Tom MacDonald

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw spoke about the role of the illegal gun trade at a hearing organized by City Council’s Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention.

Philadelphia’s health commissioner said the city risks another epidemic of preventable deaths if health care workers don’t get inoculated against the coronavirus.

Advocating for Biden’s Build Back Better plan, Marcela Ramirez explained that essential and low-wage workers can’t afford to rest through the pandemic.

Twenty-three Philly residents are participating in the program, which PECO bills as a way to provide communities it serves with a path to family-sustaining jobs.

An effort is underway in Philadelphia to continue to register new voters right up until next week’s deadline for the upcoming general election.

Philadelphia City Council’s President introduces a dining out extension and says the current regulations are fine for outdoor dining.

A shipping delay resulted in the Indigenous Peoples Day flag-raising ceremony in Philadelphia without the flag.

North Broad’s new medians aim to slow drivers and increase street safety. They came one day after a driver killed a cyclist on Roosevelt Boulevard.

As the call for boosters intensifies, Camden County is not planning to use the college mega-site it used the first time around because students are in class.

Philadelphia has received two federal grants designed to help fight fires and keep firefighters safe.

Some 40 in-person and virtual events are planned through Friday to help give businesses owned by women and people and color the resources they need to grow.

Philadelphia City Council wants to spend $1.8 million on camera systems designed to reduce gun violence at rec centers.