As the holidays approach, both city officials and state officials are busy with last-minute moves. What’s big this week: The City Council Committee on Law and Government favorably reported the Home Rule Charter amendment, removing the requirement that City officers and employees resign before running for public office, but Council notably delayed Mayor Parker’s H.O.M.E legislation. The Parker administration convened a roundtable on Tuesday in Mount Airy with the African American Chamber of Commerce for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, along with diverse business owners and leaders; and Governor Shapiro and his administration spent the week uplifting investments in the recently passed bipartisan budget.

What’s happened since the shutdown officially ended? The House came back to a slew of backlogged legislation, notably pushing through a bill that requires the Justice Department to release the information from their investigation on Epstein. Meanwhile, Trump’s GOP conference seems to be breaking down. Will we see negotiations across the aisle before the continuing resolution runs out?