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Former Aide Of City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown Sentenced To One Year In Federal Prison

John McDaniel, 39, is now facing a year and a day in federal prison.

2013/05/14

City Officials Trying To Find Money For School District

City Council members are wondering how they and the mayor will come up with an extra $60-million for the school district and whether the state will do its share.

2013/04/24

Philadelphia City Council Asking For Formulas Used In Controversial AVI

Philadelphia City Council is threatening to subpoena the Nutter Administration unless aides to the mayor turn over the precise formulas used to create the new and controversial property assessments.

2013/04/20

Proposed Bill Calls For Gender-Neutrality in Businesses, Schools In Philadelphia

Gender-neutral bathrooms in city-owned buildings and gender-neutral forms on websites are among new requirements in a bill that was given approval this past week by a Philadelphia city council committee.

2013/04/13

Nike Shuts Out Some Small Businesses

A story uncovered by Eyewitness News catches the eye of a member of Philadelphia city council.

2013/04/12

File photo of a zip line (Credit: www.snocove.com)

Plan For Zip Line In Roxborough Worries Neighbors

Philadelphia’s recreation department is considering running a treetop zip line course through a park in the city’s Roxborough neighborhood.

2013/03/28

Mayor Nutter Delivers New Budget To City Council Today

Mayor Nutter will deliver a budget that hinges in large part on the new and controversial property assessments.

2013/03/14

Philadelphia City Council President Pitching Plan To Discount Vacant Properties

City Council President Darrell Clarke is pitching a plan in which the city could discount or even give away thousands of vacant parcels, so long as the recipients develop new properties on that land.

2013/03/09

City Council Wants Philadelphia Businesses To Offer Employees Paid Sick Days

Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Greenlee is once again trying to get the “Healthy Families and Workplaces” bill passed.

2013/03/05

(A horse found tied to a fence last year in North Philadelphia.)

A Philadelphia City Council Committee Approves Pet Horse Regulations

A city council committee was not horsing around when its members approved the first-ever regulations on keeping a horse as a pet in Philadelphia.

2013/02/13

Mayor Nutter Gives Council Preview Of Property Tax Assessments

One week from tomorrow, new property assessments for all Philadelphia homeowners get mailed out. In advance of that, the Nutter Administration on Wednesday briefed Council members on the numbers — at least some of them.

2013/02/07

Former Governor Ed Rendell and Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter remember Happy Fernandez as a tireless worker with a heart of gold. (credit: Mike Dougherty)

Hundreds Gather To Remember Happy Fernandez

Hundreds of people packed the Germantown Jewish Centre Sunday afternoon to celebrate the life of former Philadelphia city councilwoman Happy Fernandez.

2013/01/27

Former city councilwoman Happy Fernandez. (Credit: Moore College of Art Website)

Prominent Philadelphia Activist, Happy Fernandez, Dead At 74

A major figure in Philadelphia politics and education, has passed away.

2013/01/19

Experts: PTSD Growing Issue Among Veterans, Social Service Agencies

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder suffered by returning war veterans is a growing issue facing both vets and the social service agencies that treat them.

2013/01/19