Local 98 backs Nikil Saval, Bernie-endorsed challenger for Philly state Senate seat
Incumbent Pa. Sen. Larry Farnese has held the powerful Harrisburg pulpit for 12 years.
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Dems in Philly are lining up to run for state office in 2020
The intraparty battles are starting early this year.
No more ‘Scabby’? A Philly case means Trump’s NLRB could outlaw the ubiquitous union rat
Are inflatable rodents “legitimate communication” or “unlawful coercion”?
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Philly labor boss Johnny Doc has a trial date — and it’s not for an entire year
Dougherty and his co-defendants, including Councilmember Bobby Henon, will appear before a judge in September 2020.
What Johnny Doc’s friends have been eating the last few years
The 153-page federal indictment gives us an inside look at the union boss' grocery list.
Johnny Doc has sold his notorious South Philly bar
Two Street is getting a gastropub.
RICO 101: The FBI could use an anti-mob law against Philly’s most powerful union
It's often easier for Feds to get convictions under RICO, and criminals convicted of it get longer sentences.
The FBI, Jim Kenney and Philly’s most political union: What we know, what we don’t
The rookie mayor, Bobby Henon and John Dougherty are among those to have been targeted but as of now nobody knows why.