The phenomenon of politicians using debt to finance signature initiatives or tackle societal challenges through “social bonds ...

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration this week will begin interviewing candidates to be the executive director of the ...

City Council members expressed concern Tuesday over a proposal in Mayor Cherelle Parker’s budget plan that would require ...

While the city ranks in the top quarter of the state in salaries, educators in Bucks and Montgomery counties make a lot more.

Officials from Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration outlined the plan to City Council Wednesday, saying the facilities ...

First-term Democratic Mayor Cherelle Parker and city leaders traveled to Washington at the end of the Biden administration to meet with federal workers, some whom are joining the Parker ...

The housing authority is calling its strategy the “Opening Doors” initiative. It was launched last January but was detailed for the first time Monday — about two months after the Parker administration ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker had planned to cut funding for both transit subsidies, but now says she's working on keeping them.

Alba Martinez, Philadelphia’s first Latina commerce director and one of the highest-ranking LGBTQ officials in city history, ...

Philly boosts fines and sues to collect A surge in illegal dumping during the pandemic led City Council to pass laws in 2022 ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker presented a plan Monday to leverage $1 billion in city-owned land to contribute to her long-anticipated housing initiative that calls for creating and preserving 30,000 ...

The commuter benefit gives eligibility to around 22,000 city workers, but it’s unclear whether the city will be able to spend less for the same program this year.