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HOME initiative, housing bills

Mayor Parker's H.O.M.E. initiative and renter protections approved in final council session before summer recess

Overnight curfew approved for bodegas in Kensington, Fairhill and Germantown

City Council June 5

Mayor Parker's 2026 budget proposal calls for tax cuts, higher parking rates and more housing spending

Cherelle Parker budget 2025

Looking ahead to Philly's busy 2026, leaders allocate $45 million for planning, beautification and security projects

Lemon Hill FIFA 2026 budget

Proposed $2 trillion U.S. spending cuts could slash food benefits used by about a third of Philadelphians

SNAP benefits budget cuts

SEPTA general manager Leslie Richards to resign amid budget crisis

SEPTA Leslie Richards

City Council backs low-income real estate tax relief, Mayor Cherelle Parker's budget

low-income tax freeze

Gov. Shapiro to propose $282.8 million in new funding for public transit in 2024-25 state budget

SEPTA funding shortfall continues as Pa. legislature neglects public transit in state budget

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SEPTA predicts fare hikes in 2024 as pandemic relief runs out

SEPTA budget

President Biden to deliver budget address at Northeast Philly union hall

Philadelphia parks drop in national ranking due to funding cuts caused by COVID-19 pandemic

Parks Ranking

Philly lawmakers to consider bolstering police department in effort to fight crime

Community Policing

Philly releases first report on city's progress addressing systemic racism

Reforms, Jim Kenney

City councilmembers propose anti-violence initiative that would create jobs for youth, extend rec center hours

Philadelphia Police Department will ask for more funding, citing cost to continue Taser rollout

Police Philly Tasers

New Jersey enacts $32.7 billion budget highlighted by reimplemented millionaires tax

new jersey budget

Philadelphia arts groups can apply for emergency grant funding from COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL

fund arts programs coronavirus

Philly makes urgent request to Congress for PPE, rapid COVID-19 testing

Kenney Pelose PPE COVID-19

Dedicated funds to clean up asbestos in public schools part of Gov. Wolf’s annual budget address

Mayor Kenney's proposed budget includes $200 million to repave hundreds of miles of city streets

potholes philadelphia streets

Frontier Airlines adds five new, lower budget trips from PHL

Carroll - Frontier Airlines airplane

City Council budget package would cut Philly property tax increase

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Mayor Kenney revises school funding package with reduced property tax hike

Mayor Jim Kenney; Thom Carroll photo

Troops will be able to watch the Eagles game despite government shutdown

Temple's in-state tuition discount ends if Pa. doesn't pass budget, president says

Stock_Carroll - Temple University Campus Liacouras Walk

Pennsylvania offering $5 million in naloxone kits to first responders

With $10 million grant, Philly airport makes dent in 15-year expansion project

Chris Christie to audition for sports radio gig

Twitter fumes over #NJshutdown as Christie demands lawmakers return to table

City finance director answers controller's doubts about soda tax revenue

City controller: Soda tax shortfalls 'creating a multi-million dollar burden' on Philadelphia

White House links to satirical column mocking Trump's budget

Pa. auditor general: Time for state to get on board 'marijuana train'

Kenney reportedly plans to set aside $90 million for waterfront park in Philly

Hargreaves and Associates

Tax cuts for New Jersey residents to begin in the new year

Report: Philadelphia blew overtime budget by $45 million in FY 2016

Higher Education

Temple to faculty: We're not 'in bad shape'

Is Philly's soda tax good for its fiscal health?

Analysis: Toomey has missed 80 percent of Budget Committee hearings

Don't like the soda tax? Alternatives bubble up in Philadelphia City Council

Autism Awareness

City Council works to meet needs of Philadelphians with autism

Officer Roslyn Talley

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