Philadelphia City Council calls for state to take action on Flock, license plate readers
Philadelphia City Council is calling on Pennsylvania to ban or regulate automatic license plate readers like Flock cameras.
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Philadelphia City Council is calling on Pennsylvania to ban or regulate automatic license plate readers like Flock cameras.
Philadelphia City Council on Thursday called on Pennsylvania lawmakers to regulate the use of Flock cameras and other automatic license plate readers amid growing concerns about privacy.
Philadelphia City Hall was evacuated Thursday because of a suspicious package.
Philadelphia City Council voted to ban carriage horse businesses.
During a City Council meeting, LGBTQ+ activists and councilmembers raised concerns about police conduct in the Gayborhood.
More than 300 school-based positions in the School District of Philadelphia are being preserved after the city committed $48 million to the district.
Earlier in the week, sources said the taxes did not have the nine votes needed to pass city council.
Philadelphia's proposed taxes on ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, hotels and short-term rentals like Airbnb, were killed from Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed budget Thursday.
Philadelphia City Council has given preliminary approval to a $7.1 billion budget but declined to approve Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed new taxes, including a controversial tax on ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft.
Philadelphia City Council is expected to pass a preliminary budget without most of the new taxes that Mayor Cherelle Parker has been pushing for, including those on ride-hailing services and rental services like Airbnb. Dan Snyder reports.
Budget talks at Philadelphia's City Hall are coming down to the wire as members of City Council and the mayor's office continue to negotiate.
Principals from six Philadelphia schools are urging City Council to approve Mayor Cherelle Parker's $1-per-ride tax on Uber and Lyft trips, arguing it would help close the School District of Philadelphia's $300 million budget deficit.
Waymo was invited to Tuesday's Philadelphia City Council hearing, but no one from the company showed up. Instead, the company provided a written statement.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed six bills that restrict immigration enforcement in the city into law.
Mayor Cherelle Parker signed six of seven bills passed by Philadelphia City Council to limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bill she did not sign, which prohibits law enforcement from covering their faces, also became law.
Philadelphia's City Council is going after the Board of Education following last week's controversial facilities plan. Specifically, how board members get their seats.
Wednesday's hearing on the proposed $7 billion Philadelphia budget will be the last before council enters the final stages of the process. A new budget must be approved before the new fiscal year begins July 1.
Protesters sent a loud message Thursday afternoon to the Philadelphia Board of Education members who are set to vote on a plan that would close 17 schools.
Some Philadelphia leaders and city council members are pushing back on a controversial school district facilities plan that would close 17 schools, pledging to shut down Thursday's vote and even introduce legislation to more closely track the district's finances.
Philadelphia City Council passed a bill package that will limit how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates in the city.
Philadelphia's Board of Education has postponed a vote on a controversial plan that would close 17 public schools.
The seven "ICE Out" bills were read in front of a boisterous crowd in the city council chamber on Thursday, who held up signs and chanted as each was approved. Nikki DeMentri reports.
Parker argued that the ride-share tax is necessary and that the School District of Philadelphia is facing a $300 million deficit.
At Julia de Burgos Elementary School, Philadelphia residents weighed in on the proposed ride-hailing tax in Mayor Cherelle Parker's budget.
Philadelphia is considering reshaping how the city disposes of its trash to address health concerns from a neighboring community.
