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Author Archives: Charlie Wolfson

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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Posted inPOWER SHIFT

Dozens of the Pittsburgh area’s top institutions are going through leadership changes. The turnover could echo for decades.

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson and Rich Lord January 23, 2023January 24, 2023
Illustration depicting Allegheny County's network of volunteer boards that govern issues including incarceration, sewerage, transit and health, by Lucy Chen.
Posted inEXECUTIVE DECISION

How Allegheny County’s next executive could reshape the local power structure

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson and Jamie Wiggan January 13, 2023January 13, 2023
Posted inClimate

Slippy slopes: Pittsburgh, built on slide-prone riverbanks, could face a deluge of impacts from climate change

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Quinn Glabicki and Charlie Wolfson January 5, 2023January 4, 2023
Posted inEXECUTIVE DECISION

Who’s running in Allegheny County and Pittsburgh elections in 2023?

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson January 4, 2023May 26, 2023
The Charles Anderson Bridge stretches over Schenley Park’s Junction Hollow Trail on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in South Oakland. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inLocal Government

Updated: Report calls for prompt fixes to dozens of bridges. City’s 2023 budget barely starts the process.

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson December 22, 2022December 22, 2022
Photos of Reps. Andrew Kuzma, La'Tasha Mayes, Mandy Steele and Arvind Venkat
Posted inLocal Government

‘Exactly where I belong’: New lawmakers from Allegheny County enter Harrisburg storm

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson December 22, 2022December 19, 2022
Images of the Allegheny County Jail and the Clairton Coke Works
Posted inEXECUTIVE DECISION

Executive Decision: These issues, questions and people may define Allegheny County’s next big election

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson November 16, 2022February 9, 2023
People line up to vote in Oakmont
Posted inELECTION 2022

Voter turnout surged in most of Allegheny County, but sagged where it was already weak

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson November 15, 2022November 14, 2022
Tim Stevens speaks beside Dale Snyder at a rally
Posted inLocal Government

Turnout data show marginalized communities often have quietest voice in Allegheny County elections

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirtLadimir Garcia by Charlie Wolfson and Ladimir Garcia November 7, 2022November 8, 2022
Maria Montaño, press secretary for Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, places her hand on the back of Brenda Gregg, pastor at Destiny of Faith Church along Brighton Road, while Gregg addresses the media on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, by her church. Gregg told the media that the church’s planned Halloween activities would go on, despite the multiple-person shooting that took place outside the church earlier that day during a funeral there. At back, City of Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey looks on. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
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Funeral shooting in Brighton Heights reflects cycle of violence and spiral of pain, advocates and officials say

Avatar photophoto of amelia windersteph strasburg headshotcharlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Eric Jankiewicz, Amelia Winger, Stephanie Strasburg and Charlie Wolfson October 28, 2022November 1, 2022

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