Michael Nutter

 

A creative new tax plan has been announced shortly in advance of income tax time this year. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter is proposing the nation's highest tax on sodas and sweetened beverages. The taxable rate would be two cents an ounce, or thirty-two cents for a 16-ounce drink bottle.  

Pittsburgh's mayor touts a proposed tax on sweetened beverages as one that would promote healthier living through weight loss, but it's really "a money grab," one critic said Wednesday. Another outspoken critic of Allegheny County's tax on alcoholic beverages called this tax an "absurd" idea that would hurt restaurants and businesses. Yet, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said he plans to meet Monday with state lawmakers in Harrisburg about the city's need to raise $15 million for its pension fund, and the bever

If somebody has a better idea or a different idea ... we're all ears   -Luke Ravenstahl

 

1:43 p.m., March 17, 2010----The University of Delaware hosted the Geis Student Research on Women Conference on Saturday, March 13. The Geis Conference, sponsored by the Women's Studies Program and the Office of Equity and Inclusion , is a program designed to recognize student excellence in research. The conference is open to female and male students, at either the undergraduate or the graduate level, from the member institutions of the Greater Philadelphia Women's Studies Consortium.  

While the bill may strike some as revolutionary at best and radical at worst, the financial literacy movement in education has picked up steam across the country in states like Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. In 2006, Virginia passed a similar law that required schools to teach financial literacy and economic education. "I looked at my district and I looked at some of the real economic problems that people are facing, what affects their quality of life," said Farnese, citing foreclosures, loss of in

[Financial literacy] is tremendously interesting to the kids, because it demystifies things that they don’t know a lot about   -C Kent McGuire

 

March 17, 2010 -- Philadelphia's managing director is resigning. Camille Cates Barnett announced her decision in a tearful news conference at City Hall on Wednesday. The resignation is effective June 30.  

Those with questions on a proposal to tax sugared beverages will have a chance to get some answers during a hearing at City Hall Wednesday. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is expected to talk with city residents about his budget plan, which includes a sanitation fee and a 2-cent per ounce tax on sugared beverages. "Philadelphians have been very clear that they want a basic level of services that protects the most vulnerable among us. We've heard that message and we've preserved those basic services,

Philadelphians have been very clear that they want a basic level of services that protects the most vulnerable among us. We've heard that message and we've preserved those basic services   -Michael Nutter

 

Philadelphia University Men's basketball Coach Herb Magee, became the winningest NCAA coach in history on Feb. 23, was honored today by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter at a City Hall ceremony. "This is a personal achievement, and we're very proud of him as a city," said Nutter, who presented Magee with the city's Liberty Bell Award. "He's a hometown guy, and we love for a hometown guy to be successful."

This is a personal achievement, and we’re very proud of him as a city   -Michael Nutter

 

Aides to Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter came under fire on Tuesday at a City Council budget hearing, for the poor condition of Philadelphia police stations and recreation centers. The hearing focused on the mayor's new budget for capital projects -- a budget that the Nutter administration readily admits does not fully deal with the shoddy condition of the city's many buildings and public centers. The mayor does plan to set aside an extra $2 million to rehab seven police stations said to be in deplo