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Light shines on a parcel known as “Block E” in a much-debated section of the Lower Hill on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Pittsburgh. Decades after the Lower Hill was demolished to build the Civic Arena, plans to redevelop the former site into a music venue have some community members claiming that the Hill is not benefiting enough. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Plan for Lower Hill concert venue passes crucial step

by Eric Jankiewicz January 24, 2023January 26, 2023

Signs hang on the fence blocking access to the piece of lawn that used to house the Stockton Avenue encampment on Jan. 6, 2023, in Allegheny Center. The camp was swept by the Department of Public Works on Dec. 14, 2022, moving the people living there into other spaces including the newly opened Second Avenue Commons. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Tent camp closure marks shift in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County homelessness policies

by Amelia Winger, Eric Jankiewicz and Stephanie Strasburg January 20, 2023November 12, 2024

URA to open first-time homebuyer program

by Eric Jankiewicz January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

A pickup truck passes along Crawford Street as seen from Wylie Avenue, which points down into a much debated section of the Lower Hill on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Plan for Lower Hill concert venue paused while community digests details

by Eric Jankiewicz January 10, 2023January 11, 2023

Illustration showing cars, bicycles and pedestrians in boxes as if sensors had detected them, by Anita DuFalla/PublicSource

Destination unknown? Pittsburgh’s autonomous vehicle industry seeks a new course after a disastrous season.

by Aavin Mangalmurti January 10, 2023January 13, 2023

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh [HACP] labor crew member Kevin Williams of the Hill District cuts one of a series of lawns in Bedford Dwellings on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in the Hill District.

Updated: Housing Authority pledges $80 million to Hill District community revamp

by Eric Jankiewicz December 15, 2022December 16, 2022

Public-service guides

Looking to rent in Pittsburgh? Here’s what to know before signing a lease

by Jack Troy December 12, 2022December 20, 2022

Dusk falls over South Oakland as seen from the Cathedral of Learning on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Oakland residents agree on need for change, disagree with proposed zoning plan

by Eric Jankiewicz December 5, 2022December 6, 2022

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy President and CEO Cathy Qureshi looks out on a tarnished retaining wall at a sports field at McKinley Park in Pittsburgh's Beltzhoover neighborhood on Nov. 17, 2022. (Photo by Benjamin Brady/PublicSource)

Local Government

Gainey budget would spend some parks tax money on trucks — and none via nonprofit conservancy

by Ladimir Garcia, Terryaun Bell and Jack Troy December 1, 2022December 2, 2022

A fracking well in Greene County. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)

As prosecutor, Josh Shapiro was for fracking reform. Can he pull it off as governor?

by Quinn Glabicki November 30, 2022November 29, 2022