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What we know — and don’t — about the end of the DC 33 strike and trash collection
The strike lasted eight days and four hours before a deal was reached for a new contract. There are still some lingering ...
The trash strike threatened to turn into Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s kryptonite
The mayor is unstoppable on the mic, unflappable in a debate, and almost always armed with a snappy slogan, but the 8-day ...
Sixers sign former Tennessee forward Igor Miličić Jr.
The 6-foot-10, 225-pound small forward is a likely candidate to play for the Sixers’ NBA G-League affiliate, the Delaware ...
Philly’s city worker strike ends after Mayor Cherelle Parker strikes deal with AFSCME District Council 33
Philadelphia’s first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and ...
Philly’s last Rite Aid stores will close in late August
A phone survey of nearly two dozen Philadelphia Rite Aids found that the city’s last locations are set to close on Sunday, ...
Who will be the fifth starter? The Phillies have time to decide, and options to consider
Taijuan Walker stepped back into the rotation for now. Will he make way for Andrew Painter or someone else? The Phillies can use the All-Star break to buy some time on a decision.
Developer with controversial plan to build houses on a Pinelands tract hopes to have it preserved instead
A developer faces pushback for a plan to build homes adjacent to popular Black Run Preserve in Evesham Township, Burlington ...
The impact of the DC 33 strike depended on where you live, forcing Philadelphians to get creative with their trash management
About 950,000 of Philadelphia’s 1.57 million residents live more than a half-mile from the nearest trash drop-off site.
Sixers have become stale under Josh Harris. Here’s how Philly’s WNBA team can avoid the same fate.
It will take real work for a WNBA franchise to succeed here, and under Harris, the Sixers have failed to connect with the ...
World Cafe Live CEO announces a town hall meeting as a new concert series gives home to shows moved from the venue
The same night as the Os Mutantes concert, World Cafe Live CEO Joseph Callahan, who told The Inquirer last month that World ...
VA cancels mass layoff, saying enough workers have left. Here’s what that means in Philadelphia.
Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left ...
From alerting riders to changing Google Maps, here’s how SEPTA is preparing for service cuts
The transit agency’s planners have been putting together two fall schedules at the same time: One is normal. The other ...