
Philly’s 100th Mayor
Philly homicides have dropped 37% since 2021
City leaders are touting 2024’s decline in gun violence, but they say more work needs to be done to improve those numbers further.
2 days ago
City launches new website to track progress made on Parker campaign promises
The website tracks everything from potholes to murders and offers one-stop shopping for residents and people coming into town.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:06Palak Raval-Nelson named Philadelphia’s new health commissioner
Raval-Nelson will lead Philadelphia's Department of Public Health after working for the city for nearly 30 years.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:08While Mayor Parker vows to move on, threats of looting on social media have Philly police working overtime.
2 months ago
The agreement, which would keep the Sixers in Philly until at least 2061, was announced Wednesday during a hastily called news conference.
3 months ago
Listen 1:235 bills Philly City Council passed but Mayor Cherelle Parker didn’t sign into law
So far in 2024, Philadelphia City Council has voted to change the rules for business operating hours in some communities, zoning, sidewalk cafés and parking.
3 months ago
Billed as a “listening session,” the town hall event drew nearly 1,000 people to the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
4 months ago
Listen 0:59Mayor Parker to discuss Sixers arena proposal during town hall in Center City
The meeting comes as the team negotiates with the administration, and opponents ramp up efforts to defeat the development.
4 months ago
Philly city officials vow to keep the city clean after a summer-long cleanup effort
“We completed over 60,000 quality-of-life services throughout the entire city of Philadelphia, block by block,” Mayor Cherelle Parker said Wednesday.
4 months ago
When Philadelphia city employees showed up in person last week, the situation was chaotic and without enough office space to do their jobs.
5 months ago
Listen 1:03Philly city worker union AFSCME lost a court case that would have blocked Mayor Cherelle Parker’s return to office mandate on Monday.
6 months ago
Listen 1:07Mayor Parker says 25 Philadelphia schools will pilot ‘extended day, extended year’ program
The voluntary program is designed to give students additional help and tutoring when an extended break results in educational regression.
6 months ago
The multi-billion dollar spending plan includes $100 million for a 640-bed drug rehab center on the edge of the prison complex in Northeast Philadelphia.
7 months ago
Parker’s budget proposal includes funding to replace units lost at UC Townhomes site
The mayor’s initial spending plan did not include city funding for the new 70-unit development in West Philadelphia.
7 months ago
Listen 1:06Demonstrators protested a relatively flat budget proposal for Parks & Rec, saying more money for rec centers would help fight gun violence.
7 months ago