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Crime Sees Drop Under Parker Administration

Philly ended 2025 with record low crime rates, and that trend is continuing so far in 2026. It’s not happening out of nowhere, according to this analysis. More collaboration between city departments and some innovative policymaking are part of the explanation for the substantial improvements in public safety. [The Philadelphia Citizen]

Former UArts Student Opens Studio at School’s Reimagined Space

One of the Village of Industry & Art’s first tenants at the former University of the Arts building on Broad Street is the Stained Glass Project, a nonprofit teaching stained glassmaking to high school students. It actually operates out of the closed university’s old glass studio. And elsewhere at the restored space at the former Hamilton Hall is an exhibit by a UArts alum that depicts frustration over the university’s closure and the process of picking up the pieces after loss. [Billy Penn, Axios]

City Council Wants to Settle the Windshield Barnacle Debate

Councilmember Cindy Bass's bill would regulate the use of the controversial parking enforcement device by requiring police to ticket vehicles before companies attach the barnacles. Community members in several neighborhoods who parked in private lots complained about paying hefty fines to remove the device, some of which were installed within minutes of parking. [KYW]