Lauren Mayk

2 weeks ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Hayden Mitman |Lauren Mayk

In a moment that might have been tense, except for the surrounding circumstances, Philadelphia City Council President Kenyatta Johnson pulled out a gun in City Hall on Tuesday. However, the gun was fake. Though, with it, Johnson said he wanted to prove a point. "In Point Breeze, South Philadelphia, about two weeks ago, we had an officer related shooting with a young man who had a phony gun," he told NBC10's Lauren Mayk.

3 weeks ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Lauren Mayk |Neil Fischer |Cherise Lynch

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that trade with the United States. Trump says the move will revive the American dream, give a boost to United States manufacturing, and lower prices for consumers.

3 weeks ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Lauren Mayk

The School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington said the district faces potentially falling off a financial cliff without increased funding. Watlington presented the district's budget to the school board on Thursday, March 27, 2025. He said the district is spending more money than it's getting from the state, and the COVID relief money it's gotten in the last few years is going away. Philadelphia is the only school district in Pennsylvania that cannot raise its own revenue.

1 month ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Lauren Mayk

Amid cuts to the federal workforce, Philadelphia city officials are hosting an event this week in an effort to connect with -- and hire -- former federal workers. The city is billing the event, scheduled for Thursday in Center City, as a networking event. "Our goal is really to foster meaningful connections," the city's Chief Human Resources Officer Candi Jones said in an interview. Philadelphia is, though, also looking to hire for positions now, and ones that might be available later.

1 month ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Lauren Mayk

Between the Presidential election and the inauguration, former ambassador to Canada David Cohen says the biggest question he got asked during that period was about tariffs. "The biggest question was whether I really thought that Donald Trump would implement a 25% across the board tariff," Cohen said in an interview with NBC10's Battleground Politics with Lauren Mayk. A 25% tariff on goods from Canada went into effect on Tuesday under the Trump administration.