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Thomas Knudsen will use skills from PGW and the School District to improve collection of taxes, fees.
Can City Council override another Mayor Nutter veto of mandatory paid leave?
A West Philadelphia man was charged Thursday with a variety of real estate scams, from stealing houses to renting properties that weren't his.
Agency must turn over five years of records about spending that had nothing to do with its mission: running bridges and a rail line.
Heard in the Hall: Mayor Nutter this morning named Thomas Knudsen as his first revenue collection czar, a new position charged with “dramatically increasing” the collection of taxes, fees, fines and any other source of money due to the city.
Council prez pushes plan
A day after Mayor Nutter named a lauded crisis manager to the new post as chief revenue collections officer, City Council President Darrell Clarke proposed Thursday to create an Office of Chief Revenue Generator.
Tom Knox, the wealthy businessman who put more than $10 million into a nearly successful Democratic candidacy for mayor in 2007, indicated Thursday that he may run again in 2015, when the city elects someone to replace Michael Nutter.
The odds look long, but Councilman William K. Greenlee maintained Thursday he could get the single vote he needs next week to overturn Mayor Nutter's veto of his paid sick-leave bill.
Council President Darrell L. Clarke introduced two pieces of legislation Thursday, one that would create an independent body to set water and sewer rates and another calling on the administration to establish a "chief revenue generator office."
Need a reason to drink? How about improving the futures of Philadelphia's school kids?
Double Down: Steve Wynn talks about his design decisions for Wynn Philadelphia, proposed for 60 waterfront acres in Fishtown.
Increasing the "liquor-by-the-drink" tax to help provide $60 million for the schools seems to be gaining traction.
A West Philadelphia man was charged Thursday with a variety of real estate scams, from stealing houses to renting properties that weren't his.
State Rep. Kevin Boyle (D., Phila.) first heard about Philadelphia's problem with stolen houses before he was elected to the legislature, when he worked for City Councilman William K. Greenlee.
Pennsylvania leaders put forth a bill mandating 2-year jail terms for having illegal firearms in Philadelphia.
Stu Bykofsky: A creative pizza-maker is asking some plain questions about the city's new tax plan.
Agency must turn over five years of records about spending that had nothing to do with its mission: running bridges and a rail line.
Can City Council override another Mayor Nutter veto of mandatory paid leave?
Thomas Knudsen will use skills from PGW and the School District to improve collection of taxes, fees.
Heard in the Hall: Mayor Nutter this morning named Thomas Knudsen as his first revenue collection czar, a new position charged with “dramatically increasing” the collection of taxes, fees, fines and any other source of money due to the city.
State Rep. Kevin Boyle (D., Phila.) first heard about Philadelphia's problem with stolen houses before he was elected to the legislature, when he worked for City Councilman William K. Greenlee.
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