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Council Passes Tax Bills

The PhillyClout blog reports: City Council approved today a 1.34 percent property-tax rate and to maintain a homestead exemption that would knock $30,000 from a […]

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Lead Inspector in Building Collapse is Found Dead [Updated]

[Updated 9:50 am] City officials are holding a press conference about the suicide of the L&I inspector. City confirms at press conference that veteran L&I […]

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Banner Demands Nutter Resign Over Deadly Collapse

Banner plane was spotted over Philly with a message for @michael_nutter about fatal building collapse. @fox29philly twitter.com/kcarmean/statu… — Kyle Carmean (@kcarmean) June 12, 2013 Philly.com […]

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Security Cameras Planned for All Rec Centers, Playgrounds

NewsWorks: Surveillance cameras, along with other equipment designed to promote safety, are scheduled to be installed at more than a dozen recreation centers and playgrounds […]

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Justice Seamus McCaffery Now Under FBI Investigation for Wife’s Referrals

Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, already under suspicion of fixing a traffic ticket for his wife Lise Rapaport, is now reportedly being investigated by the […]

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When It Comes to Collecting Back Property Taxes, Does Philly Have Hope?

In March, the Inquirer’s data-laden, three-part series on tax delinquency, by Patrick Kerkstra, essentially reaffirmed much of what we learned from Kerkstra’s data-laden Inquirer series […]

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Did Someone Try to Report Building Before it Collapsed? [Updated]

Update [2:38 p.m.] WHYY reports that a 3-1-1 call was indeed made in early May about a building being demolished, but it was not a […]

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Food Trucks are Coming to City Hall

Food trucks are heading to the City Hall courtyard. Starting today, in addition to Love Park, two to three food trucks will now be vending […]

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The 100 Highest-Paid City of Philadelphia Employees

Last year around this time, we compiled a list of some of the highest-paid employees of the City of Philadelphia. So we decided to take […]

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Philly Cabbies Worried About Safe Working Conditions

6ABC reports: Last month, a driver from All City Cab was gunned down and killed. On Tuesday, drivers from that company met with police brass […]

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City Hall Teaches Low-Sodium Chinese Cooking to … Chinese Cooks

NPR reports that City Hall is working with 200 Chinese takeout restaurants across Philadelphia, teaching them how to cook your favorite dishes with less salt—and […]

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Philly Airport Still Faces Free Speech Claim

Courthouse News Service reports that Philadelphia International Airport is still in hot water for rejecting an NAACP ad that would have said: “Welcome to America, […]

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Photos: Meet Mix “Masturbator” Mike Nutter

The unions are out protesting today in front of the Westin on 17th Street, where the Michael Nutter-led U.S. Conference of Mayors is holding an […]

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Help Wanted: Philly Mag Puts Ad for Mayor on Craigslist

The next mayor’s race isn’t for two more years, but the prospective 2015 field? Not so inspiring. To help turn up some more exciting contenders, […]

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WATCH: Parking Authority Workers Eat Lunch in No-Stopping Zone [Updated]

YouTube user vicdella80 has come up with one of the great “gotcha” videos of the year. It’s Philadelphia Parking Authority workers … sitting in a PPA-marked […]