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The City of Lincoln announced its search for the next Director of the Finance Department today.

The City Controller's Office is accepting applications and nominations for a Community Advisory and Accountability Council that will be tasked with helping audit the Philadelphia Police Department's $727 million annual budget. The committee will comprise of community and religious leaders, business owners and residents. Applications and nominations will be accepted through Feb. 16.

The Marion County Sheriffs Office has announced it will provide a $5,000 hiring bonus to new deputies.

If City Council passes the bill and it becomes law, the Philadelphia Beverage Tax would disappear on July 1, the first day of the city’s next fiscal year.

Shreveport Councilman Removed From Audit And Finance Committee Chair After Making Legislative Audit Request

A group of Germantown residents filed a complaint against City Councilmember Cindy Bass, alleging the lawmaker abused her power during a community meeting.

The housing authority has a huge portfolio of so-called “scatter sites,” which were long neglected.

The Philadelphia Eagles are launching a targeted, multilayered anti-gun violence campaign in conjunction with area-based nonprofits and the City of Philadelphia.

In the first few hours of 2022 in Philadelphia, two people were killed and at least 12 others where injured by gunfire. It is a somber start to the year following 2021, which was the most violent year on record in Philly. There were at least 560 homicide victims and more than 2,300 people shot.

Two gunmen fired more than 65 bullets and wounded six people in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood late Thursday night, leaving an “extensive” crime...