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Here’s how Mayor Parker plans to spend $800 million on housing
"We have a housing crisis," Parker's chief of staff says. The administration has set seven priorities to try to solve it.
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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to deliver Alvernia University 2025 Commencement Address
First woman elected mayor of Philadelphia to inspire graduates with message of public service and leadership. Alvernia ...
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Mayor Parker's proposed raise for Philly teachers won't do much to close the pay gap with suburban school districts
While the city ranks in the top quarter of the state in salaries, educators in Bucks and Montgomery counties make a lot more.
Mayor Cherelle Parker’s housing plan relies on $800 million in bonds. Here’s what you need to know about Philly’s city debt.
The phenomenon of politicians using debt to finance signature initiatives or tackle societal challenges through “social bonds ...
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Philadelphia commerce director Alba Martinez stepping down
Philadelphia's commerce chief Alba Martinez is stepping down from her post effective May 1 to produce an original musical, Mayor Cherelle Parker's ... Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and also ...
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Programs offering free SEPTA rides to city workers, low-income residents on track for extensions
Mayor Cherelle Parker had planned to cut funding for both transit subsidies, but now says she's working on keeping them.
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Series of shootings over warm weekend results in 13 victims and two deaths
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Mayor Cherelle Parker said 13 people were ... work even harder to keep violence down ...
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Philadelphia Could Lose Free Transit Program
The city’s upcoming budget doesn’t include the Zero Fare program, which offers free SEPTA fare to more than 24,000 residents.