Councilman Bill Green introduced a bill in City Council today that would require all city websites and web applications to be compatible with various Internet browsers. Currently, some functions on the city’s website are accessible only using Internet Explorer —…

[ law and order ] Last Thursday, the hallowed chamber of Philadelphia’s City Council was visited by an unusual demographic: skateboarders. They were there to present testimony against new regulations, proposed by At-Large Councilman David Oh, that would have expanded…

With about as little fanfare as when it began, the Great Philadelphia Public Defender Boycott of 2012 is about to end. The rebellion began in June, when the Defender Association of Philadelphia, an independent nonprofit that holds a contract with…

The entrance to Prevention Point, the only government-sanctioned syringe-exchange operation in the Philadelphia region, doesn’t look like much from the street: It’s a drab gray door down a set of steps from a drab alleyway, around the corner of a…

Less than a year after it was defeated by residents, the controversial Callowhill Neighborhood Improvement District appears to be rearing its head again — and this time with a new sales team. It was last April that then-1st District Councilman…

It’s been three years since an empire of shoddy rowhomes came crashing down around Philadelphia slumlord Robert N. Coyle Sr. — a man accused of cheating tenants, blighting blocks, defrauding banks and leaving whole neighborhoods to deal with the fallout…

This weekend, Philly newspapers addressed a question that’s become unavoidable: Has Mayor Michael Nutter become a lame duck? The question follows the mayor’s failed attempt to convince City Council to pass the Actual Value Initiative. The legislative body didn’t reject…

[ up … stuff creek ] For years, it had beckoned: The tiny island, sitting smack dab in the middle of the Schuylkill River — just daring this reporter to get there. What was it? More importantly, what was on…

Neal Santos Pastor Bill Golderer envisions a total overhaul of the city’s homeless-service strategy. Last week — more than two months after Mayor Michael Nutter called a hasty press conference to announce a ban on giving away free meals in…