Mar 17, 2023

Inquirer editorial board member Dan Pearson joins Ali and Jon for part two of a conversation about the emerging City Council At-Large field. With 29 candidates filing petitions to run, voters have a surplus of choices, but only a few are likely to be viable. Learn more about who the front-runners are, who is supporting...

Feb 27, 2023

Philadelphia’s 2023 election season is underway, and in this episode of Home Rule, Inquirer editorial board member Dan Pearson joins Ali and Jon to discuss the City Council field. Adding to the already-high stakes of this election, Council President Darrell Clarke announced his retirement this week. We talk about...

Apr 30, 2021

Central business districts have had a particularly tough time during the pandemic, with big ripple effects for all different kinds of businesses and organizations who normally rely on having much larger daytime populations downtown. That’s led to a lot of speculation about the future of these places, and how they’ll...

Apr 23, 2021

Hosts Ali Perelman and Jon Geeting discuss restaurants and the pandemic. They are joined by guests Allan Domb, at-large city council member, and Melissa Bova, the VP of Government Affairs for the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association. 

Together they debrief about what’s happened over the last year, how...

Mar 19, 2021

Jon Geeting and Alison Perelman are joined with guest Roukai Chen to discuss real estate assessments, why they matter, and what's happening in city politics with this issue.