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Mayor Cherelle Parker is introducing her 2026 budget for the city of Philadelphia in a City Council session Thursday.

At this time last year, Vision Zero advocates weren't thrilled with Mayor Cherelle Parker. While she made a long-term commitment to the traffic safety program, she also cut funding from it in her ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker's newest budget for the city of Philadelphia cuts some taxes, expands programs in the School District of Philadelphia and the court system and sets the stage for the U.S ...

The plan includes expanding twice-weekly trash pickup to North Philly, fixing heating and air conditioning in libraries and adding planters to commercial corridors.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, for the second time in her career as the city's 100th mayor -- as well as being the first woman and Black woman to hold the job -- addressed City Council with a ...

Philadelphia's real estate community will see both bright spots and potentially costly changes in Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed fiscal 2026 budget. Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed fiscal 2026 ...