Jack Tomczuk

Voters, through a question on the May 19 primary ballot, will decide whether Philadelphia should have a program that automatically sets up a retirement account for individuals without access to plans through their employer. 

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man who was attacked more than two weeks ago in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities said Monday.

A federal judge is weighing the request of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration to order the National Park Service to restore the slavery exhibit at the President’s House.

Police said a man was taken into custody Wednesday night after allegedly shooting someone to death and stealing a pair of bicycles in Southwest Philadelphia.

Philadelphia public schools will fully reopen Thursday, following a three-day cancellation of in-person classes in response to the winter storm that hit the region on Sunday.

Two teenagers were wounded in a shooting Tuesday night inside a North Philadelphia home, police said.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is co-founding a coalition of local prosecutors to support efforts to prosecute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and other federal agents accused of criminal wrongdoing.

A pair of City Council members are planning to introduce legislation this week intended to restrict U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Philadelphia.

Public and Catholic schools in Philadelphia will remain closed for in-person classes Wednesday, officials announced Tuesday.

Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who knocked a person unconscious on New Year’s Day in Center City.

As the snow emergency across Philadelphia continues to be in effect, trash collection will resume, while city offices and public schools remain closed — schools will meet on a virtual learning schedule.

A middle-aged man was killed and three others were hospitalized following an apparent shootout early Monday morning inside a North Philadelphia home.

As a major winter storm blankets Philadelphia, city officials have declared a snow emergency and urged residents to stay home, banning parking on emergency routes as heavy snowfall disrupts schools, trash collection, and daily commutes.

SEPTA will suspend all bus and Regional Rail service beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, due to the ongoing snow storm.

Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration can move forward with borrowing $800 million to fund her H.O.M.E. plan, after City Council approved an amended bond ordinance Thursday.

Philadelphia's School District Superintendent Tony Watlington Sr. has proposed a $2.8 billion facilities plan that includes the closure of 20 schools and the repurposing of several buildings to address under-enrollment, overcrowding, and aging facilities.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker is seeking to facilitate the construction of factories in the city to produce modular homes as part of her affordable housing initiative.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged for his alleged role in a hit-and-run crash that killed a beloved disc jockey last month in Overbrook.

The Philadelphia Housing Authority is preparing to move forward with an extensive rehabilitation of a low-income senior housing building in Wynnefield Heights, thanks to a $50 million loan from a coalition of construction unions, officials announced Tuesday.

A police officer fired his gun at a man who allegedly shot another person during an argument that began at a North Philadelphia gas station Monday night, law enforcement officials said.