Plus: Jason Kelce adds to the confusion on data centers, and the city’s most recent property valuations set off a firestorm of consternation.

Plus: Challengers line up to take on Councilmember Jeffery “Jay” Young Jr., and SEPTA police officers get ready for their close-up.

Before joining The Inquirer, I worked at the Philadelphia City Commissioners investigating voting irregularities. Mistakes happen — but they’re usually found and fixed, despite the president’s claims.

Plus: The mayor loses two key staffers, smoking on SEPTA is ubiquitous, and the Sixers welcome the King.

Plus: The mayor loses two key staffers, smoking on SEPTA is ubiquitous, and the Sixers welcome the King.

Plus: The mayor loses two key staffers, smoking on SEPTA is ubiquitous, and the Sixers welcome the King.

Even as cities try to heal the damage of the interstate era, we are also continuing to expand our urban highways, continuing to turn parks and neighborhoods into new lanes and new off-ramps. So why is...

Plus: Self-driving cars come to Philly, and the city shines as a host during America’s 250th birthday year.

Most Pennsylvania transit systems aren’t in the state's two biggest cities. This is how the state budget touches them.

Kansas City, the smallest World Cup host city, is preparing for residents to be outnumbered by visitors this June. Efforts to actually get fans to the stadium outside the city meant existing public tr...

Track building code reform progress across North America with our interactive map and list views.

Plus: Parents push to ditch digital and go cursive, and City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier's change of heart on councilmanic prerogative.

The NYPD will double the number of officers on foot posts this summer — evidence that the NYPD is starting to see the benefit of cops on the beat and not just driving around.

While some may look to New York, Charm City has much more in common with Philadelphia than the Big Apple.

Officials advanced a plan centered on a private golf course, shifting density away from neighborhoods after earlier proposals failed at the ballot box.

A trio of Center City sidewalk sweepers, on the trash beat for 35 years, received a tribute last week.

Plus: A year without a commerce director, the school board president feels the heat from Council, and Dean Adler speaks his mind.

Encouraging new housing, retail, and job opportunities close to existing stations and routes offers a much larger community benefit than building yet another parking garage.

Under Lazer, the Philadelphia Parking Authority went from a patronage den to a civic asset.

Public participation remains essential, and policymakers can take steps to ensure engagement processes reflect the entire community’s needs without increasin…

The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

Plus: Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. says the quiet part out loud as he faces an election challenge.

The parking garage was under construction at 30th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue across the street from the Grays Ferry Shopping Center.