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Charlie Wolfson is an enterprise reporter for PublicSource, focusing on local government accountability in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. He is also a Report for America corps member. Charlie aims to focus stories on how they impact residents rather than on party politics. Previously, Charlie worked at the Boston Globe, first as a student co-op and then as a sports and metro correspondent. Prior to joining PublicSource as a full-time reporter, he covered issues surrounding election law and voting access throughout the 2020 election cycle as a freelance reporter for PublicSource. He graduated in 2020 with a degree in journalism and political science from Northeastern University.

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Port Authority and Pittsburgh police respond to a stabbing along Smithfield Street on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Downtown. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inLocal Government

Why Andrew Yang and George Soros are bringing national heat to the Allegheny County DA race

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

A local contest that’s usually sleepy and uncompetitive has become a flashpoint in the long-running debate over criminal justice reform, attracting outside attention and money and causing a longtime incumbent to switch parties.

From left, Bethany Hallam, county councilwoman at-large, Patrick Catena, president of Allegheny County Council, and Paul Klein, councilman for District 11, photographed on June 6, 2023, at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Downtown. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inBREAKING NEWS

Allegheny County Council votes to sue over juvenile detention plan with potential 5-year cost of $73 million

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson September 26, 2023September 29, 2023
The Shuman Juvenile Detention Center in Pittsburgh. (Photo courtesy Allegheny County)
Posted inLocal Government

Updated: County Council to sue for right to block private juvenile detention plan

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson September 22, 2023September 24, 2023
Emissions wafting out of the Clairton Coke Works
Posted inEXECUTIVE DECISION

Allegheny County executive election puts environmental decisions up in the air

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson September 21, 2023September 20, 2023
A line divides three row houses on the right from eight row houses on the right. (Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)
Posted inEXECUTIVE DECISION

Property taxes divide Allegheny County executive candidates, and Philadelphia’s experience looms large

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson and Rich Lord September 15, 2023September 15, 2023
New construction in the Lower Hill rises beyond the trees and rooftops of the Crawford Square Apartments on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Crawford-Roberts. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inInvestigations

As the legal ground shifts under race-specific programs, Pittsburgh inches toward a long-delayed review of policies

Avatar photocharlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by An-Li Herring, Eric Jankiewicz and Charlie Wolfson September 7, 2023September 10, 2023
The Wilkinsburg Government Study Commission sits around a table at a July meeting at Hosanna House in Wilkinsburg (Photo by Charlie Wolfson/PublicSource)
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Wilkinsburg moves a step closer to home rule. What’s next?

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson August 28, 2023August 25, 2023
Pittsburgh Police Chief Larry Scirotto speaks at a July 19 press conference, as Mayor Ed Gainey looks on, at bureau headquarters. (Photo by Eric Jankiewicz/PublicSource)
Posted inLocal Government

Gainey supporters frustrated as mayor, chief resist consultant’s suggested police reforms

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson August 17, 2023August 17, 2023
Posted inLocal Government

With annexation ‘dead,’ Wilkinsburg looks toward possible home rule and tax changes

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson August 10, 2023August 24, 2023
Pittsburgh Police Chief Larry Scirotto (right) speaks at a July 19 press conference, next to Mayor Ed Gainey, at bureau headquarters. (Photo by Eric Jankiewicz/PublicSource)
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY

Consultants give Gainey plan to fix ‘overstaffed’ police, but new chief disagrees

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson July 19, 2023July 22, 2023

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