Mayor Cherelle L. Parker is depending on 6,000 parcels of city-owned vacant land to fuel her ambitious housing agenda, which is meant to spur the construction of thousands of new homes. But City ...

WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor It was a sentiment echoed by council members and by those giving testimony. Jazelle Jones, city representative and director of operations for special ...

Philadelphia City Council is scheduled to meet today to discuss and possibly vote on legislation to approve a controversial new Sixers arena to be built on Market Street between 10th and 11th streets.

Council also approved nominees for the Citizens Police Oversight Commission and called on the NFL to forego banning the Tush ...

Philadelphia City Council Member Nicolas O'Rourke has proposed a bill that would provide one-time payments for renters booted from uninhabitable units.

suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! As Philadelphia city council members combed through Mayor Cherelle Parker’s $6.7 billion budget proposal, ...

Brooks, who is in her second term and serves as the minority leader of the City Council, was the first Working Families Party member to be elected to the Philadelphia City Council. According to ...

Legislation to use cameras to crack down on speeding in seven Philadelphia school zones was approved by a City Council ...

During a hearing to discuss the city's proposed budget for next year, SEPTA's interim general manager, Scott Sauer, laid out the worst case scenario for the mass transit provider, unless new funds ...

Democrat Cherelle Parker and Republican David Oh, both former members of the Philadelphia City Council, are facing off in the race to become the city’s next mayor. Democratic incumbent Jim ...

City Council voted Thursday to recall a change to “non-conformities” zoning usages passed last month. Mayor Cherelle Parker ...

Parent advocates with Lift Every Voice say the district must create a “Chief of Joy” position. This person would hold schools ...