Tom MacDonald

In a new report, Philadelphia's controller criticizes method for calculating property tax assessments. But the finance chief defends the system and notes improvements.

Philadelphia’s city controller says the Animal Control and Care Team misspent a $1 million grant from PETCO.

For the 10th year, Girard College will have 4,000 to 5,000 people involved in everything from civic engagement to holding a jobs fair.

The rate for parking at newly metered spaces on Widener University campus will be $2 an hour.

With court battles over the city's sweetened beverage tax in the rearview mirror, Mayor Jim Kenney celebrates two years of expanded pre-K — and plans for further growth.

Once the store closes in March, Jeff Brown says, the workforce at his stores in the city will have shrunk by about 300 since the tax took effect.

Up until now, people attending Philadelphia City Council's weekly meeting or reporting for civil jury duty had to pass through metal detectors. Now it will be everyone.

Bring your own items to smash with baseball bats or sledgehammers, or they will provide you with plenty of breakables.

Career Wardrobe helps job seekers afford professional clothing for interviews or work. The group is asking that you donate that unwanted clothing gifts.

The unseasonably-warm temperatures helped Mummers and fans alike bask in Philadelphia's New Year's Day tradition.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has signed a bill that will give people at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder more predictable hours and another raising city worker pay.

Philadelphia's district attorney warns that realistic-looking toy guns can lead to fatal mistakes.