Topic: City Council
Who Won Seats on Philadelphia City Council?
Meet your 2024 members of Philadelphia City Council
By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
The Ultimate Guide to the 2023 General Election in Philadelphia
Tuesday, November 7 — today! — we vote. Here's everything you need to know about candidates for Mayor, City Council, judges — the future of Philadelphia
By Julie Platt and The Citizen Staff
Collaboration is Key To Philly’s Future
The heads of the Chamber and United Way urge Mayor-elect Parker to share responsibility for Philly’s growth with business, philanthropic and public leaders
By Chellie Cameron and Bill Golderer
Same Old City Council?
Hours of debate on an Israel/Hamas resolution? Doubling down on councilmanic prerogative? Here, some ideas for remaking Council into an actual governing body
By Larry Platt
Really? Republicans Are Philly’s Biggest Problem?
Amid the handwringing over the Council campaigns of Working Families Party candidates Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke, few have asked them: What’s the political rationale for their insurgency?
By Larry Platt
What’s the Problem with David Oh?
The Republican mayoral candidate is a nice guy with progressive values, governing experience and Philly pride. And yet …
By Lauren McCutcheon
Who is Running for City Council?
We’ve got your list of every candidate vying for a seat on Philadelphia City Council
By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
The Last Chance for Safe Injection Sites?
City Council is set to vote this week on banning safe injection sites from all but one district in Philadelphia. Toronto has modeled another way
By Rachel Wisniewski
The Most Radical Reform Philly Could Make?
Changing the way we elect our City Council president could be a way to return your city government to you.
By Larry Platt
Does Philly Need Rent Control?
Philadelphia once led the country on keeping rents down — and, says the director of our city’s Rent Control Coalition, we can do it again
By Karen Harvey