Jim Kenney
There Might Be a Car-Free #OpenStreets Weekend This Fall
Philadelphia may have its first official “Open Streets” event early this fall. Mike Dunn, a spokesman for Mayor Jim Kenney, said the city is “planning […]
Op-Ed: Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About the Soda Tax
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from guest writer Randi Weingarten, written in response to an op-ed by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. Weingarten is […]
The No-Bullshit Guide: 2016 Election’s Biggest Winners and Losers
Oftentimes, elections feel like they’ve been decided by the powers that be before they’re even over. The 2016 primary was different: It was full of genuine nail-biters. At […]
Relish Was Hot on Election Day — While Famous 4th Street Deli Was a Ghost Town
This year, Josh Shapiro didn’t go to the power crowd’s longtime Election Day lunch hangout Famous 4th Street Deli. Instead, the Democratic frontrunner in the Attorney General’s race dined at the other, […]
Bernie Sanders Op-Ed: A Soda Tax Would Hurt Philly’s Low-Income Families
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from guest writer Bernie Sanders. Sanders is a Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. senator representing Vermont. Pennsylvania’s primary is […]
Kenney Wants to Slash Funding For Philly’s Film Office By 50 Percent
This is not exactly a great time for the Greater Philadelphia Film Office. The flow of major film projects in the region has slowed to […]
LOCAL NEWS: Faith Leaders Are Advocating for Pennsylvania Fairness Act
Faith leaders and congregations have joined Equality Pennsylvania in pushing state legislators to pass the Pennsylvania Fairness Act. Last weekend, 18 Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Jewish […]
Bernie Sanders Says Kenney’s Soda Tax Is “Regressive”
Overnight, Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed soda tax has inexplicably become a presidential issue. On Wednesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came out in support of the […]
Kenney’s Soda Tax Gets a Big-Name Supporter: Hillary Clinton
The war over Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposal to tax sweetened beverages is fierce. The soda lobby is spending at least $1.5 million to oppose his plan, and Council members are raising pointed questions about it. Meanwhile, a […]
Kenney Bans City-Funded Travel to North Carolina, Mississippi
Director of LGBT Affairs Nellie Fitzpatrick announces @phillymayor banning non-essential travel to North Carolina and Mississippi following those states passing laws legalizing LGBT discrimination. A […]
Clarke: Lack of Diversity in Some City Departments Is “Problematic”
Mayor Jim Kenney was elected last year with a very broad, diverse coalition. Once in office, he promised to make his staff just as diverse. At a budget hearing […]
Is Philly Doing Enough to Save Cardiac Arrest Victims?
Last April, 15-year-old St. Joe’s Prep student Ryan Gillyard collapsed while jumping rope at his football team’s conditioning workout. Gillyard had undetected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a […]
MacArthur Grant Will Give City Tools to Cut Prison Population
Philadelphia officials gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Criminal Justice Center to officially announce and celebrate a $3.5 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation that will allow the city […]
9 Bold Ideas From Philly’s Plan to Cut the Prison Population
Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration announced today that it has won a $3.5 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation to implement a bold plan to reduce […]
5 Takeaways From Kenney’s Report on His First 100 Days in Office
Mayor Jim Kenney isn’t really into the whole idea of reading into a politician’s first 100 days in office. “Historically, there has been a lot of emphasis placed […]