Is Philly City Council doing a good job? We analyzed 15k bills to find out
The increasingly powerful body does a lot of lawmaking, but some issues — like the city’s distressingly high poverty rate — refuse to budge.
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Working Families Party wins City Council seat in historic Philly election
Kendra Brooks will become the first independent councilmember in modern city history.
$250k in outside money to help Working Families Party gain seats on Philly City Council
The spend is basically unprecedented for a third-party candidate in Philadelphia.
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Philly is asking neighborhoods how it can lift 100k people out of poverty
A new committee will look for three to five solid policies that lead to impactful change — fast.
Respect for time? City Council sessions start an hour late — and it gets worse every year
Weekly sessions are supposed to begin at 10 a.m. This year's average gavel time is 11.
A $43 million tax break for people in poverty? Philly is thinking about it.
Councilmember Allan Domb wants to create a wage tax refund for low-income Philadelphians.
Homeowners are on the hook to fix Philly’s ‘disintegrating’ sidewalks
The city, which is being sued by disability advocates, doesn’t track requests for repairs.
City Council preview: Everything Philly leaders will be fighting about this fall
Reforming the tax abatement, boosting neighborhood retail, and striving to get past Harrisburg on gun control.
Philly police wanted to fire 15 officers over Facebook posts, but 9 already resigned
The first public hearing about the social media database was nearly eclipsed by all the other PPD scandals this summer.
Everything City Council did — and didn’t do — before going on summer vacation
From the tax abatement to traffic cops.
Are fireworks legal in Philadelphia? It’s still up in the air
...but good luck finding a place to set them off.
What drives low voter turnout in Philly’s hard-hit neighborhoods?
Potential lesson for 2020: political sniping does not bring people to the polls.
100k votes: Is Helen Gym now in the running for Philly mayor?
The activist's election night tally doesn't bode well for the Rizzo statue.
District Council primary: West Philly stunner, Kensington nailbiter, South Philly slam
Looks like newcomer Jamie Gauthier upset powerful six-term Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell.
New faces set to join Philly City Council as Democratic machine takes at-large races
The party’s endorsed candidates beat out a huge field of contenders.
Ballot question: ‘Councilman’ or ‘Councilmember’? You decide.
Gender-inclusive language for the lawmakers in City Hall.
Ballot question: Should Philly hire unarmed traffic cops?
Public safety enforcement officers would patrol city streets.
‘Councilmanic prerogative’ is a campaign issue. But WTF is it?
A simple guide to City Council’s real estate power.
Why doesn’t Philadelphia have rent control like many other big cities?
We used to have it — and housing advocates are pushing for a return.