The phenomenon of politicians using debt to finance signature initiatives or tackle societal challenges through “social bonds ...

While the city ranks in the top quarter of the state in salaries, educators in Bucks and Montgomery counties make a lot more.

Businesses have already reaped windfalls from sweeping federal and state tax cuts. It’s time for Philadelphia to try a ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker recently released her annual budget proposal and ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker had planned to cut funding for both transit subsidies, but now says she's working on keeping them.

Members of Philadelphia's Building Trades returned to the basketball courts for their 38th Annual All Star Labor Classic.

More than a dozen people were shot and two died in a series of violent incidents in Philadelphia this past weekend.

The School District of Philadelphia is launching a pilot program with AI-backed cameras on 20 buses to capture license plate numbers of cars illegally passing when the stop arm is out to enhance ...

The city’s upcoming budget doesn’t include the Zero Fare program, which offers free SEPTA fare to more than 24,000 residents.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's proposed budget would slash a benefit that provides free SEPTA passes to city employees, a perk that the administration has promoted as a help in ...