Bail Debt Totaling Nearly $1 Billion Wiped Clean for Philly Defendants
By Dustin Slaughter Bail owed by defendants who never appeared for scheduled court appearances – totaling nearly $1 billion –…
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Philly Public School Enrollment Dropping Faster than Expected as More Cuts Will Ensue
By Dustin Slaughter The savings windfall School Reform Commission officials claimed would occur when they cancelled public school teacher contracts…
Profile: Point Breeze Resident, Community Organizer Etrulia Gay
By Dustin Slaughter South Philly Review’s Bill Chenevert reports on a lifelong Point Breeze resident and community organizer named Etrulia…
City Urges Input for Philly Bike Share Locations
By Dustin Slaughter There are currently 20 bike share locations throughout South Philadelphia. Philly Bike Share wants your help in…
Cab Drivers Shut Down JFK Boulevard to Protest Uber
By Dustin Slaughter Dozens of taxi drivers parked their cars in the middle of JFK Boulevard Wednesday in the latest…
West Philly Activist Who Ended Her Life to Be Remembered in Stage Production “Chang(e)”
By Dustin Slaughter A little-known but passionate activist named Kathy Chang will be memorialized in a stage production by performance…
In Surprise Move, SRC Cancels Teachers Union Contract, Forcing Legal Fight
By Dustin Slaughter and Joshua Albert Solomon Leach at the Daily News reports that the School Reform Commission, in a move steeped…
Philadelphia School District Comments on Preparedness for Enterovirus
By Dustin Slaughter “The School District of Philadelphia has been working with parents and school-based staff on ways to prevent…
Cafe for Cinephiles Slated to Open in South Philly
By Dustin Slaughter James Jennings at Passyunk Post reports that a new coffee shop for movie geeks, called CineMug, is expected to open…
Philly’s Right-to-Know and 2015 – Part One
By Dustin Slaughter Newsworks‘ Holly Otterbein reported last week on yet another troubling deficiency in the public’s right to access government…
The Philly Declaration 