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

In 1985, City Council member Joan Specter teamed up with Mayor Wilson Goode for City Hall’s first art exhibit. The next year, ...

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

SEPTA announced last week that, without additional funding, there will be fare hikes and the elimination of bus routes and ...

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 ...

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, ...

Initiative aims to build or preserve 30,000 housing units in Philadelphia, primarily funded through $800 million in taxable City bonds. While City Council members broadly support the housing goals ...

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 (WPVI ... The plan, though, needs approval from City Council members who heard it for the first time on Monday. "Certainly we all need to see more details, but in general it's ...