Darryl C. Murphy

The legislation would shape and limit development in the increasingly desirable section of the North Philadelphia neighborhood.

The vision was for the Fishtown-East Kensington event to be a win for businesses, artists, and the neighborhoods during the pandemic.

We talked to West Philadelphia voters about their White House wish list under a Biden-Harris administration.

The questions were among four on the ballot in Philadelphia. Also approved: a city victim advocate office and a $134M bond issue.

Philadelphia reported 742 cases, highest daily number since the pandemic began. “Everything is on the table right now,” Health Commissioner Farley says.

As of Friday, state officials reported more than 2.2 million mail-in or absentee ballots had been returned, while more than 9 million people registered to vote.

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar says that number represents 73% of ballots requested. In 2016, just 266,208 civilians cast absentee ballots.

The curfew will run until 6 a.m. Saturday. It is the second imposed since Monday’s shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. by police officers in West Philadelphia.

The legislation advanced just days after police officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr., a Black West Philadelphia man whose death has sparked days of protest.

West Philadelphians described their own efforts to de-escalate conflicts and heal their community as they mourned the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

As people began protesting another Black man’s death at the hands of police, Council was discussing a ballot measure meant to create more police oversight.

Agency officials hope the new residents will occupy the homes by the end of the year — a fast timeline warranted by a growing affordability crisis compounded by the pandemic.