Topic: City Council

A Point Breeze resident responds to her neighbor’s dismay over the historic reuse of their local church. The city’s zoning law? She says it works

A year from reelection, the mayor has taken big swings, sustained political losses, and faces progressive backlash. Here, a job performance review — and a challenge

City Council’s new law follows reporting from The Trace about relatives whose health insurance and benefits were cut when their family member died by suicide

Historic properties deserve preservation, but a circa 2019 loophole unfairly limits nearby residents’ input, says an attorney and concerned neighbor

Philadelphia's FY27 budget and the failure to think bigger, says a former member of Philadelphia City Council

The leader of a PA child advocacy group urges City Council to pass a rideshare tax to help fund schools

Local debates around Gaza, school closings, and ICE all raise the same question: Does anyone care about actual governing, or has Philly fully entered the age of the political grandstand?

When police die by suicide, their loved ones often lose benefits. Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia, may now change that

Bipartisan zoning reform bills that could open up the state to in-law apartments and rooming houses could leave our city out. That would be a mistake

The Center City legislator’s proposed bill would block more than 90 percent of city building projects, just as Mayor Parker says to build, build, build