Brian Hickey

Williams, Kenney battle for black votes amid racial-math tango

WHYY’s Dave Davies used Thursday morning’s ...

9 years ago

Talking points, beefs and eye-opening quips define Fox29 mayoral debate

Lynne Abraham thinks the Sixers are “pathetic.” Doug Oliver finds out one of his foes would vote for him. Milton Street namec ...

9 years ago

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Tony Williams says his father ‘is smiling a broad smile’ in heaven after Black Clergy endorsement

The Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity formally endorsed Anthony Hardy Williams for the city’s next mayor after its prayer b ...

9 years ago

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NinetyNine’s Mayoral Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 7

There is quite a bit to examine with fewer than four weeks before Philadelphia voters go to the mayoral primary polls. So much, in ...

9 years ago

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Davies: Where in the mayoral-campaign world is Johnny Doc?

On Tuesday’s NewsWorks Tonight, WHYY’s Dave Davies got to wondering about why labor leader/political kingmaker/big Jim Kenney ...

9 years ago

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Black Clergy endorses Tony Williams for mayor (but really, really likes Jim Kenney, too)

Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity Inc., a self-described “leadi ...

9 years ago

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Last-minute scheduling conflict spoils Jim Kenney Quizzo Night in East Falls [updated]

In recent weeks, talk during Quizzo Night at Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloonery in East Falls often returned to a ...

9 years ago

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Nelson Diaz on his plan for victory and getting heard in a crowded mayoral crowd [photo gallery]

NinetyNine caught up with mayoral candidate Nelson Diaz last week to chat about his read on the race thus far and where he thinks it̵ ...

9 years ago

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Latino political group jumps from Diaz to Kenney to the dismay of some

WHYY’s Katie Colaneri has reported that a group of Latino political leaders has dropped its support of Nelson Diaz to back Jim Kenn ...

9 years ago

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Tony Williams, Milton Street exchange barbs at PCCA affordable-housing mayoral forum

For much of Tuesday morning’s “Future of Affordable Housing” mayoral forum at the Crystal Tea Room, the seven candidate ...

9 years ago

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Q&A: Dwight Evans on endorsing Jim Kenney and the race-tinged aftermath

Just two weeks ago, state Rep. Dwight Evans led a group elected officials who formally ...

9 years ago

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Mayoral candidates talk tech issues at Monday night forum

Members of Philadelphia’s tech scene packed a Free Library Central Branch auditorium for the chance to hear from the candidates dur ...

9 years ago

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