Parker stands firm on in-person work policy for Philadelphia employees
Mayor Cherelle Parker held a press conference and defended her policy requiring city employees to return to work in person.
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Mayor Cherelle Parker held a press conference and defended her policy requiring city employees to return to work in person.
President Biden spoke at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ in northwest Philadelphia before traveling to Harrisburg Sunday afternoon.
Officials including multiple members of City Council, a local pastor in Kingsessing, Rep. Joanna McClinton and others spoke a day after a mass shooting that killed one person and wounded eight in Philadelphia. Police said an adult was killed and eight other people, some of them teenagers, were hurt in a shooting in Philadelphia on July 4.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker presented the first-ever One Philly Award to Dawn Staley, a Philly native and coach of the University of South Carolina women's basketball team.
A coalition of unions representing thousands of Philadelphia government employees is suing the mayor over her return-to-office policy.
Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the bill in May. Violators will be fined $100.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker will discuss her "Full Day Full Year" initiative Thursday, which would extend school hours and the duration of the school year.
Mayor Cherelle Parker revealed the next phase of her administration's plan to implement year-round schooling in Philadelphia's public schools Thursday, a key element of Parker's election campaign and 100-day action plan.
Philadelphia leaders honored military veterans, and vendors were on hand to provide support.
Parker also signed a law banning bump stocks and one requiring training for eviction officers.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed three bills related to public safety into law, including one that will add speed cameras on Broad Street.
Mayor Cherelle Parker added a new member to her administration Monday evening, appointing Jeffrey W. Thompson as Philadelphia's newest fire commissioner.
Jeffrey Thompson, who was raised in Germantown, first joined the Philadelphia Fire Department as a member of Cadet Class 162 in 1989.
The Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade and Festival, celebrating unity and culture, was led by Mayor Cherelle Parker Sunday down South 52nd Street.
Mayor Cherelle Parker led the Juneteenth parade in West Philadelphia. Neighbors said the celebration represents solidarity, freedom and hope.
Mayor Parker signed her first Philadelphia budget Friday afternoon. The budget is $6.37 billion. She said it focuses on top priorities such as public safety, cleaning and greening and economic opportunity. She thanked the council for its support saying it passed, “without a whole lot of drama.”
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said city schools have been long underfunded. Now, she's calling on the state to do better.
The House plan, which passed 107-94 on Monday evening, was born out of a 2023 ruling by the Commonwealth Court that deemed the state's education funding system to be unconstitutional.
Aside from the highly-publicized open drug use and drug sales that have long plagued the neighborhood, police note it as one of the most violent in the city. Deputy Commissioner Pedro Rosario, who heads the department's Kensington Initiative, said "Consistently this area has been number one in the city of Philadelphia with shooting victims and homicides."
Philadelphia Police Department's newest graduating class of officers will be deployed to the city's Kensington neighborhood.
The owners of a restaurant in the Kensington section of Philadelphia say they need more details about Mayor Cherelle Parker's plan for the area.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's One Philly Budget includes billions for Parker's key priorities: Safety, clean and green initiatives, economic opportunity, housing and education.
Councilmembers said barring any setbacks, they plan to approve the city budget next Thursday at Philadelphia City Hall.
In her budget address earlier in 2024, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker put cleaning and greening the city right up there with public safety as one of her top priorities.
One resident in Philadelphia's Juniata Park section said it was the "first time" she saw city workers collaborating to clear garbage out of her neighborhood.
