Pat Loeb

1 week ago | audacy.com | Pat Loeb

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - City Council members expressed concern Tuesday over a proposal in Mayor Cherelle Parker's budget plan that would require small businesses to pay taxes from which they were previously exempt. During a Commerce Department budget hearing, council members questioned Parker's plan to eliminate a tax exemption on the first $100,000 of business income, a move that had previously allowed many small businesses to avoid filing at all.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Pat Loeb

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - The Philadelphia Housing Authority unveiled an eight-year, $6.8 billion plan Monday to renovate its 13,000 rental units and acquire 7,000 new ones. "The project that we are undertaking, we are calling the ' ' initiative, which is to preserve and expand the supply of affordable housing across the city," said PHA President and CEO Kelvin Jeremiah. The project was quietly launched more than a year ago, he said, when PHA began acquiring property from private developers.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Pat Loeb

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - A Philadelphia City Council member is looking to beef up protections for renters with a package of bills introduced at last week's council meeting. Philadelphia law already requires landlords to maintain their property to meet basic health and safety standards and to make repairs in a reasonable time frame, but councilmember Nic O'Rourke says the law is full of holes.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Pat Loeb

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - A second case of measles has been reported in Philadelphia. Like the first, it's not related to the outbreak that started in Texas, but health officials have issued an alert about potential exposure. The patient first sought treatment at Pennsylvania Hospital (800 Spruce St.) on Sunday, April 6.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Pat Loeb

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker is reconsidering her decision to end a program that provides free SEPTA passes to low-income Philadelphians. Managing Director Adam Thiel began his budget testimony before City Council Wednesday by announcing that the mayor is in discussions with SEPTA to extend the Zero Fare pilot program, which has provided SEPTA Key cards to 24,000 low income residents.