Politics

Recent revelations illustrate Philly’s real political divide. Here’s why it matters.

For the first time this year, you can cast your ballot for 50 days straight at City Hall—or maybe, Philly 3.0’s engagement director notes, in a neighborhood near you. Here’s how to take advantage.

Wouldn’t it be great, Philly 3.0’s engagement director wonders, if our advisory-only Planning Commission were given more power?

Just a week after his inspiring police commissioner choice, the new boss seems a lot like the old boss

City Council and Mayor Kenney began their new terms this week. WURD’s afternoon host wonders if that will matter at all for Philadelphians

Philadelphia contains 20 percent of the state’s voters. An urban demographer charts what that means for the Presidential primary on April 28

With his selection of Danielle Outlaw as police commissioner, the Mayor showed vision and guts. Now comes the hard part: Making sure reform succeeds

2019 was an epic year in a decade of epic years for Philadelphia. Can we up our game in 2020?

The city has way more money than in 2016. Philly 3.0’s engagement director wonders what services we’re getting with that.

What bills passed—and didn’t—in City Council’s final session of the year