In its fight to restore the President’s House exhibit, the Avenging The Ancestors Coalition’s strategy is to “raise hell in the streets and raise issues in the courts,” the group’s leader, attorney Michael Coard, said.
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s spending plan would increase state funding for Philadelphia’s public schools by $151 million, but district leaders still anticipate having to make cuts to close a growing budget deficit.
The family of a Cambodian American man who died last month in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody is demanding that federal officials release more information about the hours he spent behind bars.
The relationship between Sheriff Rochelle Bilal and a group called No ICE Philly appeared to be thawing – at least a little bit – as immigrant advocates rallied outside her office Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 draft version of the Philadelphia Police Department’s five-year plan — which includes proposals for designated quality-of-life officers and handling 911 calls with AI-assisted technology — was released last week.
District Attorney Larry Krasner, Sheriff Rochelle Bilal, Chief Public Defender Keisha Hudson and others called for meetings with judicial leaders amid a rising number of federal immigration arrests outside Philadelphia’s criminal courthouse.
The Philadelphia Parking Authority is on track to renovate and reopen the Filbert Street bus terminal by May 1, city officials said Tuesday.
Just days into 2026, Pennsylvania’s most important electoral contest of the year — the race to be the commonwealth’s next governor — is taking shape.
Philadelphia's District Attorney Larry Krasner and several City Council members condemned the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
School District of Philadelphia leaders on Wednesday announced plans to open a pair of new schools – utilizing an acclaimed New York model – and celebrated recent academic progress across the city.
Mayor Cherelle Parker, as she nears the end of her second year in office, is directing her administration to do more for people living on Philadelphia's streets.
The Philadelphia City Council passed a version of the first-year budget for Mayor Cherelle Parker's housing plan, prioritizing lower-earning Philadelphians.
City Council on Wednesday advanced an updated $800 million bond measure for Mayor Cherelle Parker’s housing program that the mayor’s top deputies say she will not support.