No secret the family that owns Philly Mag is looking to unload the business But it seems investors behind the Philadelphia Citizen have been in talks to buy the storied print magazine for over a year www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...

Investors involved with the Philadelphia Citizen are currently in negotiations to purchase Philadelphia magazine, multiple sources confirmed to my colleagues @ryanbriggs.bsky.social and @zoegberg.bsky.social. www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...

Never meet your heroes...or take their investment advice www.inquirer.com/eagles/lifes...

Life Surge, a touring Christian investing seminar is coming to the WFC tmrw, with guest speakers like Nick Sirianni and Saquon Barkley But past attendees say the celebrity speakers mask a get rich quick scheme. And its founder has been sued for fraud: www.inquirer.com/eagles/lifes...

The trails of Wissahickon Valley Park are for hikers, runners, bikers, and horses. …Yet, there it was Monday morning, a Porsche. With some fiber pills inside and a probiotic shake, according to one hiker. The fun read you didn’t know you needed, via @wbender99.bsky.social @ryanbriggs.bsky.social

1. This @ryanbriggs.bsky.social story is BONKERS. 2. Rich people really DO think the rules don’t apply to them. 3. Did he answer why he is illegally going through tollbooths without an EZPass transponder? www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

this story is nuts, well done @wbender99.bsky.social and @ryanbriggs.bsky.social

We’re gonna be hosting labor leader Ryan Boyer at the Pen and Pencil Club for an “Off the Record” Q&A next Wednesday at 7pm This should be a very interesting one and space is limited so register now! penandpencil.org/content.aspx...

👏🏼👏🏼 @wbender99.bsky.social & @ryanbriggs.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼 www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

A week long AIPAC-funded sojourn to Israrel. A bipartisan junket to Taiwan. Hot dogs and zoo tickets to hold shindigs for constituents. And, of course, Eagles seats. That's a taste of the $119k in trips & trinkets gifted to top state lawmakers last year. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/05...

Seems concerning that our governor is addicted to taking rides on a billionaire’s helicopter www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Embarrassing all around www.inquirer.com/business/bil...

Philadelphia politicians want you to know more about their accomplishments. They also want taxpayers to pay for the privilege.

Seems pretty unforgivable to let a major educational institution spiral out of control, but it would be especially bad if it was all over one person

Philly auto owners typically pay way more than their suburban counterparts for insurance, and it's getting worse. @joeyerardi.bsky.social and Joe DiStefano have more: www.inquirer.com/business/aut...

“During Tuesday’s Council hearing, Council President Kenyatta Johnson expressed skepticism at Bilal’s request for a nearly 55% budget increase…given that her office is struggling to fill dozens of jobs already approved in the budget.” 🧐 via @ryanbriggs.bsky.social @wbender99.bsky.social

With funding still frozen in Harrisburg, SEPTA is posting double digit ridership gains on regional rail & strong growth on bus lines

An affordable project in North Philly has been delayed for years because its slated for city-owned land, which City Council controls. That's meant an extensive public engagement campaign that shrunk the size of the project, which still isn't fully approved www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

The company set up and started the mine in Elk County. After a little more than two years, the company has packed up and left, abandoning the wells and associated crypto infrastructure in violation of state law, according to state regulators. From @capitalandmain.bsky.social

Another example of the glorious cost savings from public-private partnerships www.inquirer.com/crime/amtrak...

For the third year in a row, Philadelphians await the commonwealth’s budget with bated breath. Opinion writer Daniel Pearson asks: Will SEPTA get the funding it desperately needs? Or is it three strikes and we’re out half of our Regional Rail network? 🔗 www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

A suburban lawyer was disciplined by the courts for bailing on a client & was pursued by the IRS over hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax debt But he moved to Philly last year and did some favors for ward leaders Now, Bob Brady wants to make him a judge: www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

Amputations among people addicted to opioids have doubled in five years in Philadelphia. To learn why, @maxmmarin.bsky.social, @dylancpurcell.bsky.social and I spent more than six months digging into medical data and interviewing doctors and patients: www.inquirer.com/health/a/tra...

“MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy,” a six-part podcast The Inquirer is cohosting with @tulogancenter.bsky.social, is based on interviews with MOVE members, neighbors, and journalists who covered the bombing and fire that city officials let burn until they could not control it. (1/3)

Mack Trucks will lay off between 250 and 350 workers at its Lehigh Valley Operations center outside Allentown over the next three months, due to economic uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs, a company spokesperson said Thursday.

Lancaster County’s incoming Democratic state Sen. James Malone backs bill to restrict trans women and girl athletes lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

More evidence that nothing is more offensive to City Council members than someone challenging their authority over land use This building has been needlessly rotting in middle of Germantown for nearly a decade based on the whim of a councilmember www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

Philly’s overall sanitation plan is still pretty uneven, but I will say that under Parker my street started getting regular sweeping, twice weekly trash pickup & crews cleaned out alleys on both sides of our block www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year

RIP! www.inquirer.com/phillies/mcc...

During Passover.

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Reporting from my camping trip that Jim Thorpe, Pa. turned out for the anti-Trump/Musk Hands Off protests

"An Inquirer reporter who visited Nobles’ home on Osage Avenue was greeted at the front door by a middle-aged man with a barking (but friendly) dog that appeared to be a beige poodle." www.inquirer.com/news/sheriff...

I think the worse part is the guy thought bot IG accounts were real women DM'ing him www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

My favorite part about this article is that it makes it sound like the poodle was an accomplice, somehow also also complicit in the hit and run.

All-points bulletin, y’all:

Someone stole an SUV assigned to a Philly Sheriff’s employee and crashed it. The department didn’t report the crash to the city until they came back five months later to get a fresh SUV. It’s still unclear how someone stole the vehicle in the first place www.inquirer.com/news/sheriff...

I recall people sneering at the mere suggestion that price gouging could be driving eggflation giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

"I have to laugh, but I also feel like I’m gonna cry, because this is so bonkers," said Bartram’s Garden executive director. The grant supported tree planting, high school interns and home gardens.

Tire dumping has plagued Philly for years — but the scale of this dump is shocking to people familiar with dumping. Estimates of the number of tires run to 4,000. inquirer.com/news/philade...

If you’ve ever paused to listen during the midday organ performance, visited the Christmas light show, or told someone “Meet me at the eagle,” this one is for you. 🔗 inquirer.com/columnists/m...

NEW: Philly's fiscal oversight board just passed a resolution recommending the Mayor and City Council abolish the Sheriff's Office and Register of Wills Describes years of mismanagement, patronage; says their functions can be folded into the court system: www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker is expected to deliver her second budget address Thursday morning to Philadelphia City Council. We'll have live updates all day. Follow along 👇

We’re so back www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

NEW: Philly Sheriff Rochelle Bilal hit with SECOND court order over courthouse security lapses She has 30 days to come up with a plan to add dozens more deputies to court buildings. Abrupt shutdown of the probation office last week was a final straw: www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...

NEW: Philly Sheriff Rochelle Bilal hit with SECOND court order over courthouse security lapses She has 30 days to come up with a plan to add dozens more deputies to court buildings. Abrupt shutdown of the probation office last week was a final straw: www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...

folks, it's good www.inquirer.com/food/restaur...

In case you missed it, @ryanbriggs.bsky.social and I were stunned to learn that the voice recorder in the crashed Philly jet was a dud. A setback for NTSB investigators and all involved in finding the cause. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...