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The Social Security Administration can currently review a person’s social media presence as part of fraud investigations that include information from social media to corroborate findings. But under the Trump administration, the agency has studied whether to expand its use of social media as part of the disability claims process.
PublicSource community correspondent Jourdan Hicks spoke with District 9 candidate Randall Taylor about how he plans to unseat District 9 City Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess, his campaign platform and his vision for equitable housing development in Pittsburgh. The primary election will be held May 21.
Pittsburgh housing authority officials say they’ve taken several steps to address concerns raised by residents in Glen Hazel over the November transfer of two subsidized housing developments into private hands.
I have been teaching in the Pittsburgh area for the past decade. I chose a career in public education because I couldn’t imagine a better way to change the world. Teachers educate and inspire the young people who will be the leaders of tomorrow. When I walk into my classroom, I’m witnessing the future take shape.
But it’s tough being a teacher, and it’s even tougher living on a teacher’s salary.
One of the more interesting races for a Pittsburgh City Council seat is happening in District 7. It's the only face-off where the Allegheny County Democratic Committee did not endorse the incumbent, in this case Councilwoman Deb Gross. Instead the committee gave the nod to challenger Deirdre Kane, a district resident who works in marketing at Highmark.
PublicSource community correspondent Jourdan Hicks spoke with District 9 candidate Randall Taylor about how he plans to unseat District 9 City Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess, his campaign platform and his vision for equitable housing development in Pittsburgh. The primary election will be held May 21.
As part of Develop PGH, PublicSource will report here about notable actions and conversations from the monthly meetings of the Urban Redevelopment Authority [URA]. The meetings are held the second Thursday of each month in the Wherrett Room on the 13th floor at 200 Ross Street. A recap of the May 9, 2019 URA board meeting:
The URA board of directors approved $1.36 million in zero-interest loans to to help finance a $13 million mixed-income housing development in East Liberty. Residents displaced from Penn Plaza will have top priority in the application process. The development at the corner of Station and North Beatty Streets, will feature 25 below-market one-bedroom units with rents between $196 to $609 a month, 12 two-bedroom below-market units with rents between $235 and $777 a month, and 10 one-bedroom market-rate units at $1,700 a month.
Pittsburgh City Controller Michael Lamb is “putting up a warning flag” about the city’s use of piggyback contracts.
Created under Republican-backed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, opportunity zones allow for investment banks and other entities that make money off capital gains — typically hedge funds and other large private investors — to move that income into a fund designated for business and development projects in census tracts that have a disproportionate number of low-income residents. In exchange, the investor can bypass federal taxes on the original capital gains after several years.
Members of the LGBTQ community reflect on their relationship with faith after facing rejection from religion.
