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Philly City Council panel backs bill setting aside $66 million for firefighters
A Philadelphia City Council committee has voted to set aside money to pay for a firefighters contract that Mayor Michael Nutter is still ...
13 years ago
Philly City Council approves subpoena for a peek behind property tax assessments
Philadelphia City Council is subpoenaing the specific information used in creating this year’s new property tax assessments. ...
13 years ago
Will Mayor Nutter approve ads on Philadelphia buildings?
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 ...
13 years ago
Pair of bills aim to help Philly homestead exemption procrastinators
It may become easier to get a homestead exemption in Philadelphia, if a pair of bills approved by a City Council Committee succeed. < ...
13 years ago
As Philadelphia budget hearings wind down, council members defend their causes
Philadelphia City Council is nearing the end of its budget hearings. Now is when the real brinksmanship begins. Council deci ...
13 years ago
Philly offers detailed — and complicated — explanation on AVI assessments
The Office of Property Assessment is expanding its explanation of how it arrived at the new assessments in Philadelphia. But it might tak ...
13 years ago
Philly BRT head says appeals could take 18 months
With Philadelphians complaining that their new property tax assessments are inaccurate, the agency that will hear appeals is gearing up t ...
13 years ago
Philly property tax relief bills moving in Harrisburg
Three pieces of legislation needed to provide property tax relief in Philadelphia have cleared a first hurdle in Harrisburg. The P ...
13 years ago
Drexel researchers look into drop in youth employment
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 ...
13 years ago
Philly City Council might subpoena for property assessment methodology
Philadelphia City Council might use its subpoena power to answer a burning question about property taxes. Council members like Ken ...
13 years ago
Clarke wants extension to Homestead Rebate deadline
Philadelphia City Council will consider a bill to extend the deadline for the Homestead Rebate applications. The program helps homeo ...
13 years ago
New report for City Council backs up Nutter administration’s property tax assertions
Philadelphia City Council now has the results from its own study of who would be helped and hurt by the city-wide property tax re-assessm ...
13 years ago
A primer for WHYY’s city controller debate
Philadelphia’s city controller is charged with fighting against waste, fraud and abuse of your tax dollars. During next month’ ...
13 years ago
Could women’s ethics help explain the gender gap?
Fewer women hold top management positions in business. Why the gender gap? Perhaps women are just more ethical, suggests a new study from ...
13 years ago
U.S. lawmakers draft tax-cut measures to foster beer industry
This is a story about two federal bills: The BEER Act and the Small BREW Act. Congress has not taken up the Brewe ...
13 years ago