Officer Involved in 2009 Lawsuit over Police Website Taken Off Street in Alleged Cover-Up
By Joshua Albert A 35th District police supervisor, Sgt. Shaun Butts, has been taken off the street and reassigned to…
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It’s Back-to-School-Day as Students Face $81 Million Deficit, More
By Dustin Slaughter As students head back to school today, they face swelling class sizes, a serious lack of education…
ALL kids in Philly public school will now get free breakfast and lunch, because it just makes sense.
By Joshua Albert Under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision, districts that have predominantly low income students are…
Own a business? Now you have to provide a place for employees to breastfeed according to new law.
By Joshua Albert A new law signed by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter on Wednesday will require business owners to provide…
The first Congress meets in Philadelphia, 240 years ago today
by National Constitution Center Staff On September 5, 1774, the first Congress in the United States met in Philadelphia to…
Gun Crisis Reporting Project uncovers despair : Columbia Journalism Review
By Christie Chisholm for The Columbia Journalism Review It’s just before midnight on a warm summer monday when photographer Joe “Kaz”…
Fast-food-worker civil disobedience?
By Will Bunch for the Daily News IN THE SPIRIT of a 1970s Burger King commercial, low-paid fast-food workers in…
Wondering what the geographic breakdown is for Philly’s sidewalk parking tickets? Wait no longer.
By Dustin Slaughter Thanks to Randy LoBasso’s successful Right-to-Know request – and Jon Geeting of Plan Philly, who put together a…
These locals are writing fat political checks after Supreme Court tosses limits
By Randy LoBasso (Philly Weekly/PhillyNow) Earlier this year, the Supreme Court tossed aside the campaign finance rule that killed overall…
Five Absolute Must-Sees as Philly Fringe Festival 2014 gets underway
By Stephen H. Segal and Randy LoBasso (Philly Weekly) It’s the life-sustaining heart of the year for those who live…
The Philly Declaration 