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Investigative researcher for the Philadelphia Inquirer

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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
No secret the family that owns Philly Mag is looking to unload the business But it seems investors behind the Philadelphia Citizen have been in talks to buy the storied print magazine for over a year www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...
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The Philadelphia Citizen is in negotiations to buy Philadelphia magazine
Conversations about the future of the storied print magazine have been going on for more than a year.
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Rob Tornoe @robtornoe.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Investors involved with the Philadelphia Citizen are currently in negotiations to purchase Philadelphia magazine, multiple sources confirmed to my colleagues @ryanbriggs.bsky.social and @zoegberg.bsky.social. www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...
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The Philadelphia Citizen is in negotiations to buy Philadelphia magazine
Conversations about the future of the storied print magazine have been going on for more than a year.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Never meet your heroes...or take their investment advice www.inquirer.com/eagles/lifes...
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Eagles stars to speak at Life Surge, a Christian wealth seminar run by founder with fraud allegations
Nick Sirianni and Saquon Barkley are headlining a Christian wealth conference organized by Joe Johnson, whose companies have faced lawsuits and allegations of fraud and deceptive business practices.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Life Surge, a touring Christian investing seminar is coming to the WFC tmrw, with guest speakers like Nick Sirianni and Saquon Barkley But past attendees say the celebrity speakers mask a get rich quick scheme. And its founder has been sued for fraud: www.inquirer.com/eagles/lifes...
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Eagles stars to speak at Life Surge, a Christian wealth seminar run by founder with fraud allegations
Nick Sirianni and Saquon Barkley are headlining a Christian wealth conference organized by Joe Johnson, whose companies have faced lawsuits and allegations of fraud and deceptive business practices.
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David Gambacorta @dgambacorta.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The trails of Wissahickon Valley Park are for hikers, runners, bikers, and horses. …Yet, there it was Monday morning, a Porsche. With some fiber pills inside and a probiotic shake, according to one hiker. The fun read you didn’t know you needed, via @wbender99.bsky.social @ryanbriggs.bsky.social
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The story of how a Porsche ended up on a hiking trail in the middle of Wissahickon Valley Park
On Monday morning, a Porsche Panamera was discovered on a narrow hiking trail alongside the Wissahickon Creek in Northwest Philly. Conspiracy theories emerged, online and on the trail.
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MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
1. This @ryanbriggs.bsky.social story is BONKERS. 2. Rich people really DO think the rules don’t apply to them. 3. Did he answer why he is illegally going through tollbooths without an EZPass transponder? www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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The story of how a Porsche ended up on a hiking trail in the middle of Wissahickon Valley Park
On Monday morning, a Porsche Panamera was discovered on a narrow hiking trail alongside the Wissahickon Creek in Northwest Philly. Conspiracy theories emerged, online and on the trail.
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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
this story is nuts, well done @wbender99.bsky.social and @ryanbriggs.bsky.social
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The story of how a Porsche ended up on a hiking trail in the middle of Wissahickon Valley Park
On Monday morning, a Porsche Panamera was discovered on a narrow hiking trail alongside the Wissahickon Creek in Northwest Philly. Conspiracy theories emerged, online and on the trail.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We’re gonna be hosting labor leader Ryan Boyer at the Pen and Pencil Club for an “Off the Record” Q&A next Wednesday at 7pm This should be a very interesting one and space is limited so register now! penandpencil.org/content.aspx...
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Ryan Boyer - Off the Record - Events - The Pen and Pencil Club
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Helen Ubiñas @notesfromhel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
👏🏼👏🏼 @wbender99.bsky.social & @ryanbriggs.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼 www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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The story of how a Porsche ended up on a hiking trail in the middle of Wissahickon Valley Park
On Monday morning, a Porsche Panamera was discovered on a narrow hiking trail alongside the Wissahickon Creek in Northwest Philly. Conspiracy theories emerged, online and on the trail.
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Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A week long AIPAC-funded sojourn to Israrel. A bipartisan junket to Taiwan. Hot dogs and zoo tickets to hold shindigs for constituents. And, of course, Eagles seats. That's a taste of the $119k in trips & trinkets gifted to top state lawmakers last year. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/05...
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Trips to Israel, Taiwan among gifts accepted by PA lawmakers
Top PA officials accepted $119K in gifts and travel from lobbyists and others seeking to influence government in 2024.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Seems concerning that our governor is addicted to taking rides on a billionaire’s helicopter www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
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Josh Shapiro used billionaire Michael Rubin’s luxury helicopter on $68K in campaign trips last year
Shapiro’s acceptance of in-kind contributions from Rubin has raised questions from good government advocates about the access the uber-wealthy have to him, a premise that his staff rejects.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Embarrassing all around www.inquirer.com/business/bil...
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Convention Center billboard developer says he doesn’t have to pay $15 million in community benefits
Thaddeus Bartkowski says the billboards he’s building don’t fall under a law that would require compensating neighbors like Reading Terminal Market, the Rail Park, and a condo association.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 13/05/2025
Philadelphia politicians want you to know more about their accomplishments. They also want taxpayers to pay for the privilege.
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‘Self-promotion’ or informing the public? Mayor Cherelle Parker and Council use taxpayer money to sell their wins
Philly pols are throwing millions of city dollars at billboards and ads in PR arms race
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Seems pretty unforgivable to let a major educational institution spiral out of control, but it would be especially bad if it was all over one person
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Stephen Stirling @sstirling.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Philly auto owners typically pay way more than their suburban counterparts for insurance, and it's getting worse. @joeyerardi.bsky.social and Joe DiStefano have more: www.inquirer.com/business/aut...
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David Gambacorta @dgambacorta.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
“During Tuesday’s Council hearing, Council President Kenyatta Johnson expressed skepticism at Bilal’s request for a nearly 55% budget increase…given that her office is struggling to fill dozens of jobs already approved in the budget.” 🧐 via @ryanbriggs.bsky.social @wbender99.bsky.social
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Philly Sheriff seeks new headquarters, academy, and $20 million budget boost
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal pitched City Council on a major increase to her staff and $34 million budget, and sought leases for a new office headquarters and a local academy.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
With funding still frozen in Harrisburg, SEPTA is posting double digit ridership gains on regional rail & strong growth on bus lines
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Jake Blumgart @jblumgart.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
An affordable project in North Philly has been delayed for years because its slated for city-owned land, which City Council controls. That's meant an extensive public engagement campaign that shrunk the size of the project, which still isn't fully approved www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
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How many meetings does it take in Philadelphia to build 57 affordable homes? A lot.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority and developer Pennrose have been trying to get project approval since 2019. The cost has risen, and federal funding could be at risk.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 01/05/2025
The company set up and started the mine in Elk County. After a little more than two years, the company has packed up and left, abandoning the wells and associated crypto infrastructure in violation of state law, according to state regulators. From @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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Fracking-powered crypto mine in Pennsylvania shuts down without word to regulators • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Fracking-powered crypto mine in Pennsylvania shuts down without word to regulators
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Another example of the glorious cost savings from public-private partnerships www.inquirer.com/crime/amtrak...
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How the restoration of Philly’s historic 30th St. Station became a corruption bonanza
Contractors lavished an Amtrak manager with $150,000 in cash bribes, luxury cars, vacations, and a pure-bred German shepherd puppy. In exchange, he approved millions of dollars in extra work.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 25/04/2025
For the third year in a row, Philadelphians await the commonwealth’s budget with bated breath. Opinion writer Daniel Pearson asks: Will SEPTA get the funding it desperately needs? Or is it three strikes and we’re out half of our Regional Rail network? 🔗 www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A suburban lawyer was disciplined by the courts for bailing on a client & was pursued by the IRS over hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax debt But he moved to Philly last year and did some favors for ward leaders Now, Bob Brady wants to make him a judge: www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
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The Pa. Supreme Court reprimanded him as a lawyer. Philly Democrats want to make him a judge anyway.
Judicial candidates like Shawn Page who win the party’s endorsement almost always triumph in the primary.
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Aubrey Whelan @aubreywhelan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Amputations among people addicted to opioids have doubled in five years in Philadelphia. To learn why, @maxmmarin.bsky.social, @dylancpurcell.bsky.social and I spent more than six months digging into medical data and interviewing doctors and patients: www.inquirer.com/health/a/tra...
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Amputations are soaring as a tranq crisis takes hold in the Philly region
To amputate or save a limb? Philly’s tranq crisis is forcing doctors to make difficult choices amid a slow public health response to the latest threat in the drug epidemic.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 21/04/2025
“MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy,” a six-part podcast The Inquirer is cohosting with @tulogancenter.bsky.social, is based on interviews with MOVE members, neighbors, and journalists who covered the bombing and fire that city officials let burn until they could not control it. (1/3)
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 17/04/2025
Mack Trucks will lay off between 250 and 350 workers at its Lehigh Valley Operations center outside Allentown over the next three months, due to economic uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs, a company spokesperson said Thursday.
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Mack Trucks announces layoffs at Lehigh Valley plant, blames tariffs • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Union leaders announced the company had confirmed layoffs Thursday afternoon. The plant in Macungie employs around 1,200 workers.
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Jaxon White @jaxonwhite.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Lancaster County’s incoming Democratic state Sen. James Malone backs bill to restrict trans women and girl athletes lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
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Lancaster County’s incoming Democratic state Sen. James Malone backs bill to restrict trans women and girl athletes
Lancaster County’s first Democratic state senator in more than a century said Thursday that he plans to support legislation that would restrict transgender women and girls who want to participate
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
More evidence that nothing is more offensive to City Council members than someone challenging their authority over land use This building has been needlessly rotting in middle of Germantown for nearly a decade based on the whim of a councilmember www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
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Fate of Germantown YWCA remains in limbo as developer’s appeal for control of the building fails
A failed bid to claim a long-vacant city property leaves the building's future in doubt.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Philly’s overall sanitation plan is still pretty uneven, but I will say that under Parker my street started getting regular sweeping, twice weekly trash pickup & crews cleaned out alleys on both sides of our block www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Philly has 16,000 alleys. Keeping them clean and clear is a big job.
Thousands of Philly’s alleys are plagued by trash, overgrown trees, roots, and even illegal gates. These workers get them clean.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
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How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
RIP! www.inquirer.com/phillies/mcc...
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Even the Phillies reached out when the founder of McCusker’s Tavern died on opening day: ‘He became South Philly’s father’
John McCusker wasn't just the founder of McCusker's Tavern. He was an avid Phillies fan, "South Philly's father," and "the sweet man that used to say hello to me everyday."
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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
During Passover.
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Jake Blumgart @jblumgart.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
! www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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A Philly Mag writer filed a libel lawsuit after Facebook comments over drag performances
Victor Fiorillo, a senior reporter for Philadelphia Magazine, filed the defamation lawsuit after a Delco man called him a pedophile on Facebook.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Reporting from my camping trip that Jim Thorpe, Pa. turned out for the anti-Trump/Musk Hands Off protests
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"An Inquirer reporter who visited Nobles’ home on Osage Avenue was greeted at the front door by a middle-aged man with a barking (but friendly) dog that appeared to be a beige poodle." www.inquirer.com/news/sheriff...
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Deputy Sheriff ‘Jane Doe’ reported stolen SUV in crash involving mystery poodle
In another twist, a police report said the city-leased vehicle was reported stolen by an unnamed woman – who may be top deputy. Sheriff Rochelle Bilal and police have both launched internal probes.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I think the worse part is the guy thought bot IG accounts were real women DM'ing him www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
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Philly Councilmember Jimmy Harrity interacted with racy social media accounts for months
Harrity acknowledged he operated the Threads account that sent replies to accounts posting photos of scantily clad women.
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Lauren Vidas @broadandmarket.gobirds.online · 01/04/2025
My favorite part about this article is that it makes it sound like the poodle was an accomplice, somehow also also complicit in the hit and run.
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Helen Ubiñas @notesfromhel.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
All-points bulletin, y’all:
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two dogs are sitting on a couch and one has a blue collar on
ALT: two dogs are sitting on a couch and one has a blue collar on
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Someone stole an SUV assigned to a Philly Sheriff’s employee and crashed it. The department didn’t report the crash to the city until they came back five months later to get a fresh SUV. It’s still unclear how someone stole the vehicle in the first place www.inquirer.com/news/sheriff...
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An SUV assigned to the Philly Sheriff’s Office ran a red light and caused a four-car accident. Then, the case disappeared.
The driver was not a deputy — it was a young man in a tank top, holding what appeared to be a poodle. Police and Sheriff Rochelle Bilal say they're now investigating what happened.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I recall people sneering at the mere suggestion that price gouging could be driving eggflation giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Steep fall in price of eggs prompts questions for US producers
Consumer groups and economists accuse agricultural companies of keeping prices artificially high
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 28/03/2025
"I have to laugh, but I also feel like I’m gonna cry, because this is so bonkers," said Bartram’s Garden executive director. The grant supported tree planting, high school interns and home gardens.
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Bartram’s Garden loses $500,000 EPA grant due to federal cuts
"I have to laugh, but I also feel like I’m gonna cry, because this is so bonkers," said Bartram’s Garden executive director. The grant supported tree planting, high school interns and home gardens.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 21/03/2025
Tire dumping has plagued Philly for years — but the scale of this dump is shocking to people familiar with dumping. Estimates of the number of tires run to 4,000. inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 22/03/2025
If you’ve ever paused to listen during the midday organ performance, visited the Christmas light show, or told someone “Meet me at the eagle,” this one is for you. 🔗 inquirer.com/columnists/m...
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
NEW: Philly's fiscal oversight board just passed a resolution recommending the Mayor and City Council abolish the Sheriff's Office and Register of Wills Describes years of mismanagement, patronage; says their functions can be folded into the court system: www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
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Philly’s financial watchdog calls for abolition of Sheriff’s Office and Register of Wills
The non-binding resolution from Philly’s fiscal watchdog recommends merging the city’s elected sheriff office into the court system, following decades of scandal and dysfunction
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 13/03/2025
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker is expected to deliver her second budget address Thursday morning to Philadelphia City Council. We'll have live updates all day. Follow along 👇
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Mayor Parker to present $6.7 billion city budget proposal including tax cuts, housing, and funding drug addiction recovery center
Parker's speech before Philadelphia City Council kicks off negotiations over the city budget, which takes effect July 1.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We’re so back www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Philly added about 10,500 residents in 2024, starting to reverse pandemic decline
Between July 2023 and July 2024, Philly's population grew 0.7%, putting the city’s estimated population at 1,573,916 residents, according to the latest census estimates.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
NEW: Philly Sheriff Rochelle Bilal hit with SECOND court order over courthouse security lapses She has 30 days to come up with a plan to add dozens more deputies to court buildings. Abrupt shutdown of the probation office last week was a final straw: www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...
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Sheriff Rochelle Bilal hit with second court order over deputy shortage. She blames the judges.
Judges again ordered Bilal to provide a plan to fix a deputy shortage, saying her "failure to address" the ongoing security crisis has led to "direct harm" to court operations.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
NEW: Philly Sheriff Rochelle Bilal hit with SECOND court order over courthouse security lapses She has 30 days to come up with a plan to add dozens more deputies to court buildings. Abrupt shutdown of the probation office last week was a final straw: www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...
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Sheriff Rochelle Bilal hit with second court order over deputy shortage. She blames the judges.
Judges again ordered Bilal to provide a plan to fix a deputy shortage, saying her "failure to address" the ongoing security crisis has led to "direct harm" to court operations.
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Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
folks, it's good www.inquirer.com/food/restaur...
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At Supérette, the South of France meets the South of Philly with a cafe, bottle shop, wine, and groceries
Chloe Grigri and Vincent Stipo, the couple behind such French-inspired spots as the Good King Tavern, have come to South Philadelphia with a shop that combines dine-in, bar, and grocery store.
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Dylan Purcell @dylancpurcell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In case you missed it, @ryanbriggs.bsky.social and I were stunned to learn that the voice recorder in the crashed Philly jet was a dud. A setback for NTSB investigators and all involved in finding the cause. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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The voice recorder on the jet that crashed in N.E. Philly likely hadn’t worked for several years, federal investigators say
The preliminary report leaves open several unanswered questions about the condition of the medical transport jet that killed all six people aboard and one person on the ground
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