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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Penn Medicine’s new $1.5 billion tower is ready to accept patients
Construction was accelerated to make 120 new beds available for a possible COVID surge.
11 free New Year’s resolutions for Philadelphia
Cleaner streets, fewer indictments and a modern fare system — is that too much to ask for 2020?
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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.
‘Aggressively fair’ Philly government reporter Dave Davies retires after 37 years
Even the politicians he hounded for decades say they respect his work.
Who’s Johnny Doc and why should I care that he got indicted?
6 things you need to know about Philadelphia’s most powerful unelected politician.
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.
Union leader Johnny Doc heralds ‘new era’ with song and dance about mold
Building Trades workers called out an Old City development with a fungus-inspired riff on “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”