Lauren Mayk

1 month ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Brendan Brightman |Lauren Mayk

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner easily won the Democratic primary in his reelection bid Tuesday night, but it came with the lowest voter turnout Philadelphia has seen in recent years. And that has at least one watchdog worried that voter apathy is settling into the city's electorate. Around 16% of voters in the city participated in Tuesday's election, which is lower than the number of those who participated in the primary elections for district attorney four years ago.

1 month ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Lauren Mayk

On the ornate steps in the rotunda of the state capitol on Tuesday, May 13, transit union members held signs that read “Transit moves us” with a heart for the “o” - and a lot on the line. “People are scared,” said SEPTA employee John Lipscomb, who made the trip to Harrisburg along with colleagues and fellow union members. “They’re afraid, what if we don’t get the funding.

1 month ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Lauren Mayk |Brendan Brightman

The Philadelphia Police Department unveiled its new strategy to tackle car meetups at a press conference on Friday, where officials said they will utilize technology and view incidents as interrelated to one another. Following the illegal car meetups in the city last September -- which the department has dubbed "Project X" -- top Philadelphia police officials began developing a new strategy to deal with the incidents, which can be both disruptive and dangerous.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.