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A truck leaves the MAX Environmental facility in Yukon, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023.

EPA investigation shows failures at Westmoreland hazardous waste treatment facility amid resident fears

by Quinn Glabicki November 29, 2023November 30, 2023

In March, EPA investigators spent five days at the facility and found that MAX failed to properly treat and store hazardous waste. An EPA lab found one sample with more than 1,300 times the safe disposal limit of a carcinogen.

Emissions rise from U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Pennsylvania Jan. 30, 2023. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)

ENVIRONMENT

Updated: Audit of Allegheny County Clean Air Fund beginning

by Quinn Glabicki November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

Parade marchers carrying Pride flags walk across the Andy Warhol Bridge toward Allegheny Commons to continue the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution celebration on June 3, 2023.

GENDER & IDENTITY

Trans-inclusive fertility clinic to open in Pittsburgh within a year

by Erin Yudt November 2, 2023November 17, 2023

Local Government

Pennsylvanians will be automatically processed for voter registration when they get a new driver’s license

by Carter Walker, Votebeat September 20, 2023September 20, 2023

Rob Perkins, an attorney who has does some court-appointed work, stands for a portrait in the Pittsburgh Municipal Court on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, Downtown. Perkins has been a proponent in the fight for fairer attorney compensation. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Equity

Updated: Attorneys applaud ‘first step’ toward fix for Allegheny County’s cut-rate court-appointed lawyer system

by Dakota Castro-Jarrett and Betul Tuncer July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

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

ENVIRONMENT

As feds move toward decision on hydrogen hubs, players jockey for PA policy

by Quinn Glabicki June 15, 2023June 14, 2023

U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works consists of 32 separate property parcels in the City of Clairton, assessed by Allegheny County at $10.7 million. The steelmaker is appealing all of the assessments, causing concern for the finances of the city and the Clairton City School District. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)

ENVIRONMENT

To thrive, steel industry must go from rusty to green, per report

by Quinn Glabicki April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

Created through a community mural project, the vibrant murals depicted the faces of young people and historical figures. Since painting over the mural back in July, the property owner has run into a dilemma with the artist who designed the artwork and led the project back in 2007. (Photo by Amaya Lobato-Rivas/PublicSource)

COMMUNITY STORYTELLING

Public art vs. property rights: Artist and property owner face off over a mural in Wilkinsburg

by Betul Tuncer March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

McKeesport's 10th Ward rests along the shore of the Monongahela River on Feb. 6, 2023. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)

ENVIRONMENT

Update: McKeesport 10th Ward water tests below maximum contaminant levels for ‘forever chemicals,’ per revised results

by Quinn Glabicki February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

Privacy booths where voters will fill out their ballots, photographed at an election office located at the South Park Ice Rink. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Pennsylvania

How a constitutional amendment gets on the ballot in Pennsylvania

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA January 14, 2023January 13, 2023

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