PUBLIC SAFETY
Pittsburgh reveals gun control bills promised after Tree of Life shooting
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Pittsburgh city officials on Friday announced a trio of gun control bills in response to the Oct. 27 shooting deaths of 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue.
ENVIRONMENT
Less power use and meat-eating, more trees and public transit: What you need to know about Pittsburgh’s new climate plan.
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A baby born in Pittsburgh in 2017 will live in a very different city by the time she heads off to middle school in 2030, if a new city climate action plan bears out. The new plan outlines how dramatically the city will have to change to meet its goal to reduce greenhouse gases.
MONEY & POLITICS
Pittsburgh has a wage gap. But what does that really mean?
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Men employed by the City of Pittsburgh, on average, earn more money than women. Similarly, white people employed by the city, on average, earn more than people of color. This is what’s known as a wage gap. And among public employees in Pittsburgh, it is real. PublicSource requested data from the city detailing salaries, bonuses and overtime pay for public workers who were employed in 2016.
MONEY & POLITICS
Explore Pittsburgh’s 2016 city salaries
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When you think of how a city spends your tax dollars, what do you think of? The snow plows that clear the streets? The asphalt to pave the roads? Actually, much of it goes to the men and women who do those jobs every day. Roughly 37 percent of the city’s 2016 budget went to paying the salaries of its employees.
