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Study: Paid Sick Leave Days Don’t Hurt Biz
Remember the bill — vetoed twice by Mayor Nutter — that wouldn’ve required the city’s small employers to let their worker take paid sick leave? […]
David Oh, GOP Battle Over “Resign to Run”
The Daily News reports that Councilman David Oh and the Philly GOP are at odds over Oh’s proposal — on the primary ballot next month […]
City Council Stalls Process on PGW Sale
The Daily News reports that City Council is delaying the introduction of a bill approving the sale of PGW to a private company, trying to […]
Vape No More: Nutter to Sign E-Cigarette Regulations
This press release, just now in our inbox, confirms Mayor Nutter will sign bills heavily regulating e-cigarettes in Philadelphia. If you were vaping publicly, well, […]
City’s Snow Tab: $18 Million
It was such a snowy winter in Philadelphia… How … Snowy … Was it? It was such a snowy winter in Philadelphia that plowing the […]
City Council Has an Ethics Committee! (But It Never, Ever Meets)
Philadelphia is one of the most corrupt major cities this side of Lagos. From the ABSCAM convictions in 1981 to Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s 2013 admission […]
Thanks to New Funding, City Hall Station Renovation Is Back on Track [UPDATED]
All SEPTA riders know that City Hall/15th Street Station is, at best, unappetizing. According to Sandy Smith, it is the only station on the Market-Frankford […]
Council Hires Consultant to Review PGW Sale
Newsworks reports that City Council has hired Concentric Energy Advisors, at a cost of $425,000, to review the possible sale of Philadelphia Gas Works to a […]
Philly 311 Has Its Own Talk Show. Nobody Watches It.
Did you know Philly311 has its own talk show? We didn’t either! Have you seen the Philly311 Show? Get an inside look at City government […]
10 Burning Questions About Kathleen Kane’s Abandoned Sting
We’re not sure we’ve often seen a story reported in such close detail as the Inquirer’s series of stories about the sting operation that targeted […]
Philly Has A Lot of Leaky, Aging Gas Pipes Sitting Underground
Here’s a question for buyers wanting to privatize Philadelphia Gas Works: How quickly would you modernize the city’s aging, leaky miles of gas mains?
Salvation Army Collapse Site to Become Memorial Park
NBC 10 reports that the Center City site of last summer’s deadly Salvation Army collapse will be donated to the city to become a memorial […]
396 Challenges Filed Against Nominating Petitions In Philadelphia
You probably thought that there wouldn’t be any major election shenanigans in Philadelphia until 2015, when we’ll be deciding who gets the delightful job of […]
Should Government Provide Services … or Jobs?
Quick question: What’s government for, anyway? There are lots of answers to that question, of course, but for the sake of argument, let’s boil it […]
PGW Buyer: We’ll Raise Rates in 2018
As the city plans to sell the Philadelphia Gas Works to help fund a huge gap in the city’s pension fund, the buyer has noted […]