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Larry Freedman outside his Northern Liberties home and business. (Credit: Steve Tawa)

Longtime Northern Liberties Resident Urges City Hall To Cap Taxes Increases Under AVI

Larry Freedman says when he moved into his mixed unit building in 1986, it wasn’t much more than a shell. Now, he’s facing a tax assessment that could double his property tax bill.

2013/04/02

Philadelphia residential property owners meet with city officials to get help with their property assessment. (Credit: Mike Dunn)

Fewer Property Owners Than Expected File Informal Appeals Of Property Assessments

Officials had expected about 30,000 requests of first level reviews. The Nutter Administration’s spin on the lower tally: many people are on board with their new value.

2013/04/02

Philadelphia City Council members opened their annual budget hearings on Monday at City Hall. (credit: Steve Tawa)

Philadelphia City Council Opens Annual Budget Hearings

Philadelphia City Council members have opened their annual budget hearings, listening to Mayor Michael Nutter’s top budget people describe the city’s ‘five year financial and strategic plan.’

2013/03/25

Stigall Show Log 3.15.13

Chris reviews Mayor Michael Nutter being shouted down during his budget address, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul’s speeches at CPAC, and the fate of two more Carnival Cruise ships. He talks to Steve Cordasco on Finance Friday and CBS 3′s Beasley Reece about the state of Phillies in the final weeks of Spring Training.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2013/03/15

(The gallery of Philadelphia City Council. Image from City of Phila. TV)

Future Of Paid Sick Leave Bill Now In Mayor’s Hands

Council voted 11-6 for the measure, but a two-thirds majority, or 12 votes, will be needed to override another expected veto from the Mayor.

2013/03/15

(The Mayor signs the Executive Order in his Reception Room at City Hall. Credit: Steve Tawa)

Nutter Signs Executive Order For Office To Help Immigrants In Philadelphia

Mayor Nutter has signed an executive order setting up an Office of Immigrant and Multi-Cultural Affairs, to better weave immigrants into the social, civic and economic culture of the city.

2013/03/10

City Council in its caucus room in City Hall (Credit: Steve Tawa)

City Council Tries Again To Pass Mandatory Earned Sick Leave Bill

The idea was first debated in 2011, but died after a veto by Mayor Nutter. Now supporters of earned, paid sick leave are trying again.

2013/03/05

(Philadelphia archbishop Charles Chaput and Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter greet each other at the Archdiocese headquarters. Credit: Mark Abrams)

Cost, Logistics Two Big Questions Surrounding 2015 World Families Conference

Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput acknowledges it cost officials in the Italian city of Milan more than $10 million to host the most recent Vatican Families Conference in June 2012.

2013/02/26

City’s New Tongue-In-Cheek Signs Take Light Approach To Serious Topic

The signs will appear on the back of buses, in bus shelters and on the Market Frankford and Broad Street lines.

2013/02/22

City’s Calculator Helps Homeowners Anticipate Property Tax Scenarios

You may have your assessment, but two major questions are still unanswered: what is the rate on which that assessment will be taxed? And, what (if any) relief measures — such as a homestead exemption — will be offered by the city?

2013/02/19

Proceeding With Property Tax Makeover, Philadelphia Mails Out Revised Assessments

The Nutter Administration is mailing out more than 500,000 assessments to property owners — the first wholesale remaking of property values in Philadelphia in many years.

2013/02/15

(Left to right) Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Vice President Joe Biden, and Mayor Michael Nutter push for tougher gun control measures during a roundtable discussion at Girard College. (credit: Mike DeNardo)

Vice President Biden Brings His Push For Stricter Gun Laws To Philadelphia

Vice President Joe Biden brought his push for tougher gun laws to Philadelphia’s Girard College on Monday.

2013/02/11

Chief Inspector Cynthia Dorsey speaks during a City Council hearing on expanding Philadelphia's use of crime surveillance cameras. (credit: Mike Dunn)

Shooting In Sandy Hook Prompts Reexamination Of Security At Philadelphia Public Schools

The Philadelphia School District’s top security official says the district should “re-think” its security efforts at elementary schools in light of the Sandy Hook massacre.

2013/02/11

US Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa., testifies before Philadelphia City Council
regarding a second casino license in the city. (Credit: City of
Phila. TV)

Brady Pushes Proposal For Second Casino Benefiting City Schools, Pension Fund

Congressman Brady and others are backing a plan in which Penn National Gaming would run the second casino, and two-thirds of the revenues would be channeled through a non-profit to the struggling school district and the pension fund.

2013/02/08

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announces new efforts to crack down on those who avoid paying their property taxes. (credit: Mike Dunn)

Nutter Launches New Effort To Track Down Property Tax Deadbeats

Two weeks before Philadelphia homeowners are due to receive updated property assessments, Mayor Michael Nutter has announced new efforts to crack down on those who avoid paying their property taxes.

2013/02/04