CP hasn’t met Ed McBride, but doesn’t doubt that he is an amiable guy, not to mention a savvy one. That said, it’s probably not just his friendly nature that led every member of City Council to co-sponsor a resolution…

For Clara Jerez, Sunday mornings mean mass at La Milagrosa, a chapel at 1903 Spring Garden St. that has, for decades, been a touchstone for Philly’s Latino Catholic community and was home to Philly’s first Spanish-language Mass. But last Sunday,…

When the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) ran an ad reading, “Dear Walking This Way, I like the way you move it move it. With love, Philadelphia, XOXO” last year, Rochelle Keyhan of the anti-street-harassment organization HollabackPhilly was frustrated.…

At age 56, Kathy Padilla is 16 years late for her first mammogram. As a transwoman on a hormone regimen, she believes she may be at high risk for breast cancer. On the other hand, her father died of prostate…

Ever since new property value assessments went out as part of the Actual Value Initiative (AVI) in February, there have been lots of questions. And, there have been far fewer answers. So, City Council convened its own analysts and hired…

Over the past month or so, City Council members and civic leaders have been criss-crossing the city to talk about the citywide property-tax reassessment known as the Actual Value Initiative (AVI). They’ve brought with them a simple message: If your…

Damon K. Roberts is probably best known as a candidate for Pennsylvania state Representative and Philadelphia City Council’s Second District, having made three failed bids for various elected posts in the past several years. But Roberts’ clients have apparently seen…

Philadelphia city government, which last year took over for the First Judicial District in paying court-appointed lawyers, has been considering how to reform that system, possibly by creating a single Office of Conflict Counsel that would handle the bulk of…

The federal law known as HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is meant to, among other things, protect patients’ privacy, but in Justin Wolfe‘s case, it may have cost him his life. That’s how Justin’s father, Gregg Wolfe…