From taxes to Trump, here are five things we’re watching for as Council returns Thursday for the first meeting of its spring ...

Amid deep political polarization, lawmakers in Harrisburg and Washington have in recent years been historically unproductive ...

Philadelphia leaders and volunteers will offer resources as they walk the streets counting the number of people experiencing ...

Philadelphia's City Council is back in session for 2025 and some of their top priorities include a new 76ers arena proposal and the soda tax.

Councilmember Jim Harrity says residents leave town to shop to avoid the tax, and claims that costs the city lots of revenue.

During its first meeting of the year City Council approved legislation to hold hearings on the city’s sweetened beverage tax, a signature achievement of former Mayor Jim Kenney's.

Nearly a dozen people testified at a City Council hearing about how changes in the White House will be felt in Philadelphia.

Councilmember Jim Harrity, who introduced the resolution, says the charge 'disproportionately impacts low-income communities.' ...

Philadelphia teachers can spend lengthy periods in the ‘rubber room’ after being accused of misconduct. The head of the City Council Education Committee got the green light to investigate the district ...

City Council wants answers from the Philadelphia School District on its “reassignment rooms” — offices where school staffers are assigned when they are being investigated for misconduct. Isaiah Thomas ...

The next time the 76ers propose building a new arena, Council President Kenyatta Johnson said, City Council will take more time reviewing the plans.

Churches were among the few so-called "sensitive areas" where ICE agents could not make arrests -- until now. President Donald Trump has revoked a 2011 directive that banned immigration arrests and ...