Philly’s 100th Mayor

Mayor Cherelle Parker introduced her proposed budget to city council Thursday, with a commitment to keep city residents safe.

Tax plan favored by business leaders faces pushback from community advocates.

The plan includes expanding twice-weekly trash pickup to North Philly, fixing heating and air conditioning in libraries and adding planters to commercial corridors.

The mayor’s latest budget proposal calls on the city to borrow $800 million to create and preserve more affordable and market-rate units across the city.

Residents say they are tired of repeatedly cleaning up their communities. They urged the city to invest in education and enforcement.

The commission is recommending sweeping changes that would reduce taxes on employees and significantly cut business taxes.

Since last May, there’s been a 57% reduction in shootings in Kensington, and police have seized 24,000 grams of fentanyl, according to city officials.

Tariq Trotter’s 2023 memoir about growing up in Philadelphia will be the focus of the Free Library’s all-city reading program.

The initiative will be informed by industry experts, with the Philadelphia Housing Authority playing a large role.

Mayor Cherelle Parker shared a glimpse about priorities for her second year in office at a Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia event.

The new cameras will join those on Roosevelt Boulevard, in addition to cameras that will soon be activated along Broad Street.

From reducing crime to picking up more trash, we sort out the mayor’s ambitious agenda.

Philadelphia police could offer reduced charges and possible expungement to people willing to submit to drug treatment.

Mayor Cherelle Parker said she’s ready to mount an effort to bring President Biden’s papers and other artifacts to Philadelphia.

City leaders are touting 2024’s decline in gun violence, but they say more work needs to be done to improve those numbers further.