Kate Giammarise, Author at PublicSource

“I don’t think anyone would choose this, but I don’t see a whole bunch of mergers in the future. I just don’t.” — Braddock Library Director Rachel Brehm

Author Archives: Kate Giammarise

Whispers in the stacks: Allegheny County’s 46 library systems face uneven funding and pressure to change

In McKeesport and throughout Allegheny County, no quick fixes for rental housing woes

‘I have nowhere to go with my family.’

Tenant Cities: Unpaid housing health fines leave some Allegheny County tenants cold

Expect the inspector: Unlike Pittsburgh, the state’s No. 3 city examines every rental home — eventually

Hundreds of violations, few penalties: Allegheny County’s health enforcers frequently inspected — but rarely fined — two McKeesport properties

PNC Bank pledges to address ‘completely unacceptable’ conditions as officials demand changes at its McKeesport properties

‘We can’t sleep since then.’ How faulty heating and a bullet meant months of conflict and heartache for one of PNC Bank’s McKeesport tenants

Facing roaches, rodents, leaks and balky heat and fire alarm systems, fed-up tenants of PNC Bank’s McKeesport complexes demand change

PNC tries to slow the housing market’s ‘runaway train’