Pipes, maps, responsibilities: Pittsburgh orders property owners to pursue five-figure sewer fixes
As Pittsburgh’s sewage infrastructure ages, homeowners have been ordered to repair laterals they didn’t realize were theirs. A group of Regent Square homeowners believes the burden should be shared.
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Allegheny County previews plans for users of Smithfield Street shelter, but operator warns of calamity
There were 600 people who used the Smithfield shelter in the last 30 days, according to the shelter’s operator Team PSBG. ACDHS identified around 125 people who they consider to be regular residents
AGH master plan could bring construction of new single-patient room structure
Allegheny General Hospital [AGH], in response to a need for more single-occupancy rooms, is hoping to construct a new structure on its Central Northside campus. As a part of the unveiling of its proposed institutional master plan to the City…
Federal financial aid is returning to PA prisons. But getting a college degree inside won’t be easy.
Incarcerated people hoping to prepare for life on the outside or just better themselves face waits, and programs are limited — but Pell Grants bring hope to some would-be students.
I learned how to pull a trigger, and the same lessons are crucial to addressing gun violence
As a high school student, I shouldn’t have to worry about gun violence. But in my Pittsburgh neighborhood, it’s a reality — one that’s perpetuated by polarized debate on firearms.
Updated: Campaign finance regulations won’t face veto, Allegheny County Council member says
A bill that would cap individual contributions to candidates at just over $3,000 passed county council Tuesday evening with 13 votes in favor and two against — but it isn’t yet certain to become the law of Allegheny County.
Signals from songbirds: How feathered migrants help scientists save local ecosystems
The magnolia warbler travels as many as 2,000 miles, high above the Gulf of Mexico and across the United States, before arriving in Canada’s boreal forest to breed. On a morning in May, one of the tiny yellow songbirds found…
Are Spin scooters a helpful way to get around or a public safety issue?
The Spin scooter reporting system relies on users who have a problem, such as an accident that causes injury, tapping a button (an exclamation point in the corner of the screen) on the app. Lawrence Chertik died before reporting his…
Pittsburgh’s mayor asked for expert advice on homelessness. Here’s what the mayor — and you — should know
Increasing homelessness in Pittsburgh brings challenges, but experts offer potential strategies in the fight for affordable housing and systemic change.
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Allegheny County closing Downtown shelter on Smithfield Street
The shelter’s operator previously expressed willingness to keep it open. “This shelter is filling a need,” said Jon Colburn, the church’s parish administrator. “If people are here by choice then it’s gotta be pretty bleak for their other options.”
Primary maps show suburbs are split — and will sway Allegheny County politics
Turnout in Tuesday’s primary was 26%, vs. 16% turnout in 2019. In the race for Allegheny County executive, Democrat Sara Innamorato now faces Republican Joe Rockey. His vote total was 48% higher than the lone candidate in the 2019 GOP primary, and almost all of it came from the suburbs, where Innamorato trailed a rival.
We, the youth, mapped our feelings as we lived our lives in Homewood. The city must do better for our neighborhood.
As the Youth Research Advisory Board of the SPIN (Space and People In Neighborhoods) Project, we probed quality of life in our neighborhood by exploring the links between violence, support and stress in spaces and later investigating who owns the land.
Updated: Mon Valley libraries get $3.8 million for ‘transformative’ changes
The Allegheny Regional Asset District will grant $3.8 million to five Mon Valley libraries, the first grants made through its Transformative Community Library Fund. The fund, meant to address the needs of libraries serving low-income communities, has a $5 million outlay and further grants are likely, according to RAD.
At Pittsburgh schools, teacher pay surged, but some building operations staff made even more
PublicSource’s second annual review of earnings of Pittsburgh Public Schools employees shows a workforce in which overtime and supplemental pay drove big pay bumps and that still lacks the diversity of the student body.
After progressive wins, Allegheny County’s norm of government, labor and business harmony could be a lame duck
A decades-old Allegheny County coalition between government, business and labor could look different after this year’s elections.
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