Topic: Cherelle Parker

How Mayor Parker Wants to Spend Your Money in 2026
A visual representation of the per-resident cost of the City's budget — and how it has changed from last year — in partnership with Committee of Seventy
By Nick Hand
Let’s Expand — Not Cut — Free SEPTA for Workers
Mayor Parker has proposed reducing the amount of City money spent on free transit passes for government workers. Here’s why that’s a mistake
By Jon Geeting
Mayor Parker’s Best Housing Ideas
The new plan lays out an ambitious array of changes to speed up the building of new affordable housing in Philly
By Jon Geeting
Early Promise in Kensington
After a year of intervention in Philadelphia’s most infamous neighborhood, homicides and shootings have dropped.
By Mensah M. Dean
Want More Housing? Fix the Land Bank
Dozens of proposed new homes are sitting in limbo because City Council won’t release City-owned properties for affordable development
By Jon Geeting
Parker’s Gun Violence Prevention Plan
The Mayor’s budget would maintain programs that she says helped drive down shootings, despite uncertainty under President Donald Trump
By Mensah M. Dean
Are We on the Path to Affordable Homes for All?
Mayor Parker’s Mission 30,000 could be a game-changer for Philadelphia’s housing crisis — if City Council doesn’t get in the way
By Jon Geeting
Does Philly Need Our Own (Gulp!) DOGE?
While Oligarch-in-Chief Musk wages culture war on the so-called deep state, what’s the way forward for local and national Democrats? Actually showing they can make government work better for you
By Larry Platt
Just What Is A Sanctuary City?
What we know so far about the debate swirling around immigrants, Donald Trump and Philadelphia
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Hey, Philly! It’s Time to Review Mayor Cherelle Parker
In 2023, we asked citizens to play the role of employer ahead of the mayoral primary. Now, it’s time for our 100th mayor’s one-year review.
By Courtney DuChene