For Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, the next few years will be filled with hard choices and finding the least bad option. After years of doing less with more, he’ll be tasked with the infinitely more difficult task of making do with less.
By Dan Pearson
Kevin Mooney: GOP lawmakers get in Wolf’s ear to bring construction industry back to work
Pennsylvania construction workers who operate in rural areas where they can avoid large crowds are eager to get back to work.
By Kevin Mooney
Hunter Tower: A three-month moratorium on public union dues would pump $63 million into coronavirus aid efforts
A three-month moratorium on union dues paid by the state’s public employees would generate an additional $63 million for the Keystone State — without costing the taxpayers a dime. By Hunter Tower.
Albert Eisenberg: Leadership from Bob Casey + other PA Dems in short supply as PPP funds run dry
The most important thing that the Senate could do is prevent total economic collapse in the face of this pandemic — and on this, and so many other issues, Sen. Casey seems to be asleep at the wheel. By Albert Eisenberg
Stu Bykofsky: Coronavirus is a wakeup call with China
China is not quite an enemy, but close. By Stu Bykofsky
Jenny DeHuff: Should tech school grads get hiring preference for city jobs like vets do? Council weighs the question
City Council faces a question that many local governments are grappling with: Expand a benefit to help a new group of people and risk watering it down, or preserve the present system that help veterans and first responders exclusively?
Kyle Sammin: Councilmanic Prerogative — Philadelphia’s Invitation to Corruption
What can be done about Philadelphia’s corrupting ‘Councilmanic Prerogative’? How can an informal practice be outlawed, especially when the people who could outlaw it are the ones who benefit from it?
Dan White: Recession coming? Three indicators to watch
The only thing that I can say with 100 percent certainty about the next recession is …
By Dan White