
Politics & Policy
Leading Questions: A City Election Special – Part III [full audio]
On our final installment of Leading Questions: A City Election Special, we examine the Philadelphia mayoral candidates’ records, wi ...
10 years ago
ListenWomen voters hold the key to City Hall in Philly mayoral primary
One outcome of Tuesday’s mayoral primary is already known: In the words of Planned Parenthood Executive Director Sari Stevens, R ...
10 years ago
Endless mayoral forums form plenty of impressions
One of the unique features of this mayor’s race is just how many times the candidates see each other. It seems every communit ...
10 years ago
ListenWhat’s a voter to do when it comes to picking judicial candidates?
This season it’s particularly important to pay attention to the judicial candidates that will be on the ballot next week. ...
10 years ago
ListenTwo friends share love of Brewerytown and ambivalence about mayor’s race [video]
While there are hundreds of thousands of Philadelphians who will not show up to vote in Tuesday’s primary, Andre Wright and Max Och ...
10 years ago
ListenA who’s who in the race for Philly City Council
As disagreements in recent years between Philadelphia’s mayor and City Council have shown, Council’s 17 members can collectiv ...
10 years ago
ListenWho did — and didn’t fund Philly’s super PACs
In this mayor’s race, when the door was open to big money, unions and some wealthy school choice advocates came to play. But the ci ...
10 years ago
Diaz, Oliver, and Street are in it to the finish
Crime. Education. Jobs. This election cycle, those issues have, not surprisingly, commanded campaign websites, literature and any ...
10 years ago
ListenAbraham tries to shed ‘Deadliest D.A.’ image for community builder
Lynne Abraham was Philadelphia’s longest-serving district attorney and easily won election four times in her 19-year tenure. But de ...
10 years ago
ListenWilliams reaches for higher ground
A few years ago, State Sen. Anthony Williams faced a life-threatening illness – he won’t go into the details. As he was recoverin ...
10 years ago
ListenJim Kenney’s evolution is apparent–independence not so much
By now, you’ve probably seen an ad or two for the presumed front-runner in the race. If you know anything about Jim Kenney, you ...
10 years ago
ListenChristie’s legal bill for bridge case climbs to $7.6M
New Jersey taxpayers have now paid about $7.6 million for legal work on behalf of Gov. Chris Christie and his administration in the inves ...
10 years ago