Michael Nutter

Philadelphia officer killed in 2-car crash

The Associated Press • November 18, 2008 A Philadelphia police officer has died following a crash with another vehicle while answering a call northeast of the center of the city. The police cruiser 46-year-old Sgt. Timothy...

Maya Angelou Receives Award At Kimmel Center

PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― Two cultural icons were in Philadelphia Monday night to receive the Marian Anderson Award at the Kimmel Center. Acclaimed poet, Dr. Maya Angelou, and distinguished television producer, Norman Lear...

$130 million budget shortfall projected

Responding to slumping state revenues that could put the state in a $130 million hole by June 30, Gov. Ruth Ann Minner on Monday announced a statewide hiring freeze and a 7 percent midyear budget cut for all state agencies...

Clearing the debris from housing bust, ailing Citigroup says it will cut 53,000 jobs

NEW YORK (AP) _ Citigroup, widely seen as the sickest Wall Street bank, will make some of the most severe cuts in the history of U.S. business — 53,000 jobs — as it tries to slash costs and get back to basics before it's too late.

Cities Beg for Bailouts, Cut Your Services

On Cities' Chopping Blocks: Libraries, Police Officers, After-School Programs By ALICE GOMSTYN and KATE BARRETT What does a cash-strapped American city look like? In this file photo, An Atlanta firefighter works to contain a...

Mayor Nutter Signs City Zoning Legislation

Paves Way For Center City Casino PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― Philadelphia's mayor has signed zoning legislation that would help plans to put a casino at a downtown shopping mall. Residents of the nearby Chinatown neighborhood oppose...

Big City Mayors Seek Bailout

Facing budget and pension fund shortfalls of hundreds of millions of dollars, three big city mayors have requested in a letter to Treasury Secretary Paulson that some of the federal bailout money be directed to cities. read more

Asian Americans United Challenge Nutter's Position on Casinos

AAU was alerted that this morning, 24 hours after the Mayor met with members of the Chinatown community, Mayor Michael Nutter signed into law the legislation re-zoning the Gallery to a casino district. Asian Americans United is...

Police Chief Ramsey doles out career advice

After managing the volatile atmosphere surrounding the 2005 presidential inauguration and managing the police response to 9/11 in the nation's capital, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey had advice to share with...

Sisters lend a hand to Operation Warm

This Wednesday, members of Penn's Panhellenic and MultiCultural Greek sororities will travel to Alexander Wilson Elementary School to make each student's winter a littler bit cozier. This project is run by Operation Warm, an...

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