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Allegheny County Council votes to sue over juvenile detention plan with potential 5-year cost of $73 million

The legislators say council must vote to approve or deny the use of county property, a step the courts and executive branch seemingly ignored in announcing the deal with nonprofit Adelphoi two weeks ago. The legal action will heighten an already simmering conflict in county government over how much power the executive branch wields versus the legislative branch.