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With tough-on-crime Lynne Abraham and pot-decriminalizer Jim Kenney both running for mayor, is Philadelphia poised to have a serious debate about the criminal justice system in 2015? God, we hope so. […]

A day before he was scheduled to formally announce his candidacy for mayor, Jim Kenney spoke about pot decriminalization to dozens of students at Temple University. Kenney, a former City Councilman, appeared […]

Can anybody spare a dime? Because Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates are broke. In a series of underwhelming filings Monday, the mayoral campaign committees reported raising remarkably […]

(Editor’s Note: For our analysis of this year’s record-low fundraising by Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates, check out Patrick Kerkstra’s report. Holly Otterbein also has a report on the neck-and-neck fundraising in […]

Lynne Abraham is 74 years old. Remarkably, she isn’t even the oldest candidate in this historically aged mayoral field. That distinction belongs to Milton Street, who is […]

For those closely watching the mayor’s race, today is pretty much Christmas: It’s the deadline for candidates to file their 2014 campaign finance reports. All signs point […]

It seems an unlikely thing to be doing with Lynne Abraham. On a cool, breezy Friday in New York in December, we’re at the Frick, […]

Before Ken Trujillo dropped out of the mayor’s race, Jim Kenney had a fundraiser planned for Feb. 5 for his Council reelection campaign. He has converted the […]

Mayor Nutter made his final address at the Chamber of Commerce annual luncheon yesterday, taking the dais just as the Jim Kenney goodbye party was […]

After 23 years in City Council, Jim Kenney resigned today in order to launch his mayoral campaign. He is expected to make an official announcement next […]

Starting at 9:30, follow along as the Citified team live-tweets Jim Kenney’s last City Council meeting.

The imminent entry of Jim Kenney into the mayoral race will upend the contest.

Jim Kenney seems sure to dominate the mayoral news again today. Ditto for Thursday, when he will no doubt make a memorable final speech from […]

Milton Street, who is planning to launch a mayoral campaign soon, has lawyered up as a result of a guest’s comments about him on 6ABC’s Inside Story. Nia Meeks, […]

Expect to see a lot of Councilman Jim Kenney in the days leading up to the (expected) launch of his mayoral campaign. As a sitting Councilman, he has the opportunity […]