When over 200 city workers were laid off in September 1938, city workers called a weeklong sanitation strike. Street battles raged in West Philadelphia when strikers blocked police-escorted trash ...

Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day.

Mayor Cherelle Parker proposed an additional $12 million per year to go toward teachers' salaries in the School District of Philadelphia. But that financial commitment begins in five years and won ...

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s proposal for the next city budget will include cutting Philadelphia’s business tax, spending $100 ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced that city workers will return to the office full-time starting on July 15, 2024. NBC10's Lauren Mayk has the details and reactions.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker took a trip to a school in Kensington to speak on how she has felt during her first 100 days. She also announced a new “school safety plan” as well as plans ...

As Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker marks 100 days in office, the first woman to lead the city opened up about Kensington, her journey to making history and keeping the city safe.

2016 Fels Institute of Government graduate and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker named three Penn alumni to serve on the new Philadelphia Board of Education. 2012 Wharton and School of Social Policy ...

Cherelle Parker speaks during a press conference, February 2024. (Flickr/Chris Mansfield/PHLCouncil) Amid a slew of executive appointments and policy changes, local government workers will feel ...

Cherelle Parker, mayor Parker earned her Master of Public Administration from Penn in 2016. She grew up in the Philadelphia public school system and has since spent years representing Philadelphia ...

Cherelle Parker, who has held local and state office and first got involved in politics as a teenager, publicly swore her oath of office on Tuesday as Philadelphia’s 100th mayor, becoming the ...