MONEY & POLITICS
Gainey shares thoughts on UPMC, vaccines and COVID relief as he awaits mayoral election
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Democratic nominee said he’s interested in vaccine mandates and pledged a transparent administration.
COVID-19
In the continuing pandemic, businesses need workers, but are jobs meeting the needs of residents?
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The Pittsburgh region's labor market shrunk to levels not seen since the early 1990s. And its rebound has been slower than the national average and other similar metro areas. While jobs continued to grow over the last month, the region has a long way to go, even as the Delta variant prolongs the pandemic.
MONEY & POLITICS
Casey and Doyle earmarks could pour millions into Pittsburgh projects
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Congress resumed using budget earmarks after a 10-year hiatus and Pittsburgh's representatives requested money for 22 projects.
MONEY & POLITICS
You break it, you … can’t fix it. PA considers bill that could give the ‘right to repair’ to consumers, small businesses
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Right to repair legislation would require companies to make available the parts, tools and knowledge to repair their products.
How $1.5 billion invested in the last 10 years brought a new identity to the Strip District
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This story was originally published by NEXTpittsburgh, a news partner of PublicSource. NEXTPittsburgh is an online publication about the people advancing the region and the innovative and cool things happening here. Sign up to get NEXTpittsburgh free. The Strip District has had many identities over the years. There were the early industrial days, the wholesale produce days, even an era when the neighborhood dominated Pittsburgh nightlife (Rosebud, Metropol, etc.).
Pittsburgh launches the country’s first integrated mobility system, connecting all transit options in one app
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Pittsburgh just got another first, this one in transportation. Now you can ditch your car and download an app to get anywhere in town using multiple modes of transit.
MONEY & POLITICS
Council takes up Peduto plan for COVID relief funds while public calls for more input
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Pittsburgh City Council is set to consider Mayor Peduto's plan to spend COVID relief money, but activists are calling for a slower process.
SALARIES DATA
Pittsburgh cut overtime in 2020 but wage gaps persisted
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The city’s workforce was whiter and more male than the city population.
SALARIES DATA
Allegheny County paid $29.2 million in overtime in 2020, mostly to nursing home and jail employees
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Nurses and correctional officers earned tens of thousands over their base pay, and County Executive Rich Fitzgerald got a $45,000 pay bump.
SALARIES DATA
What did Pennsylvania pay its employees in 2020?
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Pennsylvania paid $6.2 billion to its employees in 2020, with more than $1 billion to the Department of Corrections. The state’s payroll and median salary increased.
