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28 Nov 2017, 2:13 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Or if one wants fewer people shot by police, the policies governing use of force are controlled by unelected administrators at local departments, with only indirect input from city managers or city councils. [read post]
27 Nov 2017, 1:45 pm
Earlier this month, a federal court in Philadelphia also ruled that these new conditions are illegal. [read post]
22 Nov 2017, 8:42 am by Amanda M. Gómez
In December 2016 Philadelphia’s City Council passed a Wage Equity Ordinance (“Ordinance”) prohibiting employers from asking applicants for their salary history or to retaliate against a prospective employee for failing to answer such a question. [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 5:00 am by Christopher I. McCabe, Esq.
Now that “best value” contracting is officially the new game in town for City of Philadelphia procurement, with the issuance of the new best value regulations, it’s worth asking whether the longstanding Separations Act precludes the City from using best value contracting for contracts for the construction of public buildings. [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 4:41 am by Scott Bomboy
The state of California, San Francisco, Chicago and Philadelphia all have active legal cases related to the January executive order and a July policy statement that tied grant funding to compliance with federal government policies. [read post]
19 Nov 2017, 10:05 pm by Jeff Richardson
  The top cities in Canada are Toronto (#12) and Calgary (#27). [read post]
17 Nov 2017, 4:49 am by SHG
Born in South Philadelphia, Mill grew up around North Philly; his father was murdered when he was 5. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
Department of Justice (DOJ) from denying Philadelphia a federal grant for the city’s “criminal justice needs. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 10:03 am by Patrick Sherry
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] for the city of Philadelphia in a dispute over Attorney General Jeff Sessions withholding federal law enforcement grants in response to the city's refusal to adhere to his heightened immigration security measures. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 7:04 am by Steven D. Schwinn
Pa.) granted a preliminary injunction yesterday against the government's enforcement of it's anti-sanctuary cities moves against Philadelphia, and enjoyed AG Sessions from denying the city's Byrne JAG grant for... [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 12:00 pm by Miriam Edelstein
The Executive Order protects city employees, as well as employees of city contractors and subcontractors, from retaliation or the threat of retaliation by city employees, contractors and subcontractors, by providing a direct path of administrative investigation and remedy for potential whistleblowers under the jurisdiction of the city’s inspector general. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 10:13 am by Ezra Rosser
Under such a one-dimensional test, prosecutors routinely win because the cumulative maximum fines for even minor drug offenses almost always exceed the market values of modest, inner-city homes. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 9:57 am by NCC Staff
In a 128-page ruling, a federal judge said on Wednesday that the Justice Department can’t withhold grant funding from Philadelphia for not complying with federal “sanctuary city” polices. [read post]
11 Nov 2017, 4:44 am by SHG
Most theories for the great crime decline that swept across nearly every major American city over the last 25 years have focused on the would-be criminals. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 2:10 am by NCC Staff
Navy and Marines on the city of Derna forced Tripoli to sign a peace treaty with the United States. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 11:28 am by David Kopel
(See generally Eugene Lyons, Stalin: Czar of All the Russias [Philadelphia: J. [read post]
8 Nov 2017, 2:00 pm
Philadelphia By far the biggest criminal justice reform victory came with the election of Larry Krasner as Philadelphia’s next district attorney. [read post]