City Council is again taking aim at Philadelphia’s “resign-to-run” rule, two years after a handful of the body’s members quit to run for mayor. The measure, which is enshrined in the city’s …
76ers leaders told the City Council that they are unwilling to budge on the $50 million community benefits agreement accompanying their proposed Center City arena, despite calls from lawmakers that …
SEPTA is planning to raise fare prices nearly 30%, eliminate dozens of routes and significantly slash service frequency in the new year to address its budget deficit, as authority leaders seek to …
Pennsylvania’s red shift in the 2024 election wasn’t isolated to the presidential race. Statewide races for attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer all went to the Republican …
City Council hearings on the 76ers proposed Center City arena – which has drawn strong opposition from activists in Chinatown – are set to begin this week. Representatives from Mayor Cherelle …
Joe Picozzi and Sean Dougherty – two young political upstarts from opposing parties – emerged victorious in a pair of hotly contested Northeast Philadelphia state legislative races from last …
The immigration debate has long shaped political agendas in the US and Europe, often escalating in times of social or economic uncertainty. In the US election, a tough-on-immigration stance from …
Mayor Cherelle Parker declined to second-guess Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign or the Democratic Party’s strategy after former President Donald Trump carried Pennsylvania en route to an …
Donald Trump will be the only US president since Grover Cleveland at the end of the 19th century to be re-elected for non-consecutive terms. His risky electoral strategy has clearly paid off, …
Republican Dave McCormick had a razor-thin advantage over Democratic incumbent Bob Casey Jr. in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race as election results continued to come in Wednesday. Casey had not …
Candidates in two overlapping Northeast Philadelphia state legislative districts were separated by just hundreds of votes a day after polls closed in the 2024 general election. At the time Metro …
Republicans swept Pennsylvania’s three row offices Tuesday, winning races for attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer. York County District Attorney Dave Sunday won the statewide AG …
Donald Trump was elected president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test democratic institutions …
Mike Clogston had no problem advertising his presidential pick Tuesday morning. He showed up to vote at Mayfair's Abraham Lincoln High School in a black T-shirt featuring an image of Donald Trump in …
On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, Committee of Seventy, OnePhillyConnect and other local organizations, hosted a series of community engagement events at high-traffic Philadelphia polling locations. …
Vice President Kamala Harris ended her presidential campaign with a rally Monday night on the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s “Rocky Steps,” just hours before polls opened on the morning of …
Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, the Harris-Walz campaign will host a rally in Philadelphia tonight. As a result, multiple road closures and parking restrictions will be implemented in the …
In November 2020, when Americans last went to the polls to elect a president, it took four days after voting closed for Joe Biden to be declared the winner. This was largely due to razor-thin …
On Nov. 5, millions of Americans will cast their votes for president. This historic election, however, is not determined by a singular national poll, but rather a state-by-state contest. Many people …
It was the afternoon of Oct. 10, 1871 when 32-year-old Catto Valentine Octavius left the Philadelphia School on Lombard Street where he was a teacher and began walking towards his home in South …