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The Urban Redevelopment Authority [URA] board voted unanimously Thursday to transfer 555 acres of the Hays Woods property to the City of Pittsburgh for the creation of a permanent city park, while retaining about 89 acres of the property for future development.
We’re thrilled to be the only Pittsburgh newsroom chosen to participate in this year’s News Match, which is a collaborative effort to support nonprofit news organizations by the Democracy Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
April Ryan is more than a meme. She is a reporter who has been covering the White House for 20 years and at the Carnegie Lecture Hall Wednesday night she reminded the Pittsburgh audience that no, we don’t live in a post-racial America.
Suicides account for nearly two-thirds of the state’s gun deaths, largely in towns like Greensburg and the surrounding rural areas. Eighty-five percent of these suicide victims are white men.
I was raised in Wilkinsburg. And my parents are white. I point out their skin color as different than mine often, and it matters. Don't get me wrong. I am a huge fan of interracial relationships of all kinds, but what I have learned is that the depth of all relationships that cross racial lines rely on true love, the flexibility for growth, deep education and mutual respect.
Environment Steel is the raw stock for much of our lives, including appliances, automobiles, bridges and buildings. So industry needs to produce a lot. And making steel requires a lot of water.
Overlooked communities In October, it will have been two and a half years since the Pittsburgh passed legislation to create its own land bank.
But city community groups say there hasn’t been much progress in setting up solid policies or procedures under which a Pittsburgh land bank would operate.
data A nice home in a good school district. If that comes with high property taxes, well, it’s just part of the deal, right?
What if it didn’t have to be?
In group homes, teenagers are deprived of a family setting, which can affect how they develop relationships and view family life. It also contributes to problems engaging at school.
ENVIRONMENT More than 30,000 miner around the country lost their jobs in the past five years.
