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Mayor Cherelle Parker fills 10 key roles, including officials who will oversee DEI, immigrant affairs and behavioral health
Some of the positions have been vacant for as little as one week — such as the city’s chief diversity, equity and inclusion ...
Why Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration fired its top DEI and LGBTQ affairs officials due to a ‘semi-nude’ photo neither sent
The story of how two top Philadelphia city officials ended up being fired less than a year after they joined Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration started with a “semi-nude” photograph neither of ...
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Pennsylvania legislators propose bill to prohibit law enforcement from using masks to hide their identities
A recent raid in Montgomery County prompted legislation similar to bills proposed in other states. ICE’s acting director has defended the practice of wearing masks.
Are Philadelphia’s historic preservation regulations too strict?
Jonathan Hessney moved to Philadelphia in 2021, settling his family in a Washington Square West home that dates to the 1970s.
Safehouse nonprofit can argue that its founders’ religious beliefs give them a right to open a supervised injection site, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Safehouse, the nonprofit aiming to open a supervised drug consumption site in Philadelphia, is legally entitled to argue that it has ...