Jake Blumgart

2 days ago | inquirer.com | Sean Walsh |Jake Blumgart

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and City Council President Kenyatta Johnson negotiated into the early morning hours Thursday without reaching a deal on the next city budget and the administration’s high-profile housing plan. The impasse has forced Council to employ procedural tricks to stay on track to pass the budget by June 12, lawmakers’ last session before their summer recess and the start of the next fiscal year on July 1.

2 days ago | inquirer.com | Jake Blumgart |Sean Walsh

City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas on Wednesday said he “fundamentally disagree[s]” with Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s plan for the city to issue $800 million in bonds to support her signature housing plan, the first instance of a Philadelphia lawmaker publicly opposing the plan. “I just want to put on the record that I’m adamantly against $800 million,” Thomas said at a Finance Committee meeting as Council finagled final details of the city budget.

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Sean Walsh |Jake Blumgart |Fallon Roth

Philadelphia City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a bill by Councilmember Jamie Gauthier that will allow food trucks to park overnight near Drexel University, ending a saga that saw the street vendors clash with the school. Trucks have already been parking overnight in the area in question, but Drexel sought to crack down by enforcing a ban on them staying put.

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Sean Walsh |Jake Blumgart

Philadelphia City Council on Thursday introduced legislation to approve Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s plan to issue $800 million in city bonds for her signature housing initiative — but not before adding an “oversight provision” giving lawmakers an increased role in how the money is spent. Council is scheduled to adjourn for the summer on June 12, making Thursday’s meeting the last time new legislation could be introduced and passed before lawmakers reconvene in September.

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy |Jake Blumgart |Ariana Perez-Castells

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