Property owners who believe their assessments are inaccurate can file a formal appeal with the Board of Revision of Taxes.

The city projects it will have spent at least $30,000 in translation services in 2024. A "vast amount" are from budget hearings and deliberations on the proposed, but failed, Market East Sixers arena.

Councilmember Kendra Brooks is reviving her proposal to create a so-called "wealth tax" on stocks and bonds for Philadelphia residents.

The halted payments follow comments from a Trump administration official last week that $175 million in federal funding would be paused because Penn allowed a transgender athlete to compete.

The uncertainty over federal funding is likely to loom over this spring’s city budget negotiations, and City Council members questioned whether Parker’s ambitious plans were right for the moment.

Parker will have to proceed gingerly if she is to win over City Council for her $2 billion housing plan.

Parker said the plan, which would include 13,500 newly constructed homes and 16,500 preserved units, needs to be approved by City Council.

The event was not the same types of gloves-off affair that has unfolded at other forums in recent weeks.

The Land Bank convened an unusual Saturday meeting where officials unveiled a one-year memorandum of understanding they said would resolve a long-standing dispute.

The post is likely to put Brown in the spotlight in the coming years due to President Donald Trump’s attacks on communities the office serves.

District Attorney Larry Krasner tried to paint Judge Patrick Dugan as a conservative and a racist. Dugan said Krasner is a liar who resorts to name-calling.

Actually eliminating the U.S. Department of Education — which administers billions of dollars in funding to schools — would require congressional approval, and experts say it’s an unlikely scenario.

Penn is one of many area colleges, both private and public, looking at how to protect itself against attacks and funding cuts as the president goes after higher education on multiple fronts.

Most district City Council members asked to be exempted from Councilmember Jeffery "Jay" Young's controversial bill.

Also this week, City Councilmember Rue Landau introduced another piece of legislation condemning President Donald Trump's administration.