News Zeroed Out A new fiscal plan promises a 20 percent reduction in federal and state funding for things like homelessness prevention, basic housing repair, utility assistance, community development, rental assistance and rapid rehousing. email print font size options  …

Michael and Matt Pestronk, the owners of the development company Post Brothers, have been squaring off against Philly’s powerful unions for the past several months — and things have escalated to the point that they sought and received a temporary…

At first, Tyrone Beverly’s walking tour of Towne Gardens doesn’t look like much. The leafy 253-home development in Southwest Philadelphia’s Eastwick neighborhood feels like a slice of modest suburban living tucked between Darby Creek and the airport. But Beverly isn’t…

Krauss is part of a nationwide movement promoting the idea of state-run banks, modeled on the Bank of North Dakota, and he’s lobbying for one in Pennsylvania. The Public Banking Institute, an advocacy group, holds its conference in Philly April…

Last year, the killing of Fishtown resident Shane Kelly galvanized hundreds of neighbors to show up for a candlelight vigil. A new community effort, River Wards Crime Watch is designed to turn that outrage into a protective force for the community. …

Fareeda Mabry, a 185th-district challenger to Rep. Maria Donatucci, won’t be on April’s primary ballot because her attorney stipulated to the court that she hadn’t gathered enough signatures. Now, she’s issued a rambling, somewhat confusing statement on the matter —…

Even Mitch Cohen, owner of Cohen & Co. hardware store, sounded like he couldn’t believe he was saying it when he told CP a couple weeks ago that he’d come around to the idea — proposed by the South Street…

Natural gas companies drilling in Pennsylvania’s stretch of the Marcellus Shale have become major media spenders, investing in billboards, newspaper advertisements and even financing a highly promoted a local hospital expansion, to the point where some local citizens feel they…

This Wednesday, Pennsylvania’s Legislative Reapportionment Commission will meet in an effort to sort out what has become the state’s messiest redistricting battle to date. Former Philly City Councilman Angel Ortiz, along with bus-loads of Latino voters from Philly, Allentown and…