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City Hall: Student Debt Tax-Refund Bill Held In Committee

October 15, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

The Oct. 8, 2019 Finance Committee meeting of Philadelphia City Council was punctuated by lively debate regarding Councilman David Oh’s student debt tax credit bill. Because the bill was not advanced by committee, it will

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City Hall: Special Committee on Poverty Meets, Sets Goals

October 15, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

The Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention’s inaugural meeting set significant goals for poverty reduction. The committee was established in response to the Narrowing the Gap report, which was released last

Center City

City Hall: City Council Week In Review for Oct. 7 – Oct. 11, 2019

October 15, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

Philadelphia City Council and its subcommittees approved and passed several pieces of legislation during the week of Oct. 7, 2019. It also held the inaugural meeting of the Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention.

Center City

City Hall: Council Highlights for Oct. 10, 2019

October 15, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

Philadelphia City Council proposed and passed several pieces of legislation at its general meeting Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Councilmember Cherelle Parker introduced two resolutions: one calling for a fair contract for commercial office cleaners and

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City Hall: Council Committee Approves Changes To Land Disposition Process

October 8, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

The Committee on Public Policy and Public Works of Philadelphia City Council recently approved bill 190606, which would streamline the process by which city owned vacant property is sold in the city. Currently, the process

Center City

City Hall: Environmental Committee Approves Three Bills

October 7, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

The Environmental Committee of Philadelphia City Council approved three bills on Oct. 2, 2019, that will be heard at the next general meeting of council. The bills concern environmental maintenance of large buildings, phasing out

City Hall

City Hall: Council Meeting Highlights for Oct. 3, 2019

October 7, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

Philadelphia City Council held its general meeting Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at which several resolutions were introduced. Councilmember Cherelle Parker introduced a resolution calling for a hearing to explore eliminating fines at the Free Library

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City Hall: Council Week In Review for Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2019

October 7, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

Three committees of City Council approved legislation that will be heard at future general council sessions. Streets Services Committee The Streets Services Committee approved 19 bills to be heard at the next general session of

Center City

Chinatown: Protestors Demonstrate Outside ICE Office, Inside Bus Station

October 4, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

Members of the Philadelphia Workers Solidarity Network protested outside the Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency office at 114 N. Eighth St on Saturday, Sept. 14, . The target of the protest was not just the

Center City

City Hall: Council Committee Approves Anti-Discrimination, Transparency Bills

September 30, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

The Committee on Law and Goverernment approved three anti-discrimination measures and another aimed at creating a system to report the city’s settlements of civil actions on Sept. 25, 2019.  The bills, introduced by Councilmember Helen

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