A long-awaited study about the possibility of privatizing the Philadelphia Gas Works will be made public next week, Mayor Nutter said during a speech to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce on Monday. The mayor also said he was working with City

A long-awaited study about the possibility of privatizing Philadelphia Gas Works will be made public next week, Mayor Nutter said during a speech to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The mayor also said he is working with Council President Da

Darrell L. Clarke never intended to run for public office, never thought he would have to. Over 20 years, he had worked his way up from answering phones in his councilman's office to serving as the Council president's chief of staff. He was comfortable b

Like other government financial contractors in those days, Rubin was a contributor to leading politicians – in his case, prominent Democrats such as then-Gov. Ed Rendell and then-Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street. Rubin served on Rendell’s gubernatorial

CDR Financial Products Inc. , a financial adviser to states and cities, and its founder, David Rubin, pleaded guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges last month in New York. Prosecutors accused them of rigging municipal- bond sales so taxpayers in

Philadelphia should demand that Wall Street banks refund half a billion dollars lost or owed by city agencies on interest-rate swap contracts that were supposed to cut city borrowing costs but instead swelled budget deficits at the worst possible time, a