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Update (5/25/23): County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has said he will not veto new campaign contribution limits, according to bill sponsor Tom Duerr.
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This story was originally published by NEXTpittsburgh, a news partner of PublicSource. NEXTpittsburgh features the people, projects and places
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Historic preservation is sometimes viewed as pitted against development. But that’s not how the Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation sees
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Update (5/16/23): The City Planning Commission approved plans for the construction of four mixed-use buildings in the Strip District by the 31st
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“We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously assured
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Update (04/27/23): Leaders of Pittsburgh’s housing authority promised to use an increase in federal funding to improve their capacity to respond
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An often-made promise by Pittsburgh’s Housing Authority to improve housing voucher services will be bolstered by a federal funding increase of
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PublicSource will have two executive directors effective next week, in a move approved by the nonprofit newsroom’s board of directors and expected
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Sapana Adhikari began working in the environmental services department of Allegheny Health Network Jefferson in summer 2021. Her leadership skills
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UnbalancedHow property tax assessments create winners and losers From the Rivers Casino Pittsburgh to U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, big
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Inside a home on a quiet street in Mt. Lebanon, Mickey, David and Cary gather around a table, sharing a meal they made together. Mickey has been
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Chances are good that if you’re familiar with Rivers of Steel, it’s because you’ve been to a tour, workshop or event at the Carrie Blast
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A higher court ruling Friday found the city reached too far in its requirement that rental property owners register and have their units
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Jamar plopped a chessboard atop his red charcoal grill on a March morning as he sat across the street from Smithfield United Church of Christ, just
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