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A hearing Friday in Philadelphia City Council will address a plan to raise one of the taxes businesses pay in the city.   ...

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter wants to increase the “liquor by the drink” tax and impose a new city cigarette tax. ...

Following a commentary on Tuesday’s NewsWorks Tonight from a Germantown homeowner about a big p ...

Lots of Philadelphia homeowners question how the city’s new real estate assessments were done. Now a highly regarded economi ...

A Philadelphia city councilman is planning to use his winning campaign tactics to get property owners signed up for the homestead exempti ...

A Philadelphia City Council committee has voted to set aside money to pay for a firefighters contract that Mayor Michael Nutter is still ...

Philadelphia City Council is subpoenaing the specific information used in creating this year’s new property tax assessments. ...

You might soon see ads on Philadelphia city buildings and trash trucks. City council has approved the idea in the name of bringing in new ...

It may become easier to get a homestead exemption in Philadelphia, if a pair of bills approved by a City Council Committee succeed. ...

Philadelphia City Council is nearing the end of its budget hearings. Now is when the real brinksmanship begins.  Council deci ...

The Office of Property Assessment is expanding its explanation of how it arrived at the new assessments in Philadelphia. But it might tak ...

With Philadelphians complaining that their new property tax assessments are inaccurate, the agency that will hear appeals is gearing up t ...

Three pieces of legislation needed to provide property tax relief in Philadelphia have cleared a first hurdle in Harrisburg. The P ...

Over 10 years, there’s been a very steep drop in youth employment. In the Philadelphia area, the number of young people in the work ...

Philadelphia City Council might use its subpoena power to answer a burning question about property taxes. Council members like Ken ...