City Hall reporter at @PhillyInquirer. Send tips and jokes to aorso@inquirer.com.
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May 13
popping in after a yearlong twitter hiatus to say i have no idea what this account is but it's misrepresenting our reporting. i recommend you read the inquirer and not unnamed accounts this app. inquirer.com/politics/philad… bye! hope we dont talk again for at least another year!
May 13
Ala Stanford's AIPAC support has pulled all TV ads the week before the PA-03 election
Sources say 314 Action Fund polling shows Stanford is in "a distant second place behind Chris Rabb, after a series of campaign missteps"
The PA-03 primary is in 6 days on May 19
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1 May 2025
The city’s Kensington Wellness Court has been placed on hold amid judges’ mounting frustration with the city officials tasked with overseeing the program. A judge who presides over the cases called city leaders "fake." inquirer.com/crime/kensingto…
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21 Apr 2025
Mayor Parker released the details of how she wants to spend $800 million on housing policy over the next four years. Over 75% of the spending would be split between seven programs, most of which already exist: inquirer.com/real-estate/hou…
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The Phillies went 4-for-27 (.148) with Runners in Scoring Position and left 29 Runners on Base during the Braves series.
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10 Apr 2025
its a dustup! its a brouhaha! its a good ol fashioned debate about debates inquirer.com/politics/electi…
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4 Apr 2025
absolutely despise the in game interviews. leave Bryce alone
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26 Mar 2025
ICYMI: My deep dive with @sbcmw into the politics of Mayor Parker's push to get City Council to relinquish a little power over land in their districts: inquirer.com/real-estate/com…
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26 Mar 2025
Mayor Parker wants to defund a program that provides free transit passes for low-income people inquirer.com/transportation/…
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24 Mar 2025
Mayor Parker unveiled her big housing policy push, which includes expanding successful existing programs and fixing the land bank, although many details are still lacking. Barriers include councilmanic prerogative and Donald J. Trump: inquirer.com/politics/philad…
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18 Mar 2025
This story is sad and gobsmacking and revealing and emotional
18 Mar 2025
Before the Young Bag Chasers were a violent gang, they were friends from West Philly chasing music and money. A string of shootings, and the rise of drill music and social media, scrambled their intentions and altered the trajectory of their young lives. inquirer.com/crime/a/young-b…
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18 Mar 2025
Also these types of stories are soo hard to land that most of us reporters would never attempt them. But Ellie nailed it
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17 Mar 2025
Thousands of small businesses currently exempt from Philly’s business tax would have to start paying it under Mayor Parker’s budget proposal. The change was prompted by a lawsuit challenging the tax break. From @sbcmw: inquirer.com/politics/philad…
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14 Mar 2025
Frustrating aside here: Fetterman hasn't granted an Inquirer interview request in over a year.
He does plenty of hallway interviews on the Hill and with national (and some Pa.) outlets but not with the state's largest paper.
14 Mar 2025
Tim Miller talking about his experience interviewing Sen. John Fetterman and Fetterman's health: "He's struggling. He's, like, really struggling. And I just think coming off of the Biden thing, we should not be hiding the ball on this sort of stuff" youtu.be/pq3WBB-UyPA?si=PEK3…
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13 Mar 2025
Mayor Cherelle Parker will propose cutting taxes and borrowing $800 million for housing in Philly’s next city budget inquirer.com/politics/philad…
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12 Mar 2025
If there were any illusions that the Philly DAs race would start off with friendly dialogue, they were quickly shattered last night at the first public forum. These two candidates will clearly have no problem going at each other inquirer.com/politics/electi…
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11 Mar 2025
Mayor Parker asked major eds and meds institutions to help with the city budget, and a couple weeks later one of them mused about moving their HQ out of Philly inquirer.com/politics/philad…
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10 Mar 2025
Little update here on the Eagles' visit to the White House. A White House official tells me: "We sent the invite and they enthusiastically accepted. We are working with them to determine a date and logistics."
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5 Mar 2025
Philly GOP leaders say they asked "every Republican lawyer with a pulse" to run for DA this year, but no takers. inquirer.com/politics/philad…
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26 Feb 2025
BREAKING: Judge dismisses N.J. racketeering charges against George Norcross and five codefendants
via @AndrewSeidman
share.inquirer.com/VAKv8D
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