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City Hall reporter at @PhillyInquirer. Send tips and jokes to [email protected].

 Philadephia, PA
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popping in after a yearlong twitter hiatus to say i have no idea what this account is but it's misrepresenting our reporting. i recommend you read the inquirer and not unnamed accounts this app. inquirer.com/politics/philad… bye! hope we dont talk again for at least another year!

A pro-Ala Stanford super PAC has pulled its ads from TV in the final stretch of the Philly congre...

Sources said that 314’s move to pull its TV advertising came after the organization commissioned a poll that showed Stanford’s voter support declined precipitously in recent weeks.

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Popstonox
@PopstonoxMay 13
Ala Stanford's AIPAC support has pulled all TV ads the week before the PA-03 election Sources say 314 Action Fund polling shows Stanford is in "a distant second place behind Chris Rabb, after a series of campaign missteps" The PA-03 primary is in 6 days on May 19
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The city’s Kensington Wellness Court has been placed on hold amid judges’ mounting frustration with the city officials tasked with overseeing the program. A judge who presides over the cases called city leaders "fake." inquirer.com/crime/kensingto…

Judge almost shuts down the city’s Kensington wellness court over mounting frustration with Parker...

Wellness court is on pause amid a months-long frustration between the courts and Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's team over how the program was launched. One judge called city leaders "fake."

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Mayor Parker released the details of how she wants to spend $800 million on housing policy over the next four years. Over 75% of the spending would be split between seven programs, most of which already exist: inquirer.com/real-estate/hou…

Here’s how Mayor Parker plans to spend $800 million on housing

"We have a housing crisis," Parker's chief of staff says. The administration has set seven priorities to try to solve it.

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Phillies Tailgate
@PhilsTailgate11 Apr 2025
The Phillies went 4-for-27 (.148) with Runners in Scoring Position and left 29 Runners on Base during the Braves series.
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its a dustup! its a brouhaha! its a good ol fashioned debate about debates inquirer.com/politics/electi…

Philly DA race devolves over debate schedule as incumbent Krasner declines live TV event

Incumbent Larry Krasner is only agreeing to debate on WHYY, but his challenger, Patrick Dugan, wants a live debate on network TV.

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absolutely despise the in game interviews. leave Bryce alone
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ICYMI: My deep dive with @sbcmw into the politics of Mayor Parker's push to get City Council to relinquish a little power over land in their districts: inquirer.com/real-estate/com…

Mayor Parker wants City Council members to give up a little power over land. They don’t love the...

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

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Mayor Parker wants to defund a program that provides free transit passes for low-income people inquirer.com/transportation/…

Mayor Parker wants to defund a program that provides free transit passes for low-income people

By mid-March Zero Fare participants had taken about 6.6 million trips on SEPTA since the program started about 18 months ago.

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Mayor Parker unveiled her big housing policy push, which includes expanding successful existing programs and fixing the land bank, although many details are still lacking. Barriers include councilmanic prerogative and Donald J. Trump: inquirer.com/politics/philad…

Mayor Cherelle Parker unveils housing plan amid Trump’s federal funding cuts and Council skepticism

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

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This story is sad and gobsmacking and revealing and emotional
Ellie Rushing@EllieRushing18 Mar 2025
Before the Young Bag Chasers were a violent gang, they were friends from West Philly chasing music and money. A string of shootings, and the rise of drill music and social media, scrambled their intentions and altered the trajectory of their young lives. inquirer.com/crime/a/young-b…

How a group of kids from West Philly chasing money and fame grew into a violent gang known as YBC

They started as kids from West Philly just trying to make it out. Drill rap, and the pull of fame and money, left nearly a dozen dead, and others in prison for decades.

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Also these types of stories are soo hard to land that most of us reporters would never attempt them. But Ellie nailed it
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Thousands of small businesses currently exempt from Philly’s business tax would have to start paying it under Mayor Parker’s budget proposal. The change was prompted by a lawsuit challenging the tax break. From ⁦@sbcmw⁩: inquirer.com/politics/philad…

Why a popular tax break that helped Philadelphia’s small businesses may be going away

Since 2015, Philadelphia has effectively exempted companies that make less than $100,000 from business in the city from paying the business income and receipts tax.

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Frustrating aside here: Fetterman hasn't granted an Inquirer interview request in over a year. He does plenty of hallway interviews on the Hill and with national (and some Pa.) outlets but not with the state's largest paper.
Nick Field@nick_field9014 Mar 2025
Tim Miller talking about his experience interviewing Sen. John Fetterman and Fetterman's health: "He's struggling. He's, like, really struggling. And I just think coming off of the Biden thing, we should not be hiding the ball on this sort of stuff" youtu.be/pq3WBB-UyPA?si=PEK3…
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Mayor Cherelle Parker will propose cutting taxes and borrowing $800 million for housing in Philly’s next city budget inquirer.com/politics/philad…

Mayor Cherelle Parker will propose cutting taxes and borrowing $800 million for housing in Philly’s...

Parker will deliver her budget address to City Council on Thursday.

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If there were any illusions that the Philly DAs race would start off with friendly dialogue, they were quickly shattered last night at the first public forum. These two candidates will clearly have no problem going at each other inquirer.com/politics/electi…

Philly DA candidates Larry Krasner and Patrick Dugan debated for the first time, and the gloves...

District Attorney Larry Krasner and his Democratic primary challenger, former Judge Patrick Dugan, met in front of an audience for the first time and sparred over their records.

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Mayor Parker asked major eds and meds institutions to help with the city budget, and a couple weeks later one of them mused about moving their HQ out of Philly inquirer.com/politics/philad…

Mayor Cherelle Parker is asking Philly’s ‘eds and meds’ to help fill holes in the city budget,...

Despite being some of the largest employers in the city and most having budgets or endowments in excess of $1 biIlion, Philly’s "eds and meds" are exempt from paying many local taxes.

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Little update here on the Eagles' visit to the White House. A White House official tells me: "We sent the invite and they enthusiastically accepted. We are working with them to determine a date and logistics."
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Philly GOP leaders say they asked "every Republican lawyer with a pulse" to run for DA this year, but no takers. inquirer.com/politics/philad…

No Republican is running for Philadelphia DA this year, party leaders say

GOP party leaders said they asked “every Republican lawyer with a pulse” to run, but they found no takers in a city where registered Democrats vastly outnumber Republicans.

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BREAKING: Judge dismisses N.J. racketeering charges against George Norcross and five codefendants via @AndrewSeidman share.inquirer.com/VAKv8D
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