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Philly City Council has approved a $6.8 billion budget for the next year. Here’s what that means for residents, workers, and businesses.
After making several relatively minor amendments, Philadelphia City Council on Thursday largely approved Mayor Cherelle L.
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New Philadelphia budget ‘sets up our schools for major cuts’ as deficits loom, councilmember says
Education advocates and some city councilmembers say the city could have provided more funding to the school district, which is struggling financially.
Philadelphia Transit Braces for Sweeping Service Cuts
Philadelphia commuters are set to lose dozens of bus routes, rail stations and five rail lines starting August 24, after the ...
Planned Parenthood’s Philly chapter criticizes city budget for not backfilling federal cuts: ‘It felt like a gut punch’
The Trump Administration froze Title X funds to Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania. The organization was hoping ...
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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker pitches her $6.7 billion budget plan as Trump’s ‘grave’ threat to cut aid to cities looms
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 ...
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Philadelphia City Council is poised to pass a new budget tackling public safety. Here’s what’s in it
Philadelphia City Council will vote Thursday on a fiscal year 2024 budget that could funnel dollars into neighborhood cleanup, mental health services, policing and other initiatives that leaders hope ...
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Philly mayor unveils budget plan for 2026 – NBC10 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has unveiled a $6.7 billion budget plan for the upcoming year in front of City Council on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
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Viewpoint: Philadelphia's current mayor has a full year — and an important budget — remaining - Philadelphia Business Journal
While attention is understandably diverted to the mayor’s race, the current administration's final budgets are an opportunity for substantial investments that will lead to growth in Philadelphia ...
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Philadelphia mayor's new budget includes big boost to traffic safety, bike lane protection - CBS Philadelphia
Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed budget, released Thursday, included a major victory for Philadelphia street safety advocates. Parker set aside $5 million for Vision Zero, Philadelphia's long-term ...
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Philadelphia spent $4 million more on overtime pay in 2023 than the year before — but remained under budget - MSN
The $262 million the city spent on overtime is $4 million more than last year — but it’s $8 million less than what was in the budget. The state agency that oversees Philadelphia’s budget ...
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Philadelphia’s Democratic Party government votes unanimously for massive increase in city police budget
Philadelphia police restrain a man during the Justice for George Floyd Philadelphia Protest, May 30, 2020. [AP Photo/Matt Rourke] The funding increase is part of a larger $5.8 billion city budget ...
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Philadelphia City Council is poised to pass a new budget tackling public safety. Here’s what’s in it
Philadelphia City Council will vote Thursday on a fiscal year 2024 budget that could funnel dollars into neighborhood cleanup, mental health services, policing and other initiatives that leaders ...