Denver tried it, but the suggestion is still provocative for Pennsylvania.

“In some ways, Penn was sort of where the first shots were fired in a war on elite universities,” Scott Bok said during an interview about his book, looking back on the fall 2023 semester.

Philadelphia receives $17.9 million in federal AmeriCorps funding. Local nonprofit leaders worry DOGE’s recent cuts could slow down — or stop — their volunteer-based programs.

A Commonwealth Court judge has to reconsider the issue of Mike Huff's residency and whether he can run in Philadelphia judicial races. But the ongoing legal case is now affecting mail ballots.

Comcast Corp., which has a recent history of donating to presidential inaugural committees, has been on the receiving end of some of Trump's attacks on DEI and legacy media.

The tax break, which took effect a decade ago, excludes companies’ first $100,000 in revenue from being taxed under Philadelphia’s business income and receipts tax, or BIRT.

Gregory Wright, a North Philadelphia native and former Pennsylvania National Guard staff sergeant, started this week as the head of the city’s Office of Veterans Affairs.

Philadelphia homeowners whose properties are worth less than $110,000 would pay nothing in property taxes.

Angela D. Brooks left her job in Chicago leading the Illinois branch of a housing nonprofit to come to Philadelphia and help spearhead Mayor Parker's H.O.M.E. initiative.

Parker’s team pitched her plan to build or preserve 30,000 units of housing over the next four years as an essential means to address the city’s affordability crisis.

Judicial candidates like Shawn Page who win the party’s endorsement almost always triumph in the primary.

The news comes as Trump guts multiple federal agencies, including the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, which had awarded Philadelphia schools the grant.

Federal employees in Philadelphia are dealing with increased work loads, returning to the office full-time, and weighing whether to remain in public service amid job uncertainty.

Parker’s budget proposal includes a bill that not only cuts the business tax rates for next year, but bakes in 13 years of reductions.

Officials from Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration outlined the plan to City Council Wednesday, saying the facilities assessment would help agencies prioritize infrastructure needs.