Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney leaves office on January 1st, after a tumultuous eight years that included a pandemic, historic social justice protests, an opioid epidemic, a homicide spike and a hostile president in Washington who targeted the city on immigration and voting. Before leaving City Hall, Kenney sat down with KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb to reflect on his eight years as Philadelphia’s mayor.

Philadelphia’s Democratic mayoral nominee Cherelle Parker exceeded expectations on election night, when she claimed a third of the vote in a nine-way race with five strong contenders. In our latest episode, KYW City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb gives us the inside look at the decisive victory from the point of view of Parker's top staffers, who credit the victory to careful, years-long planning.

The mayor's race has dominated attention in Philadelphia’s Democratic primary, but voters face an arguably harder choice in the City Council at-large race. 27 candidates are running for five seats.

On this episode of Who’s Running for Philly Mayor, KYW City Hall Bureau Chief Pat Loeb takes a look at the office, and how the wild system for filling it works (or doesn’t) by talking to former two-term Councilman at-large Derek Green, who resigned to run for mayor and then dropped out of the race, and soon-to-retire Council President Darrell Clarke.