Michael D'Onofrio
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Penn Medicine to erect new building at First District Plaza by 2028
The nonprofit that houses the headquarters of First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in West Philadelphia is poised to get a brand new building but won’t own → Read More
Sources say ShopRite owner Jeff Brown weighing run for mayor in 2023
ShopRite supermarket owner Jeff Brown is weighing a run for mayor in 2023. → Read More
Kendra Brooks: Undo structural racism by nixing Philly’s 10-year tax abatement
City Council’s lone independent legislator has called for wiping out the city’s 10-year property tax abatement. → Read More
City Council to hold hearing on uptick in gun violence
A deadly start to 2020 has caused City Council members to schedule a hearing on gun violence this week. → Read More
Mummers leadership meet with City Council members over use of blackface
Mummers leadership appears on board with supporting a proposal floated in City Council that would ban members who take to the streets wearing blackface in the annual parade. → Read More
Philadelphia OIC appoints new president and executive director
Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center has appointed a new president and executive director who has pledged to expand the 66-year-old organization’s footprint . → Read More
Acting Police Commissioner Christine Coulter’s future in department remains unknown
Prior to her stint as commissioner, Christine Coulter was a three-star deputy commissioner heading organizational services and the highest-ranking woman in the department. → Read More
Doubts if new council will take on mayor's soda tax
Despite calls for change, the outgoing Philadelphia City Council never managed to chip away at Mayor Jim Kenney’s soda tax. → Read More
Acting Philly police commissioner promotes officers accused of misconduct
Promotions are based on staffing needs and approval from the city’s Managing Director’s Office, said Capt. Sekou Kinebrew, a police spokesman, in an email. → Read More
Black-owned firms make up larger share of Philadelphia's businesses than previously reported
The head of this city’s largest organization for Black-owned businesses believes African-American owned companies are doing better than previously reported. → Read More
Black-owned firms make up larger share of Philadelphia's businesses than previously reported
The head of this city’s largest organization for Black-owned businesses believes African-American owned companies are doing better than previously reported. → Read More
Future of Cheyney at stake ahead of final school accreditation decision
Cheyney University has run out of lifelines and delays over the status of its accreditation. → Read More
Council bill would give nonprofits first chance to buy affordable housing dwellings
A bill floated in City Council would give nonprofits first dibs on certain affordable housing properties when they come up for sale. → Read More
Philly police investigation reveals possible cremated remains in former Baker Funeral Home
Philadelphia Police are investigating dozens of boxes of what appears to be cremated remains left inside a shuttered Black-owned funeral home in North Philadelphia. → Read More
Krasner moves to drop murder charge against bike courier accused of stabbing Center City developer
District Attorney Larry Krasner on Friday filed a motion to drop murder charges against the black bicycle courier accused of fatally stabbing a Center City developer. → Read More
City Council eyes elimination of Free Library fines, debts
Councilwoman Cherelle Parker said library fines set up barriers to accessing educational resources and services. Even minimal fines drive people away, so she wants them to become a thing of the past. → Read More
Wolf, state senators continue to back Cheyney despite struggles
As financial and legal troubles batter Cheyney University, the school continues to have friends in high places. → Read More
Lawsuit: Cheyney raided, misused scholarship funds as accreditation decision looms
Cheyney University administrators allegedly misused federal education dollars, raided a scholarship program to pay university employee salaries, awarded full scholarships to undeserving students and inflated enrollment figures in an effort to save the school’s accreditation. → Read More
Cheyney officials say budget will have surplus, accreditation status still unknown
Cheyney University is expected to take in $26 million in revenue this year with a $2.1 million surplus. → Read More
Philadelphia, state consider rebooting ‘focused deterrence’ to combat gun violence
A new effort is brewing between city and state officials to reboot the law enforcement strategy known as “focused deterrence” to reduce gun violence in Philadelphia. → Read More