On May 6, Karen Eselson Belding sat at the witness table at a City Council budget hearing and told members that her Business Income and Receipts Tax bill had jumped from $1,213 to $14,774 — a twelvefold increase. Jeanine Stewart, a Center City therapist, ... See more
Sora, OpenAI’s video generation tool, has shut down — and teens who used it are looking for replacements. Parents should know that there are three categories of Sora alternatives with very different profiles of risk. For most families, Sora going away is ... See more
Forty years ago, Harvard political economist Paul Peterson identified the fundamental constraint cities face: they cannot effectively tax mobile factors — residents and businesses will vote with their feet and leave, eroding the very base being taxed. Phi... See more
Defense acquisition reform has been the brightest spot amidst the Trump Administration’s disruptive efforts to change the workings of the federal government. Secretary Pete Hegseth is pursuing speed, time-based iterative innovation, and commerciality to g... See more
Philadelphia’s school district is about to learn a lesson it has already learned once before. At the end of the federal COVID relief period, the District had roughly $695 million in savings. That cushion existed because Washington temporarily paid for man... See more
