PlanPhilly Archive

FEMA’s Individual Assistance program helps households pay for repairs to property damaged in disasters like Ida. The deadline for applications is Jan. 10.

Philadelphia lawmakers are enlisting funeral homes to help solve a tangled title problem that affects real estate worth more than $1.1 billion.

The Philly Tree Plan aims to nearly eliminate the difference in temperature between the hottest Philadelphia neighborhoods and the citywide average.

Philadelphia City Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez plans to introduce legislation that would limit outside employment options for city lawmakers.

Philadelphia has great public rinks for experienced skaters and little penguins just learning. This guide offers details on the best skating rinks in the city.

Logan Square activists succeeded in their efforts to build the newly opened $1 million Winter Street Greenway and Rob Stuart Memorial Dog Park. Here’s how they got it done.

One in six Philadelphians remains unconnected even after years of public and private sector efforts. More effort is needed on the ground in the city’s neighborhoods.

The infrastructure bill signed into law creates aid opportunities for communities like Eastwick harmed by flooding.

Councilmember Henon isn’t the only legislator who has kept quiet about the conviction. Just two out of 17 legislators released public statements.

Philadelphia public health officials don’t plan to take punitive action against a construction waste processing facility for a fire that erupted last week.

After a Harrowgate firebombing, City Council is considering a bill that would allocate $500,000 to help people under threat of retaliatory violence.

Philly Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez called for reforms immediately after news broke of her colleague Bobby Henon’s bribery conviction.

As Local 98 prepares to move forward with new leadership, Mayor Jim Kenney noted the contributions made by Dougherty.

The verdict comes more than 6 years after the FBI began wiretapping phones belonging to Henon and Dougherty, and five years after the federal investigation exploded into view.

A jury found City Councilmember Bobby Henon and union boss John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty guilty on most counts in the federal corruption case against them.