Free Library director Siobhan Reardon has resigned
The leadership change comes after intense pressure from Black workers to end a culture of discrimination.
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A $2 million Vision Zero budget cut could imperil future Philly traffic safety projects
Current renovations will continue as planned, but capital funding is at risk.
Mayor Kenney’s second-in-command to resign over police reform efforts
Managing Director Brian Abernathy has been the target of protests calling for his resignation.
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Philly police held protesters overnight at decommissioned, ‘inhumane’ House of Corrections
Nearly 50 people were locked in the shuttered jail two years after city officials deemed it unfit for human life.
Kenney, Outlaw admit they were wrong about 676 protest tear-gassing, officers involved to be fired
The deputy in charge that day took a voluntary demotion, and there’s now a moratorium on tear gas use by Philly police.
It’s the first year fireworks are legal in Philly, and police have gotten nearly 1,000 complaints
Mayor Kenney signed the law allowing their use on July 3, 2019.
Philly diverts $14 million from police funding in late-night budget agreement with no public comment
Some allocations for the Cultural Fund and African American Museum were restored.
New Philly committee will examine systemic racism and root causes of poverty, mayor vows
Members include youth, clergy and other community leaders.
Kenney’s curfew echoes Rizzo-led protest shutdown in 1964
Back then, mayors had to invoke state law to keep residents inside.
No fireworks? Philly’s July 4th Welcome America festival will take place indoors
There’ll still be a big concert, but people can only attend virtually.
Kenney ‘not going to sacrifice’ lives, he says in response to ‘open up’ Philly rallies set for Friday
Circulating fliers call on “patriots” to descend on City Hall.
Philly’s water systems are being clogged by ‘fatbergs’ of PPE
Mayor Kenney: Don’t throw your gloves and wipes in the toilet!
City closes South Philly test site despite FEMA reversal, looks for rapid testing instead
In contrast, the federally-supported site in Montco will stay open.
Meet the key officials leading Philly’s pandemic response
Who's running the show on health, schools, operations and transit.
Protesters: Free Hahnemann! Gov’t leaders: We have better options.
Councilmember Helen Gym thinks it’s still worth exploring eminent domain.
Temple’s Liacouras Center, set to be Philly’s coronavirus overflow site, almost didn’t get built
The 11,000-seat arena will be retrofitted to hold 250 beds for COVID-19 patients.
All the Philly coronavirus helplines, in one convenient directory
There’s lots of ways to get info about COVID-19.
What can and can’t you do under Philly’s ‘stay at home’ order?
Grocery shopping, yes. Pickup basketball, no.
Philly’s $5B budget: Tracking the increase over 10 years
Recent surpluses probably won't carry the city through a recession.
Philly school asbestos problem: What’s closed, what’s open and what’s being done
Reference this list to find out where things stand.