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Food

Mapping new routes from farm to table in Pittsburgh

Farmers, food businesses and advocates meeting this week said the region needs clearer access to support, more opportunities to share costs and stronger connections between producers and buyers.

by Aakanksha Agarwal

Inside our Newsroom

Inside our newsroom: Why we made a $15ish Pittsburgh Meal Map

by Halle Stockton and Natasha Khan

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First person

My mother grieved my transition. What if she’d had a chatbot?

by First-person essay by Mal MacKenzie

HEALTH

Pennsylvania logging record numbers of problem gamblers, per new report

by Oliver Morrison

Economy & Housing

Polish Hill split over proposed new shelter as zoning board delays hearing

by Mia Hollie

HIGHER EDUCATION

CMU got a record $3 billion donation toward a new campus. What does that mean for Pittsburgh?

by Maddy Franklin

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O’Connor budget means big changes for housing, anti-violence funding

by Charlie Wolfson

HIGHER EDUCATION

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus

by Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

South Hills

Here’s why Mt. Lebanon is taking over a year to fix an elevator

by Lucas Dufalla

Inside our Newsroom

Public Source at 15: Reader support made 15 years possible and shapes what comes next

by Public Source

Health insurance

Q&A: Thousands could lose Medicaid in Allegheny County. What should they do now?

by Oliver Morrison

BREAKING NEWS

Paid parental leave clears health board, heads for Allegheny County Council

by Jamie Wiggan

HEALTH

Audio: Innamorato makes case for paid parental leave ahead of vote set for today

by Public Source

HEALTH

UPMC’s pact with feds on gender-affirming care may not last 10 years

by Oliver Morrison and Octavia Liku

Education

Sto-Rox students are almost all in poverty, and their teachers are among the county’s lowest paid

by Lajja Mistry

Inside our Newsroom

Public Source interns talk class and craft as they mull futures in journalism

by Jamie Wiggan

HIGHER EDUCATION

With federal aid stalled, Pitt offers med students notes to landlords

by Maddy Franklin

First person

My mom left Italy for America. I headed for Sicily and built my own culture.

After growing up in Pittsburgh and graduating from CMU, I chose an unorthodox career path so that I could learn about the land my mother grew up in. I’ve found over the last year that my Italian-American identity separates me from both cultures.

by First-person essay by Anna Cappella

Economy & Housing

New leader of Pittsburgh Housing Authority to start next week

Ivory Mathews is a “home-run hire” per the agency’s board chair, who did not detail any contingency plans if an Oregon ethics investigation faults the new executive director.

by Mia Hollie

Election 2026

Have you seen a Garrity ad? Shapiro leads 43-to-1 in broadcast, digital buys.

The governor spent $13 million on ads over the summer but raised enough to maintain a big cash advantage.

by Charlie Wolfson

Economy & Housing

Pittsburgh’s public housing agency poised to pick director from Portland

Ivory Mathews left the Home Forward agency in Oregon after a probe of her business travel. She is set to replace Caster Binion, who has led the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh for 13 years.

by Mia Hollie

Economy & Housing

From ‘screaming into the void’ to quicker turnarounds, Pittsburgh permitting is being transformed

Data analyzed by Pittsburgh’s Public Source suggests that Mayor O’Connor’s pledge to streamline the bureaucracy involved in construction and development has shortened wait times.

by Mia Hollie

Guest commentary

Western Pennsylvania can’t solve its biggest problems until we fix who government listens to

Big money shapes who gets heard long before Election Day. Voter Dollars could give everyday Pennsylvanians a bigger voice in who represents them.

by Guest commentary by Jenna Latour-Nichols

Technology

Pittsburgh doesn’t use Flock cameras – but license plate readers are already here

Automatic license plate readers long predate the backlash to Flock’s ascendancy, and have operated in Pittsburgh for decades. The city doesn’t contract with Flock but some private retailers do.

by Sarah Naccarato

HIGHER EDUCATION

Professor Claude? College unions negotiate for protection against AI teachers and evaluators.

As AI threatens to supplant jobs and possibly upend teaching norms, university faculty, grad students and staff at Pitt seek security through contracts.

by Maddy Franklin

Local Government

Affidavit: City Council members and staff led DA to investigate Gainey contracts

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala’s office declined comment on an unsealed request for a search warrant, noting the investigation of the former Pittsburgh mayor’s administration is ongoing.

by Charlie Wolfson

Community storytelling

A new grocer is moving into Squirrel Hill. Its rival says the deal isn’t kosher.

What began as a deal to buy the neighborhood’s signature kosher store ended without a sale — and the prospect of a rival business. A rabbinical tribunal is now tasked with finding resolution.

by Benjamin Cohen

First person

I look fine, but dealing with chronic illness is my full-time job

My illnesses don’t show up on lab tests, nor do they affect my appearance. Some people think this makes them less real, but a few strong supporters keep me going.

by First-person essay by Jennifer McCalla

Guest commentary

As data centers loom, communities need to organize to protect health and environment

Pennsylvania’s recent action on data centers doesn’t change the fact that only diligence and public engagement on the local level can secure residents’ control over the future of communities.

by Guest commentary by Nathan Deron

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