Philly is getting better streetlights, free WiFi, and more due to budgeting for racial equity, officials say

Philly is getting better streetlights, free WiFi, and more due to budgeting for racial equity, officials say

Mayor Jim Kenney's $6.1 billion budget proposal unveiled last week includes streetlight improvements, free WiFi for families, and diverse police recruitment. City officials say those items came from their "budgeting for racial equity" strategy launched in 2020 — months before the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the subsequent racial justice movement. It's...