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A white sign reads "Adelphoi" in front of several buildings in Latrobe.

Updated: Innamorato hears ‘alarm bells’ in lawsuits against Adelphoi, picked to run Shuman

by Venuri Siriwardane and Tanya Babbar November 13, 2023December 13, 2023

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

Updated: Audit of Allegheny County Clean Air Fund beginning

by Quinn Glabicki November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

A person experiencing housing instability sets up a new tent for himself and his partner after packing up their belongings to move in accordance with the city's closure of the First Avenue encampment, where they were staying on Monday, Nov. 6. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Economy & Housing

Updated: County touts, but does not detail, ‘severe weather’ plan for unhoused amid camp clearance

by Eric Jankiewicz and Stephanie Strasburg November 9, 2023November 21, 2024

Students protest against Cabot Phillips outside of the Cathedral of Learning in the University of Pittsburgh on March 24, 2023. The event was one of several that preceded activist attempts to speak out during the Sept. 29, 2023 meeting of the university Board of Trustees. (Photo by Amaya Lobato Rivas/PublicSource)

Pitt presses charges against protesters calling for greater LGBTQ support

by Emma Folts November 7, 2023November 9, 2023

A teacher and students, with currency interposed. (Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)

Higher need, lower experience: Pittsburgh’s tenured teachers cluster in best-supported schools

by Lajja Mistry October 23, 2023October 27, 2023

Hi View Gardens tenant Santaris Porter, right, and his daughter, Avry Hays, 5, listen during a tenant council meeting outside Hi View on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in McKeesport. ”We have the big pest problem here and I want to see that addressed,” said Porter, who has lived at the apartment complex for a year and a half. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Fighting for improvements, Hi View Gardens residents wait for PNC to sell or pay

by Kate Giammarise and Rich Lord October 18, 2023October 22, 2023

a photo illustration of a microwave on a purple background

Local Government

Open to the public? Commissions in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County all over the board on transparency

by Christine Graziano October 16, 2023October 22, 2023

People walk through Chatham University’s campus on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

On Chatham’s anxious campus, faculty recount funding frustrations as deficit reduction takes hold

by Emma Folts October 4, 2023November 20, 2023

The Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy 6-12 Bulldogs, left, shake hands with the Taylor Allderdice High School Dragons at the start of their football game, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at Cupples Stadium in the South Side. The high schools sit only three miles apart but the disparities range from academic programming to infrastructure. At left, the blue and yellow uniformed Bulldogs, at right, white and green Dragons. The two players at front pound fists as a greeting. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Allderdice and Westinghouse, 3 miles away, are worlds apart in AP classes, teacher experience, student disadvantage

by Lajja Mistry October 3, 2023October 22, 2023

A sign for Shuman Juvenile Detention Center is visible behind a no trespassing sign, trees and a yellow barrier on a cloudy day, highlighting the secure nature of this facility.

Local Government

Inside Allegheny County’s $73 million contract for a private juvenile detention operator

by Charlie Wolfson September 29, 2023October 26, 2023