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Minority contractors largely absent from ALCOSAN’s billion-dollar tunnel plan

“If Black people get 1%, that would be the highest level they could get, that is not acceptable. That is nothing to be running down the street with pompoms about,” said Tim Stevens, chairman of the Black Political Empowerment Project.

by Rich Lord

Inside our Newsroom

Inside our newsroom: How your feedback is shaping our journalism

by Halle Stockton

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Technology

Pittsburgh’s tech boom isn’t reaching every neighborhood, and many locals are skeptical of the future

by Alice Crow

Mon Valley

Records reveal sprawling data center and power plant plans for Elizabeth Township

by Lucas Dufalla

Guest commentary

The arts don’t need more rooms. They need more hallways.

by Guest commentary by M. Allshouse

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Voting by mail underway as usual in Allegheny County in 2026

by Charlie Wolfson

Food

Mapping new routes from farm to table in Pittsburgh

by Aakanksha Agarwal

Inside our Newsroom

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

by Halle Stockton and Natasha Khan

Inside our Newsroom

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

by Public Source

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

Local Government

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

Health insurance

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

A change for immigrants enrolled in Medicaid is coming Oct. 1. Federal guidance about new Jan. 1 work requirements has still not been finalized, preventing local and Pennsylvania officials from sharing some specifics.

by Oliver Morrison

BREAKING NEWS

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

First-in-the-nation county-level leave for new mothers and fathers would kick in a year from council approval and the executive’s signature.

by Jamie Wiggan

HEALTH

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

Public Source reporter Oliver Morrison, in a partnership with NPR, describes the personal and national implications of a proposed Allegheny County mandate which is set for a Board of Health vote today.

by Public Source

HEALTH

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

Between a Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission case and the 2028 election, agreements between the Department of Justice and Pittsburgh’s big health system could end before 2036. Trans community members say even two years is too long.

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

Union leaders say contract negotiations broke down in June after the district failed to work with them. Tough economics and the effects of charter schools are behind the hard bargaining.

by Lajja Mistry

Inside our Newsroom

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

What inspires ambitions in journalism? Sometimes it’s a public protest, other times it’s an ignored group of workers.

by Jamie Wiggan

HIGHER EDUCATION

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

The university is offering students food and household products while they resolve a jam in loan money stemming from new Department of Education codes.

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

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