AxisPhilly is finding evidence that some of the same problems that brought scrutiny to the office while Green was sheriff remain, and are ongoing.

It began, not surprisingly perhaps, with a modest online message.

How eight adjacent lots stayed vacant for more than 30 years — and what it means for Philly.

Friends of the Free Library are asking City Council for an additional $2 million dollars above the $1 million increase offered by the mayor in his proposed budget.

Every couple of mayoral terms we get a new plan for vacant land. Yet somehow, we never seem to solve the problem.

The law, as it’s currently written, means that more than half of all tax-abated properties in the city will have final taxable values of zero.

Lower values for land favors those who own new houses.

In some cases, waiving years of old debt might be the only way to put a property back on the market.

Critics say that by putting too little value on land, the city is making it easy for owners to sit on vacant lots – which are often a blight to the neighborhood – indefinitely.

For whatever reason, the city is putting lower values on land that is fetching higher prices.

More than 17% sold for quadruple what city says lot is worth.

Debate on the homestead exemption is about who are the winners and losers if it is adopted.

AVI has occasionally been described as a “tax.” It isn’t a tax; it’s a policy for citywide property assessment.

The data has been amended to include three, not one, categories of “homicide.”

Violent crime is down four times the city average in and around Center City; in some other areas it’s down less, or not at all.

As City Council begins a new session, we ask which issues matter to you.

Civil forfeiture and criminal cases over time

The Number is how much city assessors say all of the city’s taxable property is worth.

A review of lobbying expenditures show that PECO is a frequently gives gifts to City Council members.