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One line item marked the biggest news of campaign-finance filing day
To my eyes, the most important nugget to emerge from Monday’s ...
11 years ago
In which the Inquirer seeks meaning in Philly’s ‘advanced age’ mayoral field
On Sunday, the Inquirer‘s Chris Hepp offered up an intriguing look at the respective inauguration-age of Philadelphia̵ ...
11 years ago
Happy Annual Campaign Finance Report-Filing Day, Philadelphia!
Hey Philly, it’s Show Me The Political Money Day! As in, if you’re running for office, you best get down to City Hall and fil ...
11 years ago
Times that Tony Williams mentioned the mayor’s race during VA Center event: Zero
“What are we doing for others?” That was the theme of state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ keynote address at the ...
11 years ago
Nutter: My wannabe successors need to ‘get it on’
On Thursday, the old Twitter ticker tape was chock full of vigne ...
11 years ago
Reports from the Jim Kenney Last Day In City Council front
And then there were 16 people serving on Philadelphia City Council. ...
11 years ago
What Katy Perry song best represents each Philly mayoral candidate?
On Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks will attempt to defend their NFL championship versus the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. You mig ...
11 years ago
A daily reboot keeps this Philly teacher ‘there for today’ with his students
Teaching is a day-long journey that requires bucketfuls of energy. I talked recently to a Philadelphia public school teacher who relies o ...
11 years ago
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 ...
11 years ago
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 ...
11 years ago
Today in ‘Will Councilman Jim Kenney run for mayor?’ news: Yes he will?!
It all started with a Tweet that Dave Davies sent out while we were all still coming to grips with the blizzard that wasn’t. ...
11 years ago
Doug Oliver lifts the veil on City Hall’s winter storm-prep messaging
As many Philadelphians exercised Monday’s early-workplace parole as “Juno” closed in, NinetyNine caught up with mayoral ...
11 years ago
What would YOU ask Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates?
ICYMI on the page or in your ear, WHYY’s news veep Chris Satullo asked everybody a question this morning: “ ...
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The mayoral-campaign weekend that was
When the Philadelphia political world entered the weekend, most ever ...
11 years ago
Lynne Abraham on why she’s running, personal responsibility, gender, race and more
On Tuesday morning, NinetyNine sat down with mayoral candidate Lynne Abraham in a 31st-floor Liberty Place conference room for a chat abo ...
11 years ago