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Rue Landau LGBTQ Immigrant hearings

City Council to hold hearings ahead of Trump's inauguration to develop plan to protect marginalized groups

Business leaders tout economic boon of 76ers' arena at hearing but don't commit to helping fund SEPTA

Arena hearings

Chinatown advocates tell City Council 76ers arena would push neighborhood 'toward the precipice'

76ers Arena Hearing

Stadium workers would get wage increase, health care under new proposal by City Council

Aramark workers prevailing wage

Taney Street will be renamed LeCount Terrace after Philly civil rights activist

Taney Street renaming

In heated hearing, City Council presses 76ers to move team's headquarters from Camden to Philly

76ers arena hearings

City Council questions how proposed 76ers arena will impact SEPTA and who will pay for service upgrades

76ers City Council

City Council to start hearings next week to discuss proposed 76ers arena

76ers arena hearings

Some City Council members say the process is moving too fast on the proposed 76ers arena

Debbi Wei Arena hearings

City Council considers 76ers 'arena services district' to mitigate impacts on communities near proposed new site

76ers arena district

Protesters pack City Council to object introduction of legislation for new 76ers arena in Center City

Arena legislation introduction

City Council approves bill to raise fines on parking or stopping in bike lanes

Bike lanes bill council

City council approves tax breaks for developer on former oil refinery site in Southwest Philly

Hilco tax break refinery

City Council proposes to rename Taney Street after Philly civil rights activist Caroline LeCount

Taney LeCount Street

City Council explores creating prison oversight office in response to staff shortages and inmate deaths

city council prison oversight

At meeting on 76ers arena, Mayor Cherelle Parker details $50 million community benefits agreement

76ers arena CBA

How will each city council member vote on the proposed 76ers arena?

City Council 76ers

City Council lobbies for Harrisburg to fix SEPTA's $240 million budget deficit

SEPTA funding

To boost abortion access, Philly is allocating city funding to Planned Parenthood for the first time

Planned Parenthood funding

For the proposed 76ers arena to move forward, here are the bills that must pass

76ers arena legislation

Philly can benefit from more 'streeteries,' but it's too costly and complex for restaurants to add them, report says

Outdoor Dining Philly

Curtis Jones exits Thursday's City Council meeting after resident's statement about Gaza is interrupted

Curtis Jones leaves

City Council unanimously approves Mayor Cherelle Parker's first budget

City Council approves mayor's budget

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

low-income tax freeze

Philadelphia poised to make eviction diversion program permanent

City Council Eviction Diversion

City Council could subpoena Mayor Parker over plans for Fairmount shelter

City Council subpoena Mayor Parker

Philly Reparations Task Force holds first session to explore compensation options

Reparations Philly

Philly's plan to boost urban farming is underway, but challenges lie ahead

Community Gardens Philly

Drivers with illegally tinted windows can be fined $100 under new Philly law

Tinted Windows Philly

Community College of Philadelphia seeks additional $20 million from city budget

Community College of Philadelphia

Philly bans license plate flippers, which allow drivers to evade tolls, parking tickets and police

Cherelle Parker safety

Some Kensington businesses will face a curfew under bill passed by City Council

Kensington curfew City Hall

Philly homeowners claim bad actors are abusing the blighted property act

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A law-and-order approach to Philly's overdose crisis will have grave effects, harm reduction advocates say

Overdose Prevention Kensington

City official to call for reevaluation of streeteries application process

Philly streeteries

Philly councilmember to deliver Working Families Party response to President Biden's State of the Union address

Nicolas O'Rourke State of the Union

Casino-like 'skill games' targeted in controversial City Council legislation

Skill game ban City Council

City Council's majority leader wants to investigate the Office of Homeless Services

Katherine Gilmore Richardson council at large

76ers have gathered 30,000 signatures backing their Center City arena proposal

76ers Arena Signatures

Mayor Cherelle Parker delivers hopeful message at inauguration, says 'it's on us' to change Philly

Mayor Charelle Parker inauguration

Kenyatta Johnson takes over as president of Philadelphia City Council

kenyatta johnson council president

Philly's ski mask ban became law last week, but there are questions about its effect — and its constitutionality

City Council ski mask law

Fishtown food trucks can stay for now after City Council vote on bill to ban them is delayed

Fishtown Food Trucks

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