For about 15 years now, The Inquirer's City Hall staff has been cobbling together a weekly column called Heard in the Hall out of the odds and ends left in our notebooks. It's the place where we stick absurd quotes, chronicle City Council buffoonery, tell tales of small-time political treachery, that sort of thing. Given that this is Philadelphia, we're rarely short of material.
We've decided to take that act online. The Inquirer's electronic edition of Heard in Hall will include the same yarns and quips it always has, but here you'll also find breaking political news and comprehensive roundups of the day's City Hall coverage from local media outlets. We'll have news aplenty on the mayor's race, quick updates from council sessions, audio clips from newsworthy interviews and more.
You'll want to check back often. After a long and slow summer, City Hall is bustling again. Council is back in session on Thursday. Michael Nutter is stockpiling endorsements (and cash) ahead of his Nov. 6 contest with Al "1,000 to one" Taubenberger. And Mayor Street is ... well, contemplating retirement.
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