Emotional Jim Kenney resigns from City Council
Longtime Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney delivered a tearful speech after resigning from his post. Kenney is expected to announce his mayoral candidacy next week.
View ArticleNew mayoral candidate launches bid at quasi strip club
Juan Rodriguez announced his bid for mayor at a North Philadelphia nightclub featuring a metal pole, according to Philly.com. His campaign treasurer said the venue is not a strip club but did not know...
View ArticleMilton Street clears one hurdle to mayoral run; one remains
Judge Chris Wogan is weighing a two-part challenge to the Democratic mayoral candidacy of Milton Street.
View ArticleGet ready for election day at the Next Mayor Debate
Philadelphia Democratic mayoral candidates gather for a public debate on the issues
View ArticlePhiladelphia mayoral candidates spar at televised debate
The six Democratic mayoral candidates appeared at their first televised debate Tuesday at the Kimmel Center.
View ArticleCandid-dates: Philly, here's your chance to fall in love with a mayoral...
Will Philadelphians fall in love with any of the seven candidates in a mayoral field that has been called uninspiring, boring and a snooze-fest? PhillyVoice sought to find out in an unorthodox way, and...
View ArticleNutter defends proposed property tax increase
Mayor Michael Nutter continues to push a school funding proposal that increases property taxes, despite receiving universal criticism among the six Democratic candidates running to succeed him.
View ArticlePoll: Kenney leading mayoral race
Jim Kenney holds a 27 point lead in the Democratic mayoral primary, according to an independent poll.
View ArticleKenney wins Democratic mayoral primary
Former city councilman Jim Kenney won the Democratic mayoral primary, topping Anthony Hardy Williams and Lynne Abraham to face Republican Melissa Murray Bailey in the fall.
View ArticleMilton Street: I'm going to show porn images outside DA's office
Just when you thought Pennsylvania’s Porngate scandal couldn’t get any weirder, along comes T. Milton Street Sr. to indicate that it most certainly can do just that.
View ArticleWatch: Milton Street postpones his porn presser, talks politics anyway
An uncertain forecast prompted the former state senator to delay his event outside the DA's office until Tuesday.
View ArticleFifteen facts (fun or otherwise!) about T. Milton Street Sr.
T. Milton Street Sr. is again scheduled to emcee a pornographic press conference on Tuesday.
View ArticleMilton Street meets with Trump, invites him to attend rally with black...
On the eve of his oft-rescheduled pornographic press conference outside the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, T. Milton Street Sr. called PhillyVoice from the road with some big news on...
View ArticleMilton Street dissed Black Lives Matter movement while meeting Trump
As he prepares for this afternoon’s Porngate rally outside the district attorney’s office, T. Milton Street Sr. took a few Thursday morning moments to tell PhillyVoice how his meeting with Republican...
View ArticleIt's long past time for Kathleen Kane to step aside
On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania State Senate will vote on a resolution designed to oust Attorney General Kathleen Kane in a move that’s not only being called unconstitutional, but one that obliterates...
View ArticleMilton Street still eager to host Trump rally in Philadelphia
As you may have heard, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cancelled a rally in Chicago last week in the face of unrest fueled by protesters. As you may remember, local politico and activist...
View ArticleAfrican American Trump supporter: We are sick of condescension, racism
African American Trump supporter: We are sick of condescension, racism
View ArticleWatch: Milton Street's daughter says Dwight Evans shouldn't run vs. Fattah
It should come as no surprise to anybody who clicked this link that Philadelphia politics are rarely boring.
View ArticleMilton Street says Donald Trump could take '414 Community Patrol' idea...
If you’re reading this story on Monday morning, T. Milton Street Sr. is currently en route to New York City to meet with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Again.
View ArticleWatch: Milton Street says ‘Black lives don’t matter’ to Dems
In a YouTube message steeped in hostage-video ambience, T. Milton Street Sr. declared that “Black lives don’t matter to Democratic elected officials.”
View ArticleMilton Street says he's running for office again
Perennial candidate plans on challenging Evans for congressional seat
View ArticleWATCH: Aspiring U.S. Rep. candidate Milton Street releases first campaign video
It probably feels like you’ve read this story before, but for a few interchangeable details. I know this because I’ve written this story before, but for a few interchangeable details. And, if you’re...
View ArticleSorry, Donald Trump, but Milton Street rescinds his endorsement
Back in December, T. Milton Street Sr. invited Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come to Philadelphia for a rally. On Thursday, he told PhillyVoice that that offer no longer stands.
View ArticleWeek in Review: Chris Christie, Milton Street and that big, giant hoagie
Wawa constructs 6-ton, 2-mile-long hoagie for Hoagie Day. Sheetz employee of the month constructs a peanut butter and possum sandwich and eats it behind a dumpster, just like always.
View ArticleMilton Street accepting applications for Kung Fu-trained crime-fighting group
The press conference started with a simple question that one of the hosts asked himself into a microphone while sitting at a flag-draped table near 22nd St. and Lehigh Ave.
View ArticleThat feeling when you realize your Uber driver is Milton Street
Maureen Garrity, spokesperson for Philadelphia mayoral candidate Sam Katz during his 2003 bid to unseat John Street, needed a lift home from Center City on Monday night, so she got on the Uber app and...
View ArticleMilton Street: Drivers need to fight back against uberPool's 'slave wages'
Inside the Dunkin Donuts at 15th and Locust streets, Milton Street contemplated the deeper meaning of the $2.04 receipt he was handed Thursday morning after buying a medium coffee.
View ArticleMilton Street delays Uber protest a week to research, talk with union rep
Last week, Milton Street put Uber on notice that he’s looking to organize fellow drivers to push back against the ride-sharing service’s POOL option that isn’t all that lucrative for those behind the...
View ArticleOral history: Ten years ago today, Milton Street sang over a coffin at City Hall
A decade ago today, Philadelphia bore witness to a surreal political moment the likes of which have not since been matched (which is saying something considering America’s current state of affairs).
View ArticleUpdated: Philly UberX drivers to rally for unionization on Tuesday
Less than two weeks after airing his grievances with the UberPOOL system, Milton Street will urge fellow drivers to become associate members of a local union that already represents the the ridesharing...
View ArticleMilton Street says Uber is 'no different' from what 'plantation owners did to...
In a passionate interview during a radio talk show Thursday, Milton Street once again griped about Uber, this time comparing the ridesharing giant to plantation owners.
View Article17 memorable stories from my 17 years living in Philly
I may be moving to the Burbs, but this column isn’t about me. It’s about why I love Philadelphia so much that I may be shedding a tear right now as you read this.
View ArticleYes, folks, Milton Street's running for state house as a Republican
Yes, folks, Milton Street is running for the state house as a Republican
View ArticleGOP guv candidate to meet with Milton Street about 'electronic bingo'...
Part of the oath I swore upon becoming a journalist in the mid-1990s was the solemn guarantee that I would let no Milton Street news go uncovered.
View ArticleMilton Street to bring his video-poker pitch to City Hall this week
Milton Street says he has a way to get rid of the soda tax and eliminate the school-budget deficit: bring video poker and bingo machines to Philadelphia.
View ArticleWatch this documentary about State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta’s Election Day in...
The Atlantic released a documentary Saturday called “Going Forward,” which follows newly-elected State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta around the 181st District as he made history as the first openly LGBT...
View ArticleMilton Street says he's running for Philly mayor as an independent
The 80-year-old rabble-rouser and perennial candidate is critical of Mayor Jim Kenney's record on violence in the city.
View ArticleAs mayor, Milton Street would use soda tax to pay 5,000 Philly residents to...
T. Milton Street Sr. has run for office more times than most Philadelphia political observers can count. In his quest to become mayor as an independent, he's offering a plan to hire 5,000 people to...
View ArticleMilton Street, former Pa. lawmaker and longtime activist, dies at 81
T. Milton Street Street Sr., a former Pennsylvania state legislator and longtime figure in Philadelphia politics, died Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 at 81. Street was the brother of former Mayor John Street...
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