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The video detective squads take advantage of the more than 56,000 public and private surveillance cameras in the city
Homicides dropped by 20%, while the number of shootings decreased from 672 in 2021 to around 440 this year
If the petitions are verified, the City Council at its next meeting would have to schedule a special election within 30 days for voters to decide whether to keep or repeal each ordinance
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President-elect Trump could use federal tax credits or gas tax increases for transportation funding, but Congressional voices want the Fed out of projects.
From gun control and minimum wage hikes to marijuana legalization and bilingual education, find out what issues won at the polls nationwide.
Details revealed about the Philadelphia Transit workforce deal show healthcare premium and pay raise increases are up for a vote.
The Philly transit union, the city and the state of Pennsylvania struck a deal overnight; transportation is back up after a week-long halt in service.
Municipalities in more than a dozen states go under the lens for voter frustrations.
Transport Workers Union Local 234 and SEPTA at odds while Philadelphia riders on 900,000 routes are forced to find other ways to commute during the transit workers strike.
The rate of high school graduates has increased by about 4 percent since the 2010-2011 school year, according to the White House.
The new Chicago ordinance, if approved, would authorize the Civilian Office on Police Accountability to manage police oversight.
Top infectious disease experts have acknowledged that Louisiana flooding could result in a Zika spread further into Gulf of Mexico states.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a former high school principal, may preside over the return of local school control, if governance and instruction improves.