City of Philadelphia, PA

The school district established a leadership team as it exercizes local control for the first time in more than 16 years.

Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart discusses her election victory last year knocking off a longtime incumbent along with some of the city’s most pressing fiscal issues including a controversial soda tax and whether to continue providing abatements on new construction. Andrew Coen hosts.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will determine the future of the city's beverage tax policy.

Rising property values prompted a new look at a tax incentive policy implemented at the turn of the 21^st century.

Pittsburgh exited successfully from the Act 47 workout, but other communities hang around for decades.

The city has underfunded pensions and plans to increase spending to support its school district.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s budget accounts for lower beverage tax projections by borrowing less for planned infrastructure projects.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney wants new tax revenue to help the city’s cash-strapped school district erase a massive deficit.

The first full year of Philadelphia soda tax collections came in $12.2 million below projections.

The municipal bond market saw deals from far and wide this week as the threat of tax reform changes spurred a rush to issuance that will continue into the next week.