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 Greg Harvey, representing at-large City Council candidate Alan Domb, is told by Elections Supervisor Tim Dowling that more forms are needed in order to file by Tuesday's deadline. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Petitions, TV ads and Milton drama: 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

  Running back DeMarco Murray arrives at the Philadelphia Eagles' NFL football practice facility, Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

After Eagles sign DeMarco Murray, Kenney takes another Twitter shot at Christie

Remember back in December when Tweetin’ Iggles-fan Jim Kenney, then a city councilman, called New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie a R ...

11 years ago

 Milton Street may not be able to run for mayor after all, while Sam Katz is considering his options. (NewsWorks, file art)

This campaign Thursday belonged to Milton Street and Sam Katz

With a shade under 70 days left until voters head to the mayoral-primary polls, one candidate who may not be able to run and one citizen ...

11 years ago

 Milton Street (right) said Ori Feibush (left) cancelled a Street fundraiser at the last minute. (NewsWorks, File Photos)

Why did Ori Feibush cancel a Milton Street event at his Fairmount coffee shop?

For weeks, mayoral candidate T. Milton Street Sr. had been planning to hold a Tuesday night fund raiser at the OCF Coffee House in Fairmo ...

11 years ago

 Republican mayoral candidate Melissa Murray Bailey describes herself as between a millennial and Gen-X. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Meet the lone candidate in Philly’s GOP mayoral primary

NinetyNine first met Melissa Murray Bailey outside the county Board of Elections office in City Hall during Tuesday’s nomination pe ...

11 years ago

Bill Green is exploring a run for Congress.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Ousted as SRC chair, is Bill Green thinking about running for mayor?

When a former Philadelphia city councilman and the son of a former Democratic mayor changes h ...

11 years ago

 A screengrab from the first television ad of the Philadelphia mayoral campaign. (Via YouTube)

Here’s the first TV ad of the Philadelphia mayoral race

The mayoral campaign has hit the airwaves. As ...

11 years ago

 Five of the six Democratic mayoral candidates responded to the Chamber of Commerce questionnaire. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

5 mayoral candidates answer 5 Chamber of Commerce questions about jobs and growth

A couple of weeks back, ...

11 years ago

 Seth Williams' corruption-charges announcement led to a nasty war of words between Jim Kenney and Lynne Abraham. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Corruption charges lead to war of words between Abraham, Kenney [updated]

When District Attorney Seth Williams announced charges ...

11 years ago

 KieranTimberlake offices, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

A workspace adapted to people, not the other way around

“The saying goes, as you get older, you get closer to heaven,” James Timberlake, co-founder and partner, along with Steve Kie ...

11 years ago

South Philly stoop lady stalks Dave Davies in quest to learn more about local politics

ICYMI: In the first of a we-don’t-even-know-how-many-parts “Philly Politics 101” video series, “South Philly stoo ...

11 years ago

 At last week's Next Great City forum, Rev. Keith Goodman noted that he is 'not a career politician.' Today, he exited the race. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Rev. Keith Goodman explains why he exited the Philly mayor’s race

When the Rev. Keith Goodman declared his intention to run for mayor of Philadelphia last month, ...

11 years ago

Reports from the Philly Board of Elections office on petition-deadline day [updated]

As the clock hands moved toward ...

11 years ago

 Tuesday is the deadline for candidates for citywide office to file their nominating petitions. That includes the race for mayor. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Today separates pretenders from contenders; city nominating petitions due by 5 p.m.

As political mile markers go, Tuesday marks a noteworthy post on Philadelphia’s political-season calendar for candidates in the may ...

11 years ago

 Nelson Diaz waits to address the House Democratic Policy Committee at Harding Middle School in Frankford. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Diaz pitches idea of a parent-led city school board

Inside a Frankford middle school that resembled a construction site from the exterior, mayoral candidate Nelson Diaz said Monday that he& ...

11 years ago

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