman Frank Rizzo Jr. is seeking a return to office this year. He drew 19th position in a 21-candidate field for Democratic city council at-large. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Clout of the coffee can? Recent Philly elections suggest ballot position not that vital

As the vintage Horn & Hardart’s coffee tin returns to a place where it isn’t ...

11 years ago

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