Broad Street Brief

City Hall Parent & Guardian Engagement Task Force Holds Inaugural Meeting Philadelphia’s new Parent and Guardian Engagement Task Force, formed in response to a...

City Hall Property Reassessments to Raise Homeowners’ Tax Bills $330 Though Mayor Cherelle Parker and City Council left the real estate tax rate unchanged...

City Hall City’s For-Profit Eviction System May Shut Down in Coming Weeks Philadelphia’s controversial Landlord-Tenant Office, responsible for most evictions in the city, may...

City Hall City Leaders Gather to Decry Violence in Wake of West Philadelphia Mass Shooting A mass shooting in West Philadelphia claimed the lives of three...

City Hall City Employees Return to Office Full Time Mayor Cherelle Parker’s return-to-office mandate went into effect Monday after Judge Sierra Thomas-Street upheld the policy last...

City Hall From Prosecutor to Chief Public Safety Director Adam Geer — Mayor Cherelle Parker’s inaugural nominee for Chief Public Safety Director, a position...

City Hall Newest City Council Members Discuss First 6 Months in Office Freshman City Council Members Nina Ahmad (At Large), Rue Landau (At Large),...

City Hall Mayor Parker Bans Bump Stocks In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that lifted a federal ban on such items,...

City Hall City Council Passes FY25 Budget, Nonprofit Contracting Bill During its last regular meeting before summer recess, City Council unanimously passed the FY25 City...