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Mayor Ed Gainey, center, takes the podium surrounded by elected officials to answer questions about challenging the tax-exempt status of 26 Pittsburgh properties in a press conference at his office on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in the City-County Building in Downtown. The push is part of a new legal strategy to root out tax-exempt properties in Pittsburgh that shouldn’t qualify for exemption under Pennsylvania law. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Local Government

Gainey lines up tax-exempt challenges, including bid to tax some UPMC-owned properties

by Charlie Wolfson March 28, 2023March 29, 2023

Mayor Gainey announced the first step in a plan to get nonprofit giants like UPMC to pay more into city funds.

Coley Alston, program director of Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation, sits for a portrait in their office on Monday, March 6, 2023, in East Liberty. Alston is an advocate for inclusive healthcare for all gender expressions. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

LGBTQ+ healthcare experiences inconsistent, lack some services for transgender Pittsburghers

by Punya Bhasin March 10, 2023March 12, 2023

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey holds up an executive order addressing non-profit tax-exempt property after signing it in his City-County Building offices on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Downtown. Behind him is Krysia M. Kubiak, chief legal officer and city solicitor, left, and Jen Gula, director of finance and treasurer for the city. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Local Government

Gainey orders review of tax-exempt property

by Charlie Wolfson January 24, 2023January 26, 2023

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey

The Exempt Dilemma

Updated: Gainey Administration pulls city out of Peduto-era OnePGH Fund

by Charlie Wolfson July 13, 2022July 15, 2022

health insurance form illustration

The Affordable Care Act marketplace looks different this year. Here’s how you could benefit.

by Matt Petras December 2, 2021December 7, 2021

Pittsburgh mother shares COVID anxieties amid colder weather and returning to the office.

by Jourdan Hicks October 20, 2021October 23, 2021

FROM THE SOURCE PODCAST

Episode 14, Season 2: Lives left in caring hands?— A conversation with a palliative care social worker

by Jourdan Hicks August 5, 2021November 30, 2021

Josh Turkovich, owner of Mon Valley Phone Repair in Monessen, Pa., repairs an iPad in his shop. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Local Government

You break it, you … can’t fix it. PA considers bill that could give the ‘right to repair’ to consumers, small businesses

by Chris Hippensteel July 29, 2021July 28, 2021

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Medicaid ensures low-income residents have mental health care. But are enough Pittsburgh therapists approved to take it?

by Juliette Rihl June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

Local Government

More than $1 million has gone into Pittsburgh’s mayoral race. Where did it come from?

by Satvika Neti, Charlie Wolfson and Juliette Rihl May 14, 2021May 14, 2021