A Tug-of-War with Michael Nutter Over Campaign Transparency
By Austin Nolen During the last stretch of Philadelphia’s recent primary, current mayor Michael Nutter spoke at a gathering of…
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Justice Department Releases Long-Awaited Review of Philly Officer-Involved Shootings
By Kenneth Lipp and Dustin Slaughter The Department of Justice’s Community-Oriented Police Services (COPS) Office released its highly-anticipated review of…
Daily Dec Roundup – March 10th, 2015
Here’s why Michael Nutter wants $5 million for a new prison site Holly Otterbein, Philly Mag – It would replace…
Holder’s Hand-Picked “Building Communities of Trust” Philly Roundtable Lacked Key Stakeholders
By Dustin Slaughter and Kenneth Lipp Attorney General Eric Holder visited Philadelphia Thursday as part of a national “Building Communities…
Enough with the #PhillyShrug: These Mummers Cannot be Reformed
Declaration Editorial Yesterday found Broad Street, from City Hall southward, swollen with brightly colored walking epithets who marched through the…
Mayor’s Task Force Releases Report: “The Time to Re-Examine the Issue of Paid Sick Leave is Now.”
By Dustin Slaughter Mayor Michael Nutter’s Paid Sick Leave Task Force, first convened in May of this year, today released…
Philly Responds to Ferguson Decision, Day 1
By Austin Nolen For several hours on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, a group of several hundred protesters –…
Terry Gillen: “There Is a Bully Pulpit Aspect to Being the Mayor.”
By Dustin Slaughter Mayoral candidate Terry Gillen met with a group of left-of-center Democrats Wednesday night within the graffiti-scrawled walls…
What Philly’s Mayor Won’t Tell You About the Law to Decriminalize Marijuana
By Christopher “Flood the Drummer®” Norris (PhillyinFocus) 10.1.14: Philadelphia – (Politics): Mayor Michael A. Nutter today sounded like Mr. Hackey…
Weed is “Decriminalized” in Philly. Officially. Really this time.
By Kenneth Lipp WELL, NOT YET. The bill that Michael Nutter signed today in the Mayor’s Reception Room will decriminalize…
The Philly Declaration 