Sean Collins Walsh

Parker had hoped to use revenue from a new tax on rideshares to generate $48 million for the School District of Philadelphia. Council will use existing money instead.

Council also approved the purchase of the police headquarters building on North Broad Street and expanded death benefits to the families of first responders who die by suicide.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker allowed a ban on law enforcement officers concealing their identity to become law without her signature after City Solicitor Renee Garcia raised legal concerns.

All 17 sitting City Council members appear poised to seek reelection next year, but a wave of challengers is gearing up to take on the old guard.

Philadelphia schools will receive $137 million in adequacy funding and $20 million in other new funding. The district will also be able to compete for money set aside for school facilities projects.

An Inquirer staffer's interview notes came into the possession of the New Jersey Attorney General's Office during an investigation that led to the high-profile racketeering indictment against George Norcross.

Federal investigators last summer issued subpoenas for documents and financial records related to William F.

Listen to article -0:00 min William F. Dunbar Sr., a Philadelphia lobbyist who was an important unpaid adviser to Mayor Cherelle L.

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Philadelphia lobbyist William Dunbar this week pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns to understate the amount he owed the IRS.