Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's budget will not include money to continue the experimental Zero Fare program that gives free SEPTA passes to about 25,000 Philadelphia residents ...

The main focuses of the plan are Parker’s housing plan, business tax cuts, and expanding public safety facilities. The budget will go into effect on July 1.

Many city positions are vacant and Parker’s mandate that municipal workers return to the office full time has been unpopular.

The post is likely to put Brown in the spotlight in the coming years due to President Donald Trump’s attacks on communities ...

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suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! During her budget address Thursday, Mayor Cherelle Parker said public safety is her top priority, touting the ...

Ask us a question or send us a story idea you think we should cover. Philadelphia’s double tax system on businesses could be phased out in the coming years if Mayor Cherelle Parker’s budget proposal ...

Kaua‘i Mayor Derek Kawakami delivers 2025 State of County Address KHON2 caught up with him to touch more on key issues and share what’s next in his political future as he nears the end of his ...

PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s second budget address to Philadelphia City Council sounded in many ways like an ordinary mayoral speech, with Parker waxing poetic about heroic first ...

Local and state lawmakers were on hand for Mayor Cherelle Parker’s budget address Thursday in City Council chambers. State Sen. Vincent Hughes, second from left, state Rep. Jordan Harris, third ...

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 ...