‘Good position’ or looming crisis? City Hall divide emerges over Pittsburgh finances
The City of Pittsburgh needs to further communicate with residents about coming challenges, City Controller Rachael Heisler said. “If they have a pothole or a rough street that they’re hoping to get fixed, it’s probably not going to happen until at least 2027.”
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Primary Day 2024: how to vote in Pennsylvania for nominees for president, Congress and state offices
Of about 121,712 primary ballots mailed to county voters, 82% went to Democrats. While state GOP leaders have begun imploring their voters to adopt early voting, former President Donald Trump has continued disparaging mail voting.
County police oversight board ready to start, but has yet to probe a case
“I’m unhappy that we haven’t had local municipalities beating down our door begging us to let them start, let them opt in to this,” said Allegheny County Councilor Bethany Hallam. “And so that’s really where the effort needs to go…
A 9-year-old Zelienople boy’s health crisis sheds light on the need for diversity in organ donors
“With bone marrow transplantation, you have to have a perfect match, so it puts people at a disadvantage if they have mixed heritage,” said Dr. Clive Callender, a transplant surgeon at Howard University who spearheaded efforts to diversify the country’s…
How the mifepristone case before SCOTUS could affect abortion in Pa.
“It is difficult to predict whether access to mifepristone would be restricted immediately or more slowly should the court rule against the FDA,” said Susan J. Frietsche, co-executive director of Women’s Law Project.
Open letter from advocates for unhoused people calls on Uptown shelter to stop kicking people out for ‘minor infractions’
In an open letter to the shelter, 17 authors said there were numerous examples of shelter users getting kicked out for unspecified “minor infractions,” sometimes during severe weather and cold temperatures.
Mulling an environmental disaster in a Colorado bar surfaced my deep (and complicated) Pa. roots
“The longer I stayed in Colorado, the greater the Pittsburgh in my mind grew. It became a hulking object of desire that dominated my thoughts.”
‘My relationship with Mother Nature may never recover’: Southwestern Pa. residents share how record rainfall affected them
From leaky ceilings to flooded basements, evacuations to broken bridges, altered youth sports schedules to the joys of walking in the rain, locals share snippets of stories, photos and videos from the region’s historically wet April.
Young voters helped decide the 2020 election in Pa. Will they turn out for a Biden-Trump rematch?
“It’s not the most exciting thing in the world to have the same exact options as four years ago, but it still feels like because of what the choices represent and the future represents, it’s so vital to be excited…
Updated: Council initially backs zoning change favoring attached houses
“The cost of a home is too damn high and this has become the real economic challenge of our time,” said Jon Hanrahan, vice president of the Fineview Citizens Council.
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