Jake Blumgart

A bill mandating community benefits agreements for major development projects was passed by City Council on the last day of its four-year term.

Wells Fargo Bank and the City of Philadelphia have settled a 2017 lawsuit brought by the city over the bank’s alleged discriminatory lending practices.

After weeks of heated debate, City Council passed a bill reducing the value of Philly’s 10-year property tax abatement on new residential construction.

Food trucks would have to move under a bill requested by Drexel that would ban vendors from the block of Market Street between 33rd and 34th streets.

Republican Councilmember Brian O’Neill lost his battle to ban all roof decks and limit the height of homes in his Far Northeast Philadelphia district.

A bill expected to pass City Council aims to stem demolitions of historic buildings.

City Council passed the amended bill, which pushes back implementation of the abatement reform to Dec. 31, 2020.

The bill is expected to be approved by the full Council next Thursday, during the last meeting of 2019.

Experts point to the success of Center City shops, including longtime staples like Macy’s, as evidence that brick-and-mortar retail is still very much alive.

PECO used eminent domain to seize 600 University Avenue. It’s only the second time the utility has used its taking power since 1973.

A bill that aims to “phase down” Philadelphia’s controversial 10-year tax abatement on residential construction got introduced at City Council Thursday.

The increasingly powerful body does a lot of lawmaking, but some issues — like the city’s distressingly high poverty rate — refuse to budge.