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Author Archives: Bill Heltzel

Bill Heltzel was a reporter for PublicSource between 2012 and 2014.

bheltzel@publicsource.org
Posted inInside our Newsroom, posts, PUBLIC SAFETY

The path to finding hazardous chemicals

by Bill Heltzel January 26, 2014November 19, 2020

It took four months for PublicSource to get into a room in Pittsburgh’s federal courthouse to look at sensitive reports about ammonia.

We were given 45 minutes to view scores of reports, which we could not copy.

Posted inDATA, ENVIRONMENT, IN-DEPTH, PUBLIC SAFETY

1.5 million Pennsylvanians live close to large amounts of hazardous ammonia

by Bill Heltzel January 17, 2014June 12, 2016
Posted inENVIRONMENT, IN-DEPTH, PUBLIC SAFETY

Explosives maker in PA has 400 times more ammonia than West, Texas, plant

by Bill Heltzel July 21, 2013November 19, 2020
Posted inIN-DEPTH, Local Government

Update: Hearing will examine secretive Pittsburgh nonprofit

by Bill Heltzel May 23, 2013
Posted inIN-DEPTH, Local Government

A ‘social welfare’ group that nobody knows

by Bill Heltzel May 16, 2013November 19, 2020
Posted inComing Home PA, IN-DEPTH

After guns and grenades, PA veterans claims delayed

by Bill Heltzel April 28, 2013November 19, 2020
Posted inEquity, IN-DEPTH, PUBLIC SAFETY

PA investigates former teacher 14 years after charges

by Bill Heltzel April 12, 2013November 19, 2020
Posted inEquity, IN-DEPTH, PUBLIC SAFETY

Former coach with troubled past works with teens again

by Bill Heltzel April 7, 2013November 19, 2020
Posted inDEVELOP PGH

Neighboring towns, separated by a vast divide

by Bill Heltzel December 29, 2012November 5, 2021
Posted inEquity, IN-DEPTH, PUBLIC SAFETY

Task force on sex abuse to recommend better access to advocacy centers

by Bill Heltzel November 23, 2012November 19, 2020

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