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We, at PublicSource, frequently use data in our reporting about Pittsburgh. Using data is the difference between talking to the police chief and getting anecdotal evidence about a problem and leveraging data to find the real answer.
Pennsylvania state troopers were involved in eight fatal shootings last year, according to an internal report that tallies deaths but doesn’t give any further details about how they transpired.
Pennsylvania parents will need to take vaccinations more seriously before the next school year begins or else their child won’t be able to go to class.
diversity Equitable development is the central theme of this year’s p4 conference, sponsored by the Pittsburgh mayor’s office and The Heinz Endowments. It means as Pittsburgh grows and prospers, every kind of resident — rich/poor, black/white — should equally prosper from that success. The tide lifting all boats.
In a major nod to transparency, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police released a six-year analysis of force incidents reported by officers. The report, which is the first of its kind, looks at racial disparities, injuries to residents and officers and the various types of force used.
“I am not a label / I am not a symptom,” Jayla Youngblood read to the room of about 200 people at the Gwen's Girls Equity Summit on Friday. “I am not a sickness, so please stop trying to tell the story of my life / unless you fight the battles that I fight and know how it feels to be me.”
diversity See what PublicSource and other organizations have been talking about on social media during the Gwen's Girls Equity Summit.
diversity Employers hiring people in their own circles is just one piece of a larger reality that Pittsburgh’s workplaces are simply not diverse. In a report released earlier this year, the nonprofit Vibrant Pittsburgh found that minorities here and across Southwestern Pennsylvania hold fewer jobs and lower paying jobs than white people.
For decades, Pittsburgh has handed out tax subsidies to private developers based on — gasp — friendships and political connections, Mayor Bill Peduto said Tuesday.
However, the city may put new standards in place beginning as early as next year that would bring those backroom deals into the spotlight.
By 2030, Pennsylvania’s must cut it's CO2 levels by 33 percent percent from 2005 levels.
