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City Hall looks over the Ben Franklin Parkway on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

Saying goodbye to Clout

This column may be going away, but The Inquirer’s candid reporting on political hijinks is not.

Inquirer Staff

Frank DiCicco, former chair of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, during a meeting at 1515 Arch St. offices in 2019. Meetings have been remote since COVID-19 struck, but now the city is going to return to in-person.

Philadelphia is shifting back to in-person meetings for land-use and planning decisions

The four new members of Philadelphia City Council, from left, Jeffery Young, Jr., Nicolas O’Rourke, Nina Ahmad, and Rue Landau gather after their first Council meeting at City Hall in January.

What we learned watching four noobs on City Council

Sean Collins Walsh and Gillian McGoldrick

Republican candidate for mayor David Oh at his election night watch party at the Emperor Restaurant in Northeast Philadelphia in November. He lost the race to Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.

Why Mayor Parker’s former opponent keeps showing up to support her

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announces the arrest and charging of a person accused of running a fentanyl packing and narcotics operation during a news conference in May.

Larry Krasner’s spokesperson has an intergalactic side gig

Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh

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